The Wanderers build

[superbuickguy]

bodywork... yay

next Sunday will be a full fiesta of bodywork teaching to my helpers.

 

[superbuickguy]

my workers were busy little bees today
first was an instruction course on the various ways to resolve dents (heat, hammer, cover with trim)

then they were set to sanding

they did a nice job....

 

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pull apart again.... getting ready for a paintfest

 

[superbuickguy]

brown Santa was good to me today

these things finally came down enough in price for me to consider it

it comes with a bunch of cartridges

first to try

starting here

okay, not terrible - maybe 3 minutes

with the black paint stripper... maybe 7 minutes

then 80 grit DA

certainly faster then just 80 grit ... the other two cartridges would work well for graining metal
oh and the other boxes were 2 Optima yellow tops for the Blazer

 

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otherside stripped

then spent another 8 hours sanding gaps and channels... woohoo.

Pretty sure there will be less pictures on this.... honestly, how many ways can you take pictures of sanding?

 

[superbuickguy]

time for blow up toys

problem is she didn't love me long time - her fan overheated....

right concept, poor execution.... ah well, will get another blower and try again

 

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time to make a huge mess.... but at least not worry about the cross bar rusting out from the inside again
had to modify the hose to fit a epoxy nozzle..... it worked, ish

this is after cleaning up

 

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the kid has been spending his time on this - taping and cleaning... hopefully I can etch prime this week.

 

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sanded and now papering

Jay is doing a great job

 

[Kingsize24]

It really looks good.

 

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now ready for etch primer and high build

 

[superbuickguy]

booth up, and paint

the most love got lavished on the blazer

with a push forklift

 

[superbuickguy]

work continues but not terribly picture-worthy

and if you're interested in my current projects (and actually, this isn't all of them)

 

[superbuickguy]

time to start aligning stuff
- first, how bad was it with the new doors?

getting there, but I need to now start grinding on the hinges

I started with the chinesium door because I knew it'd be harder.... anyway, imagine 100 more pictures of things moving slightly...

 

[superbuickguy]

In between JK stuff,
(the JK stuff)

I did alignment stuff

and the other side

need to fit the body panels then get to high build primer and sand life