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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
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Back to Sanding!
Last weekend we went down to the valley to attend a birthday party for a good friend of ours so I was not able to get back to sanding the PPG K38 High Build primer until late Monday when I … Continue reading
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Another Roof Rack …
A good friend of mine, who is a swap meet master, found a roof rack for me at the Glendale swap meet. It is the same one that he has on his 1966 Impala wagon. I think it was originally … Continue reading
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New Dakota Digital Gauges
My new dash guages came last Friday! The dash gauges have been an on going issue with me. The original gauges are in pretty bad shape and needed to either be rebuilt or replaced. Rebuilding is an expensive option and … Continue reading
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Since I had to rebuild the blog site I used the opportunity to modernize the way I upload and display photographs. I am now using a WordPress plugin called NextGen Gallery. It is a real breeze to use! I can … Continue reading
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Some New Material!
Well, I am still slogging along trying to update the new site with some new material in addition to getting up to date on the 1956 Dodge Wagon Build. If you notice the menu above, you will see that I … Continue reading
Over the past couple of years I have been looking for a chrome roof rack for the wagon. I saw one on a ’56 Dodge wagon at the 2010 NHRA Hot Rod Reunion at Bakersfield. I then saw one on … Continue reading
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Hitting the High Spots!
After once again primering the entire wagon with epoxy to seal all of the metal that was exposed during the leveling process, it was time to lay down 2 coats of high build 2K primer and then block it down … Continue reading
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Now For the Dirty Work!
Well, now we are moving into doing what I call Paint Work. All of the major metal finishing, welding, fabricating work is done. The body and all of it’s various pieces are fitted and aligned. All of the contours are … Continue reading
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