Auto Restoration 101

The restoration continues….we have some more parts painted. We also started the repairs to the rear fender skirts.

Here are the door hinges, trunk hinges, trunk lid and the grille surround painted the body color.

The convertible top bows and irons were all sandblasted and primed. They were all in great shape and [...]

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More parts get painted.

The doors are painted. We use baling wire to hang them from a pipe. This lets us spray the jambs along with the exterior.

Close up of the left door.

Here is a shot of the fenders after they were sprayed with the base coat. The base dries out [...]

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The priming and block sanding process continues.

Shown here with the lower quarter panels attached so they could be sanded on the car. When doing body work and sanding, some panels need to be worked on as they fit to the car. In this case the lower quarter panels are very [...]

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