I had come to the conclusion during all the sanding and body prep that the old wagon was around the size of the John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier. Michelle and I had become acquainted with the Kennedy during the 90’s … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2012
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Paint It Black …
If I had the time to figure out how to play an mp3 file using WordPress, I would have the Rolling Stones’ version of Paint it Black playing in the background, so if you know the tune, you can just … Continue reading
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Tinker Toy Time
Time to clean up the shop and set up the spray booth. My original plan had been to set up the spray booth in the garage area next to the shop. The more I looked at it the more I … Continue reading
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Sealing Up the Seams
Prior to painting the wagon I need to seal all the exposed weld seams with a good quality seam sealing material. For the rain gutters I used SEM two part self leveling sealer and I used a Martin Seynour single … Continue reading
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Time Out For a Fabrication Task!
To get the car ready to paint, I had to remove the hood and front fenders which gave me the opportunity to create an access panel in the passenger side inner fender panel so that I could get to the … Continue reading
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For those of you who have been following the saga of my domain name changes, I have an update! Last week I received a telephone call from our old webhosting service. The lady, wanted to tell me that our contract … Continue reading
As luck would have it or not, somewhat by accident I found a 1940 Ford Convertible project car on eBay. From the photos and the discription of the car it looked like all of the initial body work had been … Continue reading
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Finishing Up the Sanding!
After the high build had cured for a day or so, I guide coated the repaired areas and all of the trim pieces and then wet sanded them with 400P. I am happy to say that all went well with … Continue reading
Not only did I find some high spots that I had to tap down and fill with Easy Sand, but then I found this large box that had all of the interior trim pieces that I had epoxied quite a … Continue reading
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Time to Get Wet!
I cannot tell you how happy I was to get to this stage of the project! At this point, I have the body panels as straight and flat as I can get them, and now it is time to remove … Continue reading