Aaron's 76 Type LT Project

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Spent a little time stripping the header panel down. I hit most of it with the electric random orbital sander but tested a small spot by the passenger side headlight opening with some paint stripper. It seemed to work OK so I will address the tighter spots that way.

It was still too cold to primer the fenders and hood but it should be good tomorrow.

3-3-2015

I sure hope so Bob

I got the fenders and hood sprayed in epoxy. The fender patches look good. I see some minor waves now that it's in epoxy but those should block out. I will now turn my attention to the fiberglass pieces and getting them ready for epoxy until I can spray the fenders and hood in SS.

3-9-2015

I had to travel on biz this past week so I lost a few days. I got home early today so I sprayed the fenders, hood and other headlight bucket with Slick Sand. It's like deja vu all over again. I should have the hood ready for 2k soon and the fenders ready for the next coat of SS, assuming they need it.  

3-13-2015

Here's my to-do list for the weekend, which starts tonight. Let's see how many items I get done. The goal is to get everything ready for 2k by next weekend so I can do the final sanding.  

•Block sand hood to 220 for 2k primer
•Mount fenders and block sand to 150, re-spray with Slick Sand if needed
•Block sand fenders if re-sprayed with Slick Sand
•Block sand 2nd headlight bucket to 220 for 2k primer
•Finish prepping front header and lower valence pieces
•Spray front header and lower valence with epoxy primer
•Sharpen the body lines on shell ==> they were a little rounder than they should be, so I am cleaning them up with 320 and will re-spray with 2k
•Finish fiberglass work on spoiler pieces
•Spray spoiler pieces with epoxy primer

3-14-2015

I started blocking the fenders. I mounted them to make life easier. I will have to spot prime the driver side, not sure about the passenger side. I will then re-spray with SS and block down again.  

Pass side blocked to 100 grit



Driver side blocked to 180 - I was pretty aggressive since I had already decided to spray twice with SS

I got the fenders spot primed with epoxy where I broke through to bare metal, so I will re-spray them with SS on Tuesday. I also re-sprayed the middle area of the hood with SS one more time to get it right. I will be able to spray 2k on the hood after blocking it, which I can begin as early as tomorrow.

I went ahead and sprayed the doors, trunk lid, tulip panel and headlight buckets in 2k so I would have some parts to sand after work.

The goal is to have everything sprayed in 2k by Sunday evening. Then I can get everything ready for paint.

Here are some boring pics.

3-18-2015

Small step forward. I got the fenders re-sprayed in SS and will begin blocking tomorrow or Friday. I have a lot planned for the weekend, hoping to cross a lot of items off the list!

3-20-2015

sure thing, hope it helps.  

So I decided to spray the backsides of the pieces in 2k to cross that off the list. I also got the topside of the hood sprayed in 2k, so I will begin sanding this weekend.

Tomorrow is going to be sand-a-thon in my garage. Will first start with the fenders, which are re-mounted and have guide coat on them so I can hit them first thing in the morning. Assuming the fenders block out nicely, then I can spray them in 2k. I will begin sanding the other panels and get them ready for color/clear

3-21-2015

I got both fenders re-blocked to 220, so they are ready for 2k. A little epoxy primer was peeking through along the top but otherwise they blocked out nicely. Sanding fenders isn't the most fun thing I have ever done.

I needed to cut the holes in the bottom lip so I went ahead and knocked that out. I will take a tiny art brush and touch up the edges with epoxy primer. I don't think spraying them is necessary. I will clean up the edges and remove any burrs first.

3-23-2015

I got the fenders sprayed in 2k and holes cut in the bottom of the fenders. I applied the epoxy primer on those cuts and will spray those areas with 2k in the next few days.

I got the back of the trunk lid sanded and applied seam sealer on three of the edges. I wanted to pull the tape off which was connected to the 4th edge, so I will apply the rest tomorrow.

I taped the edges with 3M green tape and used the trick of dipping my finger in lacquer thinner to smooth out the seam sealer. That worked quite well.

3-29-2015

Not as busy this weekend with some family activities going on, but managed to sand the trunk lid and both doors to 400. I did some touch ups on all three panels where I broke through to Slick Sand. I got seam sealer applied to the backs of both doors, so that's done.  

I had a small corner repair on the pass side fender, so I had to tend to that. I will re-spray the repair area with 2k later this week.

I finished the repairs on the two front fiberglass pieces and sprayed them both in Slick Sand. I will not be as worried about burn through on these panels. They should sand up nicely and then I can spray 2k on them.

3-31-2015

Did some more priming today. I got the outer side of the wheel wells, the side mirrors and the pass fender primed in 2k. I decided to go ahead and spray Upol Raptor on the underside of the wheel wells. I'd rather spray it with them off the car than mounted.

These are the wheel wells after removing the masking and taped up holes