Here's how it started out:
Oh, and that gap was FIRST SHOT! That's why it took 2 people and a jack.
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| Body work | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| One of the most hated things by ANY car guy, rated with rebuilding an automatic trans, is body work. I was lucky, I didn't have much to do, and foolish me didn't take pics til I went to hang the new panels, but I can blindly lead you up to the pics. Here's how it started out: |
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| I bought a door from a junkyard for $50. Found a fender on a forum (www.oldspower.com) for $50 and picked it up. I cut out the normal rust in the bottom of the new door and riveted in aluminum, then layed down bondo (I know, I hate it too) and smoothed it out. The fender took a little "red lead", aka spot putty, as did the skin of the door. So I sanded it all down nice and smooth and prepped it and primed it. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| I then painted the panels with "duplicolor" premixed, spray can paint. It worked quite well, but the color is off, a bit too dark, even with the rest of the car fading. But otherwise, for a spray can job, not to bad. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| I, with the help of some friends; Aaron, Bryan, Tom, Tommy (yes 2 different Toms) and my Dad; did the rest of the work. |
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| Aaron and Bryan helped pull the hood off. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| From there, Aaron helped pull off the door, then the fender. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| We then hung the new fender and put the hood on. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| With the help of Aaron, Tom, and a floor jack, we hung the door. Oh, and that gap was FIRST SHOT! That's why it took 2 people and a jack. |
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| The next day was spent putting the door together and the day after that was spent buffing out the door and fender and detailing the whole car. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| For 3 days of work I don't think it came out to bad at all. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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