1969 Road Runner preservation

[keepat]

Receive the first two tags ever used on the Road Runner. The white ones were only on for the first year. The blue tags was when Maryland changed to a sticker and those tags were used for five years. I will get the white tags re-registered to the car. It will be very cool to have the car back on the road with its original tag.
Thanks
Pat

 

[Phantomx]

I hate to break it to you, but going by the picture you didn’t see a roadrunner either
Travis..

 

[keepat]

I hate to break it to you, but going by the picture you didn’t see a roadrunner either
Travis..

Yea, I didn’t see any rust;-)

 

[Phantomx]

Gotta say, lovin’ this car
Travis..

 

[keepat]

I sent all the original wheel cylinders out to be rebuilt, and then had the brake drums turned. Not sure their original drums? I used Eastwood’s Fast Etch to remove the rust and then coded everything in Sharkhide. Not sure I like the red drums with the green paint looks a little Christmasy;-) that may be why the original owner painted the drums black.

 

[zyzzyx]

Instead of using that high priced Eastwood prep, go to Home Depot and get a gallon of Klean Strip Concrete and metal prep.

 

[F4R/T]

How well does that clean strip work? Just curious if it’s as good as other rust removers.

 

[zyzzyx]

It's Phosphoric acid. Think of it as a concentrated DuPont Metal prep. I used it to "Phosphetize" my engine compartment
beffore I applied the epoxy primer. It leaves a rainbow looking finish. You apply it and scrub it in with a scotch brite pad
and then rinse and blow it off & dry the surface. Then immediately apply the primer.