1962 Chevy Pickup

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 14, 2017 9:43 pm
The front grille and housing had a few dents in them:
Front Grill Dents.jpg


Disassembled:
Front Grill Insert.jpg


Stripped the majority of the old paint and put two coats of epoxy primer on, then started working on the dents.
First pic is of the top side of the dent:
Grille Housing Dent.JPG


Second pic is the bottom side:
Grille Housing Dent 1.JPG


After some hammer and dolly work and a little filler:
Grille Housing Dent Repaired.JPG


The Grille insert was a bit of a challenge. The first pic shows the left side with a straight edge on it:
Grille Insert Left Side.JPG


This was the right side in the same area:
Grille Insert Right Side.JPG


You can see by the build primer that I didn't catch that bend when fixing the dents and dings.
Took some doing but got it straightened. Sprayed three coats of base tonight, will spray the clear tomorrow.
Grille Housing Base Coat.JPG
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 6:41 pm
Shot the clear today:
Grille Housing Finished.JPG

Grill Insert Finished.JPG
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 1:08 am
Wow! Your really going at it getting a Lot done. Looks great!
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 2:52 pm
Reassembled grille:
Grille Reassembled.JPG


Pulled the front fenders and found they both have been "patched" previously:
Front Fender Patch Right.JPG

Front Fender Patch Left.JPG
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 12:09 pm
Fenders in epoxy:
Fenders Epoxy 1.JPG


Fenders in 2k this is three coats for first round of blocking. Gave them another 3 coats and blocked again before base went on:
Fenders 2k 1.JPG


Fenders cleared:
Fenders Clear.JPG


I haven't buffed anything yet and will probably wait until the truck is reassembled before doing so.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 6:59 pm
I confess that I have not had much desire to work on this truck lately. So just now getting around to the working on the bed.

This thing was covered and sculpted when I got it in.
Bed Left Wheel Arch Filler.jpg


Amazing what they covered with filler:
Bed Left Holes.jpg


I cut that section out and welded in a patch. Sorry but I forgot to take pictures of patch.
Metal Cut Out.JPG


Shot two coats of black epoxy primer. Applied filler to some of the many obvious dents and problem areas, then shot two coats of Polyester Primer. This is Featherfill G2:
Poly Primer.JPG


Guide coated and then began block sanding with 80 grit until the black epoxy starts showing. In some cases that got me to the filler.
Block Sand 80.JPG

Block Sand 80 1.JPG


I circle the low spots with a pencil so I can find them after I sand the areas that need filler.
Low Spots.JPG


These areas will get skimmed with filler and block sanded. Then I plan to shoot two more coats of poly primer, guide coat and block sand it all again. After that I will move to regular 2k primer for the finish blocking session.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 16, 2018 3:54 pm
Here is the second round of Poly Primer.
Things are starting to shape up.

Poly Primer 2nd App.JPG

Poly Primer 2nd App 1.JPG


Guide coated and blocked again.
Removed the front of the bed in order to gain access to some flaking paint.

Shot 2 coat of Tamco DTM primer.
Tamco DTM.JPG

Tamco DTM 1.JPG

Tamco DTM 2.JPG

Tamco DTM 3.JPG


Plan to guide coat and block, then guide coat and wet sand for paint.
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 7:59 am
Looks really nice.

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Thanks!

I like to use guide coat when wet sanding. Here's an example of why.
The first picture shows some progress sanding with p600:
Wet Sanding Guide Coat.JPG


Second picture reveals more sanding to be done since there are still some deeper (p320) scratches left:
Wet Sanding Guide Coat 1.JPG
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 02, 2018 7:15 pm
Believe or not, I actually ended up doing more work to the bed sides to get them straight. I thought they looked pretty good and then I wipe them down a wet rag and notice just a little bit of wave in a couple of places.

Hope to shoot color and clear on the bed sides tomorrow.

Began inspecting the back of the cab a little closer and found two trouble spots.
First is a lousy patch job to the lower right corner. Picture doesn't really show how deep it is but there was nearly a 1/4" of filler in the void.
Cab Right Rear Corner.JPG


On the other corner they just did the old "cave and pave" method.
Cab Left Rear Corner.JPG


I'll be fixing both these areas once I finish the bed.
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