Shortly after I started the wagon project, I got the idea in my head that I needed to have a pin up mural painted on the inside of the hood. I had decided that the engine compartment would be satin … Continue reading
Time to do a little more painting… as I like to say, hopefully the last of it, but I know it wont be. I have been queuing up all of the remaining pieces that need to be painted black. Most … Continue reading
Time to repaint the dashboard. After the dash had been coated with K38 High Build primer it was blocked smooth with 180, 220 and 400 wet sandpaper. I then coated it with DC 3030 sealer and let it set up … Continue reading
With a little bit of searching I was able to finally find my new hinge pins that had gone missing some time ago. Actually, I had placed them in a nicely marked bag which ended up in the wrong storage … Continue reading
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
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
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