Spencer Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Found a place in the states that wioll do a new headliner for ~$200 sewen to fit. was just going to go with a beige patterned GM vinyl Found a parts car in the states so hopefully I can get the bits I need off it. Also sorted a new vinyl roof, the guy wont sell it to me without seeing samples of the vinyl (from the US, they only stock black in Aus these days) so will be well into Jan before I get that sorted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danger Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Couldnt find a discussion thread? That thing is choice. I thought my bumper was big but yours is the grill as well. More patience than me with stripping the roof. I'm just gonna wire brush around the edges of that tar shit and squirt POR15 everywhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danger Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Oh you mods and your tricks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Haha merged this in here, really need to add this thread to my sig I still have nightmares over that roof, took soo long to get all that tar off, worth it though as allot of it had dried out and had rust forming behind it as it’s just bare clean steel under the tar. I also wanted to clean up around the roof rack mounts as some were starting to rust. The stuff under cross bracing is the killer, oh and the mess it makes I hear that upside down on a rotisserie and a fuck load of thinners and it’s not too bad. Will be installing some dynamat type stuff to stop it sounding like a bass drum inside the car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted April 5, 2012 Author Share Posted April 5, 2012 Man you are going hard-out Harry Houdini on this wag - can't wait till you come home and bring it with you to Wagnats. PS - will it be done in time for our Bathurst roadie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Its one of those things KK you start attacking one job and it leads to another. In this case it was by far the best time to attack the rust and old dried out window sealant while the interior was out, the back windows were barely held in. Yea plan is ready for bafurst, should be easy enough. Idealy I'd like to be rolling it down to the 'Greazefest' hotrod car/culture show in August Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted April 5, 2012 Author Share Posted April 5, 2012 Bonzamatic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danger Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Well you're committed now! Mine was rotten the whole width of the dash panel in that little gully the window sits in. And in the firewall below it. Yours all good there looking up from the inside? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowrota Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Awesome work man!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
japawagons Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Wow your getting in deep now, the perfectionist in you just has to keep digging doesn't it? Are you planning on bringing this with you to NZ at all? Or is it just your OZ project? You seem to be able to find massive support and sources etc from the US, are they easy to find or do you just spend a shit load of time digging around on the internet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Man, you are an animal! How long did it take you to strip all that paint off? Pics of you covered in dust + mess made?! edit: how did you remove the lead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Yea Dane mine looks good from the inside, I have no doubt there will be some rust in that seam, but I'll seal it up and forget about it I hate that foam shit they put between double skinned panels, once its old and dry its promotes rust I'm sure Keegan If I have this car still when I head back to NZ I'll bring it, honestly it will be hard to leave here, I doubt I'd ever get paid like this in NZ. Parts for this car are tricky Buicks have very little support compared to Ford, Chev and Chrysler/Mopar stuff (unless its a Skylark). For engine stuff there is one company, TA performance and prices are pretty reasonable. I am lucky they even make headers for the 1970 full-size cars as they have a slightly different setup to everything else. As for other stuff its hit & miss the car is a GM 'B' body as I have said which is the same underpinnings as an impala so you get lucky with generic bits crossing over. And you melt the lead out with a gas torch, ends up on the floor. Took a few weeks to strip the paint, door jambs sucked and yea I got super grubby. Still have acres to do though doors, hood, fenders & tailgate The weather here was shit so no painting, attacked some serious rust though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Woah that's sweet. Is that all wire wheel and sanding disk? Or paint stripper also. So keen for exactly that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 I used paint stripper first, top coat was Lacquer so it melted off and made a mess, use a wire brush on stubborn bits to help work the stripper in. The big flat panels then got the strip disk and the door jambs got wire wheeled to clean up the left over, the wire brush tends to smear stuff around so a thorough rub down with scotch-brite and wax & grease remover and it comes up nice and white ready for paint I will write some shit up and add to the panel beating thread about paint stripping and epoxy primer as I go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 the above results make me keen to do the same. I cant gaurantee keeping dirt out of the epoxy though certainly makes it look tidy though. good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Those big rolls of plastic (5m x 100m) are around $50 here, cover your whole shed and paint away. I have painted outside then pushed the car in the shed when I had to, came out fine. You can sand out minor dust and bugs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaN Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Its reacting to silicon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Yea but POR15 is just a water cured urethane once cured all the silicone I can throw at it shouldn't react with it. I'm thinking as Sika is a single pack solvent cured product that the solvents lifted it (which they shouldnt!). Anyway Epoxy primer then a industrial 2k urethane with the sika inbetween the two will do the trick with no issues. Plus its 100x cheaper, I probably grinded $70 off the floor haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted May 11, 2012 Author Share Posted May 11, 2012 I've heard of POR15 peeling off in sheets when the metal underneath is too smooth - it needs something gruff to key to.. So they recommend the metal ready acid to give the surface a microscopicly rough surface.. Why am I telling you this?? Pretty sure you already know.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaN Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 oh well, I've had alot of issues with por-15 reacting to things. I'd never use it again to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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