Finally in the body shop!
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Awesome!!!
66SportFury
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Really nice work. Looks great.
65sporty
Old Man with a Hat
looking good in primer
I've been busy getting things ready to put back in the Chrysler. The interior needs a little TLC. Part of dealing with a convertible is the interior gets beat up from the sun and weather.
I have a new carpet from Trim Parts to replace the sun bleached one and I decided I have to address the door panels. One of the previous owners figured the plastic sheet wasn't needed and the panel boards have gotten bad.
I started with the rear door that has an interesting repair.
Yes, those are Popsicle sticks.
I stripped the vinyl off the panel.
I traced it on some new panel board.
The top panel wasn't painted on the back, so it was rusty and nasty looking. The paint on the front pulled off with the vinyl.
I blasted and primed/painted with Duplicolor engine enamel.
Cut out and attached to the top panel. I used a hot melt glue gun to attach the panel to the board.
The glue worked OK, but it didn't lay down as flat as I wanted it to, so I clamped it and hit it with my heat gun to remelt the glue.
Glued the vinyl back on.
The vinyl is old and dry and it has pulled off its foam backing in places. The results are OK with a little bit of wrinkling that I can't pull out. They are not as nice as I'd like it, but a lot better than it was.
I have a new carpet from Trim Parts to replace the sun bleached one and I decided I have to address the door panels. One of the previous owners figured the plastic sheet wasn't needed and the panel boards have gotten bad.
I started with the rear door that has an interesting repair.
Yes, those are Popsicle sticks.
I stripped the vinyl off the panel.
I traced it on some new panel board.
The top panel wasn't painted on the back, so it was rusty and nasty looking. The paint on the front pulled off with the vinyl.
I blasted and primed/painted with Duplicolor engine enamel.
Cut out and attached to the top panel. I used a hot melt glue gun to attach the panel to the board.
The glue worked OK, but it didn't lay down as flat as I wanted it to, so I clamped it and hit it with my heat gun to remelt the glue.
Glued the vinyl back on.
The vinyl is old and dry and it has pulled off its foam backing in places. The results are OK with a little bit of wrinkling that I can't pull out. They are not as nice as I'd like it, but a lot better than it was.
bulldogchesty
Senior Member
Good job. Your car is coming along nice.
They slowed down the pace for about a week to catch up on some other cars that needed to get finished, but they still made some progress.
The car is all block sanded and they are getting the final primer coat on.
The car is all block sanded and they are getting the final primer coat on.
mr. fix it
Old Man with a Hat
I can only dream about a total body n paint for my Polara. ..
Looking really nice!
Looking really nice!
Very nice work. Thanks for keeping us posted.They slowed down the pace for about a week to catch up on some other cars that needed to get finished, but they still made some progress.
The car is all block sanded and they are getting the final primer coat on.
bluefury361
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Looks great Big John. You'll be rewarded for the patience your taking now. The memory of All the prep work will fade when you can look at the finished product.
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Looks like you've found a great shop, they are really doing some nice work.
The good news!!
It's brown!
The bad news.... It's not going to be done in time for Carlisle.....
It's brown!
The bad news.... It's not going to be done in time for Carlisle.....
65sporty
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Looks good, may not be in time for Carlisle but looks like it will be done soon
mr. fix it
Old Man with a Hat
I love the colour you have gone with...
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
The good news!!
It's brown!
The bad news.... It's not going to be done in time for Carlisle.....
Ah, but there's always Moparfest! Got your passport?
I want to do Moparfest sometime. It's about 4 hours from here (same as Carlisle) and yes, I have my passport!
Hmmm... Mrs. Big John does want to go to Niagara Falls for a couple days....
70bigblockdodge
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Love you that T 6 of course I'm partial
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