1962 Chevy Pickup

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 6:57 pm
Started poking around on the hood to see what caused this cracking:
Paint Cracking Hood Right Front 1.JPG


Obviously a poor repair of some small dents. You can see the rusted areas where the paint cracked and allowed moisture to get in:
Hood Right Stripped.jpg


Here is an area on front right side (you can see the dent in above picture) that has some pretty thick filler that doesn't look real healthy:
Hood - Thick Filler.jpg


The next shot I believe to be very revealing. The left side of the hood stripped off much easier than the right side. Paint almost came off in sheets.
Hood Stripped 1.jpg
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 07, 2016 5:43 pm
Pulled dents and skimmed with filler:
Hood Filler work.jpg


Can't wait for this can of filler to be gone and get back to Marson (3M) Platinum.

Pulled the front grill:
Front Grill Removed.jpg


It has a couple of dents and some rusted areas to fix:
Front Grill Dents.jpg

Front Grill Catch rust.jpg


Pulled cowl grill and door hinge covers:
Cowl Grill Removed.jpg

Hinge Cover removed left.jpg


The front fenders on both sides were tucked in at the rocker panel:
Fender Right misaligned.jpg


Readjusted the left fender temporarily to check alignment:
Fender left realigned.jpg


Paint is cracking even in non-stress points like here under the drip rail:
Cracked Paint Above Windshield.jpg
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 09, 2016 7:10 pm
Stripping paint with heat gun and razor:
Stripping Right Fender.jpg


Chips on floor clean up with shop vac:
Paint Chips on Floor.jpg


The areas where there is just primer and and one layer of paint tend to leave some color but it will sand off easily with the DA.

The areas will filler or multiple layers of paint strip off easier and cleaner:
Filler Right Fender.jpg


Check out these chips:
Paint Chip Layers.jpg

Paint Chip Layers 1.jpg


Imagine how long it would take to sand that off with a DA and how much dust it would create.
I did lower portion of the hood (see pics above), the right fender and started stripping some on the left fender in 1 hour.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 16, 2016 11:32 am
Stripped the left fender and started on the door.
Left Fender stripped.jpg


The lower fender has some kind of a patch on it that caused this overlap edge:
Left Fender patch 1.jpg


I'll investigate further when sanding with the DA.
Also found some rusted spots under the filler on the driver's door:
Rust Spots Under Filler.jpg


Turns out they are screw heads from some sort of "repair" made:
Rusted Screw Heads.jpg


Another spot where the filler did not adhere to the metal:
Rust under filler.jpg


Amazing what you find when you take the time to strip to metal.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 16, 2016 11:44 am
Doright wrote:Jim
********** Red is really close to that, might be cheaper to use on a complete?



Dennis,
Turns out the ********** Dark Red is close to an exact match but actually looks a little richer for lack of a better term.
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PostPosted: Wed May 04, 2016 4:56 pm
Looks pretty bad for the best shop in your area! It's in good hands now.
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PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2016 8:37 am
That filler looks to be more than the recommended 1/4 inch at the most. :rolleyes:

I used a hair dryer and a razor to strip some parts. It works very well as long as there wasn't filler backing it. I was afraid to use a heat gun like that for fear of warping panels. I bet it heats the filler enough to cause it to separate from the base metal better. I'll have to try that if I ever strip another car.

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PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2016 9:09 am
The heat gun gets much hotter than a hair dryer and softens the filler but not hot enough to warp a panel.
Amazing how many "problems" are under these nice looking paint jobs.
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PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2016 5:01 pm
Stripping paint off passenger's door. Notice the bare metal spots in this picture:
Rust Prep Adhesion Failure.jpg


The paint, primer and filler practically fell off the door when I hit this spot. I believe they must have used a rust converter or metal prep on this door. Notice that back of these chips:
Rust Prep film.jpg

Rust Prep Paint Failure.jpg


Here you can see some black colored film left on the door right next to some bare spots:
Rust Converter.jpg


The filler was thick up around the mirror mounting holes:
Door Right Mirror Holes.jpg

Door Right Filler at Mirror Holes.jpg


It was needed to cover up this:
Door Right Under Mirror Mount.jpg


Also uncovered a ding in the body line and you can see there are some holes there. I will need to "dig" deeper into this area:
Door Right Ding.jpg
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PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2016 11:00 pm
Wow jim you're putting in the work on!
Crazy how many bad jobs are on it.
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