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Rudy's Paint & Body. His shop is close to Mangum Rd. & Pinemont. Phone number is 713 688-0624
Poor girl .. that looks painful 
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
And that's the gentlest....
You'd have to do countless Sand - Prime - Fill - Spray using the progressive grit method. The "easier" method to get the same smoothness you already have once you chemically remove??
You'd have to do countless Sand - Prime - Fill - Spray using the progressive grit method. The "easier" method to get the same smoothness you already have once you chemically remove??
Car is pretty much stripped. Now hood, trunk lid and doors come off to get to the old paint on underside of them. Only have two places where bondo was applied in the past and they should be fairly quick to get back to flat metal. No rust on the body other than the left side rear wheel opening leading edge. So very pleased with the condition of the body.
bluefury361
Old Man with a Hat
Nice ......... So what do you do in your spare time Bill ...?? 
Nice.........making good progress.
Nice ......... So what do you do in your spare time Bill ...??
Thanks. This project is keeping me from playing out in the street with broken glass. Being retired, I have quite a bit of free time. As they say every day is Saturday. I've been working on the vent windows this evening and was really pleased to see how well the rubber seals around the vent windows are. I'm not sure what was put on the rubber parts before I got the car, but so-far all have been in great condition. I have ordered new door, trunk, and upper window seals in that they had to come off for the re-paint. Tomorrow I need to source some "U" channel for the windows and nickel bead for the doors and window moldings.
Thanks, I just keep plugging away. It really has been a great car to work on. No big "gotcha's" so-far.
Today's tasks included polishing tail light lenses and repairing the aluminum door sill plates. I used some 3M polishing compound and the tail lights cleaned up very well. My drivers side sill plate was really corroded on the forward vertical part. I tried to find some replacements, but $$$. I ended up taking a piece of .038" aluminum and making overlays for the old door sills and put a small bend on the lower 3/8" like the original. I haven't decided if I will use rivets or adhesive to attach the overlays, but I leaning towards the adhesive.
bluefury361
Old Man with a Hat
Thats a good idea for your sill plate restoration Bill. The sill plate from my 61 Fury are in about the same condition. I've not had much luck locating any so I may try your idea. I think adhesive would be he way to go also.
Tail light lenses look good. I got lucky and located a NOS pair.
I saw an ad on TV for Gorilla glue. I think I will buy some of it and see how it does on some scrap aluminum first. If it performs like Gorilla duct tape, I will be using it.
bluefury361
Old Man with a Hat
I've had good luck with JB weld. It's a great all around epoxy. Once cured it should never come apart on a fix like that.
I agree, good stuff...
Welcome Baker and thanks for sharing your great car with us. I've neen quietly following along on your progress.
Regarding the the gorilla glue.... It expands as it sets which may not work for your intended purpose .... Good for some things, sand able, paintable, cures with humidity and great on wood.
Keep up the great progress and quality.
Javier
Thanks Javier. I think I will use the JB Weld after reading your comments. Thanks again.
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