allright, picture time.
this is how i moved the car to and from the blasters. 14' cube van from uhaul. they dont have car trailers that i could use legally to haul the shell and i was also slightly concerned about the weather, especially after the blasters when the car was bare metal. the car fit fairly well at an angle, but about 3\" of the rear apron stuck out the back so the door wouldnt fully close. i solved this problem by putting a tire on the floor of the box, closing the door on it and using a tie down to hold it closed.
i told the blasters to not worry to much about cleaning up the front because it is beyond repair and it will be cut off and replaced with a donor clip. this is why there is still og paint and p/o (previous owner) paint up there.
you can see the rear corners need some work. the blasters were thorough, however, they missed a couple small spots, nothing to be worried about tho.
some fancy ass body work by the p/o on the bottom rear passenger quarter and rear passenger bumper bracket
mmmmmmm...brazing.
smooth as butta.
one last shot before i get ready to blow out the excess sand, and man i'm telling you, if you have had a car blasted, you know what i'm talking about. if you havent and want to, prepare for sand to come out of every orifice of the car. buckets of the stuff. wear proper eye, ear and respirator gear. that stuff is messy.
this guy reminds me of that scene in back to the future when marty mcfly dresses up as this crazy space alien comic book character and busts into his dad's (in the past) room and scares the crap out him w/ blazing heavy metal. the sole purpose was to scare his dad into asking his mom to the prom, or else. anywho, thanks for the help tod, would've been f@#ked without you.
wow, my car is one colour again. the epoxy primer looks goldish/green in this pic, and it says grey on the can, but it is actually a light green.
there are a few runs because in some spots it was layed on pretty thick. it was dark so it was hard to tell in some places if it had been covered or not. better to have to much rather than not enough. it was a late night job in a residential neighbourhood just off main street, and when we were done, we were both happy that no one had called the cops on us for stinking up the joint and making so much noise. i'm not worried about the hangers, they will all be sanded out. the main thing is that the car got a good coat to protect the metal.
i'm not to sure what happened to the area in the middle of the pic. it almost looks like someone hammered the body to fit in a 5 speed. again, i'm not to worried about that. i'll either hammer and dolly the crap out of it, or leave it.
and there she is, in all her epoxy primed glory. i have taken a slew of pics of all the troubled areas aswell, but i will post those as the work progresses. the whole process worked out really well, and i'm happy w/ the blast and the prime, and now excited to have at the body.
