Entry 22: Updated Pictures

With all significant repairs are completed I pulled the 86 out of my Dad's shop and washed it, what a difference soap and water makes.....

All the new weatherstripping held up well and the interior is quite comfortable. Need to get a few floormats.

Noticed the paint is a metallic grey in the sunlight, have to wet sand with 1500 grit and buff/polish to really bring out the finish. Couldn't believe how well it ran and looked. When I was washing it I could feel on the sponge the surface is slightly rough and needs a good cut and polish.

Video clip (Quicktime):

(The red item on the drivers seat is plastic I use to protect the interior when I am working on it)

Pictures:

Entry 21: Exhaust Manifolds

I have a set of set of 1½" MAC Performance Unequal length shortie headers left over from another project, all they needed was to be cleaned up and painted. Used a wire wheel to strip off all the old material and coated with two layers of 1200 degree satin paint. The heat will cure them yielding a nice Satin Black color. These always outflow the stockers so it should yield a nice sounding exhaust.

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Entry 19: Rocker Panel Repair

After searching around for the correct color to match the current finish, finally had a chance to paint the Rocker Panel. When the passenger side floor pan and lower toeboard rotted through, it also obliterated the rocker panel, so when I replaced the floor pans last year I also repaired the rocker.

Back in September I had to create the metal patch for the area. Could not find any repro patches so I had to fabricate a piece up with the MIG and scraps from the pans. Then used Rage Gold filler, block sanded, repeated, skimmed with lightweight filler and final sanded. Gray filler primer followed by Metallic Gunmetal Grey paint. The entire car needs to be sanded with 1500 grit sandpaper and polished out, which will include the final portion of this repair. Plan to re-spray the entire car in the near future, but would ike to drive it for while before taking it apart again!.

July 2010

 

September 2010

 

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December 2010