Isabel's West Coast Sister by relentless

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I haven't been hibernating, just have several projects being done in parallel which takes away from the car project. Plus I was no longer able to log onto CCC with IE8, so I have switched to Google Chrome recently.

I wasn't happy with the two-tone blue paint on the engine and heads, so I decided to spruce the front of the motor up a bit using Eastwood's "Old Ford Blue" and their urethane activator. I started by removing all rust spots and sanding the original paint down a bit to smooth the surface for the next paint layers. I used a brush for the application and applied it in two coats. I kept a couple drop lamps on the paint overnight and it had set up nicely the next morning. I was pretty pleased with the results, and will hopefully put the engine compartment components back in this week.  

1-20-2015

Well, it was time for a browser upgrade that's for sure.

Well that Eastwood paint is fairly tough with the catalyst added. I had a few drips and some over-brushed areas to clean up. It would have been so much easier had I just cleaned them up before the paint dried!    

I managed to start to put parts back on. I am not happy with a couple of powdercoated parts, like the PS bracket and pulley, but will probably not re-finish them right now. I also need to clean up the wiring, but the engine bay is looking waaaay better than it did when I started on it.

Today was devoted to cleaning up the shop and then car assembly. Here are the results.













Here is what the engine bay looked like when I brought the car home. It is coming along nicely.