My plan for this phase of the project was to tackle the removed body parts 1st, i.e. the tailgate, liftgate, and front fenders then move on to the roof, followed by the doors and quarter panels on each side. The … Continue reading
Category Archives: 1956 Dodge Sierra Wagon Build
Since it had not been overly warm up here on the mountain, I let the paint cure for a couple of weeks before begining to wet sand it prior to doing the final compounding and polishing (cut and buff). Testing … Continue reading
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The Stainless Trim
Since most of the stainless trim on the wagon was actually in pretty good shape and required little repair, I had originally decided to do it myself and save some money. As luck would have it my friend Paul had … Continue reading
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How About Some Mechanical Work?
I gotta tell ya, I am really getting tired of body & paint work. Seems to never be an end to it! So I decided that it was time to twist a few wrenches and rebuild/reinstall the rear axle. New … Continue reading
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Moving On!
After removing the masking that I had done around the repairs to the doors on the driver side, I disassembled the paint booth. I will have more to paint in the near future after I modify the dashboard, but the … Continue reading
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Finishing Up The Paint Work
This morning Michelle and I un-masked the hood and fenders and looked over the window frames, and trim pieces. The major problem that I found was that the plastic film that I had used to mask the beige areas of … Continue reading
A banner day today! With Jerry’s help we were able to finish up the last of the planned paint work. We started the day masking off the beige paint on the hood and front fenders. The hood went pretty easy, … Continue reading
After a pleasant break to get the ’40 Ford settled in the garage and to spend a bit of time looking it over and deciding what needs to be done, I got back to work on the Dodge. The body … Continue reading
Up until this point I have been uphappy with the way I have been doing the masking, it was taking forever and was not working as good as I thought it should, So I decided to improve upon my technique … Continue reading
Now that we have the entire body surface sealed with V-Seal, we can mask off the portion of the body that will be painted 1968 Ford Mustang Mandarin Orange. Spraying the Body Driftwood Beige Once the masking was complete it … Continue reading