'68,
I'm curious....Is this full-time work for you (this car)?, or Is this being done in your spare time?
You sure do great work. The recent talk of gas going to 4 to 5$ a gallon has put a damper on my desire to complete the Mustang I have....
1965 Buick Special Convertible
Fully Engaged
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Don't sweat it, Life's too short!
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I do this part time. It's not very often I get a full 8 hour day in working on the car.
Of course you have to make the call on your car. I will say this, I do not believe most of what the news media reports. They specialize in sensationalism and fear mongering in order to get readers/viewers. They trumpeted Global warming with all their pictures of ice packs melting, polar bears that appeared stranded on the last piece of ice, etc. only to find out the so called "facts" were fabricated. (Polar bears love to swim and their food supply (seals) congregate in broken up ice packs) 30 years ago, when I was in my 20s, the big hype was a Global Ice Age that scientist were concerned with because the polar ice caps were "growing" at an alarming rate. Shortly after that the end of the world was coming because of a hole in the Ozone layer and that no good R-12 refrigerant was to blame. My advise: prepare for eternity and then build your car and enjoy your life. If you are not in a hurry and just do what you can, when you can afford it, the project will be much more enjoyable. My R/T has been a 10 year project to date and is waiting for me to get some more money in to be finished. 1968 Coronet R/T
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After a 2 month wait on the chrome shop I started putting the car back together again.
Got the windshield put in: Started on the grill and front bumper: Then I notice how poor quality the repair was on the front bumper. It has a split in the center seam about 1 1/2" long and should have been an easy and invisible repair but . . .: Started inspecting some other pieces a little closer and ended up contacting the car owner about the shoddy work. Soooo, everything is on hold again for the moment. Gonna have to pull the back seat and trim panels again to fine tune the convertible top adjustment. It comes down about an 1" left of center Once that is done a final adjustment on the windows and I can hopefully complete the interior. I would like to see this thing gone by the end of February. 1968 Coronet R/T
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LOL, Don't think I've ever seen that much filler on a panel
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me either how thick was that lol looked like it was a 1" lol |
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Yea, it was very close to 1" thick. I kept grinding away at it thinking any second I would hit the metal and just kept getting another layer of filler.
Man, am I glad that part is over with. 1968 Coronet R/T
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wow i cant belive they put that much on they must have used whole gallon on each quarter will anything other than sandpaper or sandblaster take off that puddy
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4 1/2" grinder with some coarse sanding discs.
Heat can also be used to soften it up. It really is something to behold: 1968 Coronet R/T
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looks like someone took some advance classes into pottery classes lol to be able to shape them quarters that way and make the body lines
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