The Roach

[Richard Cranium]

Yesterday and today’s progress:

Bead blasted the door hinges attaching bolts and and fender attaching bolts.
Sanded right side door, inside and out.
Sanded rocker, side and underneath.
Sanded the inner door jamb.
Sanded the entire welded lip on the right quarter.

For posterity; the end caps are painted on the car. No gaskets on this car ….. must be a 1970 thing.

 

[440+6]

Very nice!

 

[Budnicks]

Yesterday and today’s progress:

Bead blasted the door hinges attaching bolts and and fender attaching bolts.
Sanded right side door, inside and out.
Sanded rocker, side and underneath.
Sanded the inner door jamb.
Sanded the entire welded lip on the right quarter.

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For posterity; the end caps are painted on the car. No gaskets on this car ….. must be a 1970 thing.

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God, I hate sanding...

but you're doing a great job RC

 

[ckessel]

When it's paint time in the engine bay for my 65, I'll be doing like you on the jambs, pillars, backsides of the doors, backside of the hood. That way all of the inner stuff is redone and I have less to try and paint nice when it's time for the outside. Hate dry spots/overspray on those inner areas.

 

[Richard Cranium]

God, I hate sanding...

but you're doing a great job RC

Thanks, I do to, but I’m saving a bunch doing it myself. I was on it for about 7 hours today. Thank goodness it’s an only one layer of paint I’m taking off.

 

[ckessel]

Free labor versus $100 per hour. Hmmmmm.

 

[hunt2elk]

For posterity; the end caps are painted on the car. No gaskets on this car ….. must be a 1970 thing.

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I have never had a 69 or 70 car that had gaskets under the end caps. They were all bolted on, seam sealed, and painted with the car at the factory.

 

[Richard Cranium]

I have never had a 69 or 70 car that had gaskets under the end caps. They were all bolted on, seam sealed, and painted with the car at the factory.

Maybe the gaskets were a 68 only thing.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Free labor versus $100 per hour. Hmmmmm.

I don't think my guy is that high, but I'm still going to have at least 40-50 hours into it.

 

[dadsbee]

Gaskets on my 66 and 69.. none on my Superbird.

 

[hunt2elk]

Gaskets on my 66 and 69.. none on my Superbird.

Wonder if some factories did, and some didn't? It's been quite awhile now, but I am fairly certain it was Detroit Muscle Tech that told me most cars didn't have the gaskets. I do know that the reproductions are way to stiff and thick to do any good, or to make look nice. I just use 3M strip caulk.

 

[ckessel]

Doing as much of the grunt work as possible helps the body/paint dude concentrate your money on the more important stuff. Sending it in stripped, de-trimmed, interior/engine-trans out etc saves a lot of dough thats better used elsewhere.

 

[Jesse6869]

Gaskets on my 69.

 

[Islandkent]

Gaskets on my 70
April build

 

[Richard Cranium]

I have never had a 69 or 70 car that had gaskets under the end caps. They were all bolted on, seam sealed, and painted with the car at the factory.

Gaskets on my 69.

Gaskets on my 70
April build

Well, this just confirms my suspicions; a severe lack of build quality.

 

[chargervert]

I don't think my guy is that high, but I'm still going to have at least 40-50 hours into it.

Plus you will get the car back faster if he gets right to work on a clean,ready to go slate.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Stripping the tedious areas today.

This is the only tough area on the exterior. The Dutchman panel will be replaced and some fabrication work will be needed around the window.

 

[Richard Cranium]

More progress. Rear valance yesterday and roof and right quarter today.

 

[Jesse6869]

Question are you letting it sit in the raw after stripping it? Looks like it, and you’re stripping it yourself so see what needs to be done as far as bodywork, save the body guy some time? Asking because as it sits it will need to be light sanded again for surface rust?

 

[Richard Cranium]

I’m leaving it bare and not exposing it to humidity as best as I possibly can. So far, so good. It’s going to the body man in less than two weeks & he knows that he’ll have to do a light sanding himself before priming it.