Project 85 Black 442 frame off restoration

[silverfox]

Looks good Toby cant wait to see it finished

 

[tobyp]

I am so glad to be at this point of painting this trunk floor and some other things so I can go onto other things. THis sand blasting is a huge PIA, and I am glad I am done with it.......for a couple weeks. I went to remove the existing trunk pan and removed the passenger rear trunk body mount to find the bolt snapped, and yes you guessed it....that body mount is shot too. Definately re-affirms us making the trunk floors.

So I went back to my scrap pile of sheetmetal and found a usable trunk floor body mount brace that I will remove from the wheel well and remove the rust, sand blast and make it functional. So minor set back, but oh well, it happens.

After all this I just decided to take a small break from the floor and apply more epoxy prime to some parts that I have stripped and get them into the top coat Chassis Saver satin black

 

[disorderindminor]

Amazing job!! I need to find a trunk pan like that to clean up!!

 

[tobyp]

Got to tear into the old trunk pan last night and got it removed

tonight I got to removing the wheel tub to get to the other set of body mounts

I bet I removed 5 lbs of seam sealer, it is rediculous how much they used

THis is my front body mount bolt

THis is the next area to concentrate on in the wheel house upper trunk area

At least the new trunk pan fits snugl in the trunk area

 

[Burnhard]

Looking good. Good corrosion control on the replacement parts. Are you grinding off the paint were you plug weld?

 

[tobyp]

Looking good. Good corrosion control on the replacement parts. Are you grinding off the paint were you plug weld?

hmmm. Thought about it and what would happen on bare metal, if rust would occur even though seam sealed.....which is definately apparent now. WHat happens if you leave the paint on?

 

[Burnhard]

It makes the weld weaker as it contaminates the weld, how much I do not know/remember? We sometimes used to use a weld through primer.We cleaned/removed the paint/primer in the area we were spot welding/welding.I was taught to only weld on clean metal free of paint/primer/rust.I liked to prep the area with 80 grit on a pneumatic angle die grinder or my Da . We primed and painted the weld after we were done. I have been out of the trade for quite a while and best practice can change or be altered. Welding on top/through/around paint and primer you get nasty fumes. I realy like the way you are preping your new parts. I can't see how the paint/primer can protect the metal as you weld through it you burn off all the protective/corrosion protection.

 

[tobyp]

It makes the weld weaker as it contaminates the weld, how much I do not know/remember? We sometimes used to use a weld through primer.We cleaned/removed the paint/primer in the area we were spot welding/welding.I was taught to only weld on clean metal free of paint/primer/rust.I liked to prep the area with 80 grit on a pneumatic angle die grinder or my Da . We primed and painted the weld after we were done. I have been out of the trade for quite a while and best practice can change or be altered. Welding on top/through/around paint and primer you get nasty fumes. I realy like the way you are preping your new parts. I can't see how the paint/primer can protect the metal as you weld through it you burn off all the protective/corrosion protection.

Good points. I will make sure to prep those areas and clean them up, re-epoxy them and then put the chassis saver back over the welds. I do take the time if I rip this thing completely apart to prep that metal accordingly. It doesnt cost much, but a little time. May as well do it correct.

 

[tobyp]

Worked on getting all the trunk pieces stripped down to bare metal, mounts fixed, seams sealed on the wheel tub and top coated

Time to repair the body mount

Stripped the undercoating with stripper, not sand this time

Started welding, grinding, etc

This piece was all bent up

Time for epoxy

Seam sealer

Satin black top coat. Next to strip all the tail light panels, wheel houses so I do not ruing my rust prevention

 

[tobyp]

was able to strip down part of the tail light panel this evening. Will be stripping down the entire trunk area so I dont have to worry about having the paint stripper splash onto the panels that I have finished already.