Aaron's 76 Type LT Project

By diyauto
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9-4-2010

So I made a big leap today by getting the firewall and underside coated. I used SPI black epoxy primer. This will be the final coat for these surfaces. I need to pull the front part of the rotisserie off and spray some small areas covered by the 4x4, but that should be simple enough.

For those interested, I sprayed using a "silver purple" Harbor Freight gun (the one that comes in the 2-gun set) using my C-H 26 gallon compressor. I had the fluid adjustment (fan size) knob two full turns off the bottom seat and the pressure at the gun regulator was ~37-38 psi. Temp was in the low 90s so I reduced the epoxy by ~5% with PPG 885 reducer after my first run.

I got a VERY small amount of orange peel the first time around on the firewall, which was pre-reducer. After I reduced a little, it went on pretty flat. The SPI is a great product to spray, can't wait to spray their clear.

And now some pics.

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9-18-2010

I worked on getting the trunk divider panel welded in that I got from Rich Schmidt from his donor parts car. This is the last thing to do before I finish the front sub frame.

So this is what I was trying to fix. Some previous owner really hacked up the divider panel. I already removed the lower portion so it looked much worse before this pic was taken.

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I trimmed up the top edge and side edges and ground down any factory spot welds. I left a little lip along the top to weld the new panel to.

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Got everything cleaned up before I welded the new panel in

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The panel fitted with some self tapping screws. The little rust spots are from my sweat, but those will be easy to deal with.

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The panel welded in - it's not going anywhere. I had to get creative to fit the new panel in, but it fit well. So I am happy to have a divider panel again. Tomorrow I will grind down the welds some more and paint it and that will be that.

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Comments

This is cool ?

Posted by Diggymart on 1/27/21 @ 4:16:49 PM