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Old 05-31-2011, 10:16 AM
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i am not looking to take all of the paint off just that purple and pink i will leave the car yellow for now just don't want all those racing strips and stuff on the car..lol
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Old 06-22-2011, 09:34 PM
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cleaned up the door panels and installed



crank pulley cleaned and installed



carb installed and dizzy installed

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Old 06-23-2011, 12:51 AM
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Looks like it is starting to take shape. Good job.
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Old 06-23-2011, 07:09 AM
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thanks ray its been a pain but i guess that what happens when you want to learn something new
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Old 06-23-2011, 10:29 AM
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I got some info that may help you out. You can lightly wet sand the graphics with 1000 grit, then step to 1500 or 2000 grit. At that point it will feel like you are rubbing the car with a wet piece of paper. Then you can compound the whole car and throw a coat or 2 of wax on it. If you wet sand the entire car it'll bring back some of the paint shine. You'd be impressed how it will come back with some patience. Just stay away from edges and sharp body lines so you don't sand and/or burn through the paint. I've saved a few paint jobs for under $100. Masking while doing this makes a big difference too. It keeps the compound out of the little spots you can't really get into with the trim and moldings. The little round valve you showed a picture of is the Hold-off valve that was used exclusive to 1969-1970 GM cars. It looks like the previous owner gave you the front brake lines and master/booster combo for an almost complete power brake conversion. Sounds like a pretty good deal to me! I see the car has a manual steering box but the engine came with a power steering pump. Are you going to convert it or are you going to stick with the manual steering? The good news is you could always convert down the road. My car was used as a track car at one point of its life too so I know where you are coming from My trunk floor has a big hole cut in it from the fuel cell that was mounted in the trunk and a bunch of smaller holes for the fuel pumps and battery box and cables. I removed all the non-original stuff already. Looks like a pretty solid car overall! Nice ride!
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Old 06-23-2011, 11:19 AM
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thanks man for now i am going to leave it manual steering and convert it later once i find a power rack. I am going to try to put the power brakes on so i can stop tripping over it..lol. you know my pain with the car being a track car. i was lucky the owner before the own i bought the car from put in a new trunk for me so that was great. but we shall see how this turns out. i would LOVE to see this thing on the road before the summer is over but we shall see
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after being bored i said let me play around on the chevelle




put the wiper trans in place


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ok so since i had a lot of things to do i am finally getting some work on the car

so i went to the truck to clean it up and i noticed some rust so i sanded it down to bare metal


cleaned up all of the rust and then shot it with some por 15 deluxe like i used on the interior


then the first coat of the splatter paint






second coat of the splatter paint



and tomorrow as long as its nice out i can open the garage and put the rear bumper on and put the wiring harness in place and finally say my rear is done and close the trunk
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Looking good Shaun. What type of spatter paint did you use in the trunk? If it's the GM stuff it's water soluble. I used the GM spatter paint then used Krylon clear satin over it. The Krylon is water proof in case you get any leaks or maybe a wet cooler in the trunk. If you used a different brand then you may be all set.
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Looks very nice, I also used a clear coat over the spatter paint to keep it sealed.
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