Bodywork begins on front nose panel

admin — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:56:35 +0000

Here is the condition of the nose as i purchased it:

Started this weekend repairing the pushed in nose panel. After removing the front bumper and grills, I banged the nose out with a hammer from the backside, got it as good as i could. grinded out paint from the infected areas, primed the bare metal with 2k epoxy primer then started body filler. blocked out all out with a longboard to my satisfation then recoated again with epoxy primer then a more sandable nomal 2k primer. happy with the results!

refinishing the wheels on my 1600

admin — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:16:07 +0000

Im gonna keep the original steel wheels and bottlecap hubcaps on my 1600 restoration. Wheels look to have never been touched in 40 years. The bottlecaps have the “frosty” look to them that has over time partly faded off. Put the front end up on jack stands and pulled off the 2 front wheels of the 1600 and grabbed the spare out of the trunk. After removing the tires I started sanding down on the wheels with 80 grit on the DA. Had to hand sand all the nooks and crannies which made it a little tedious. Finished it off with some 150 grit and gave it the once over with the burgandy scotch brite pad and coated all sides with 2k primer. After the primer catylized, sanded again with 240 and sprayed basecoat (ppg nexa autocolour (straight up P425-985 HS Fine Aluminum)) and applyed a a few coats of clear. Turned out pretty well. Only thing I’ll probaly change doing the last 2 wheels is that i’ll use epoxy primer.

As far as the bottle caps go, I soaked the nuts outa them with laquer thinner then buffed them out using a fairly aggressive compound. Chased that with a polish and they are pretty sparkly! Not perfect, but what is?

Here are some before pics on the wheels and hubcaps:

After pics soon to come!

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Bodywork begins on front nose panel

refinishing the wheels on my 1600