Thread: Could it be finally true??
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07-29-2010 10:24 AM #1
Good info Ken, thanks for sharing that. I've also heard the same about using Wesleys Tire White on whitewalls. Some people say it dries out the white part and it starts to crack. I've been using sos pads on mine, not rubbing very hard, and that seems to work.
Don
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07-29-2010 02:46 PM #2
Thanks for the info Ken and Don and yes I'm guilty of using chrome polish on my chrome. Bother, bother and other swear words another mistake I have made. The other one was, because the car was only on it's shake down and not finished completely,we squirted some satin black on the body which I have proudly coated with wax etc thinking that I was helping the paint but have been told that was not what to do and I have just created a bigger job in prepping for the next paintjob.I maybe a little crazy but it stops me going insane.
Isaiah 48: 17,18.
Mark.
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08-02-2010 11:40 AM #3
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08-02-2010 03:38 PM #4
Since this thread came back up I thought I would update on where we are. Yesterday Dan and I got the doors primed, and those are almost the last parts on the cab itself. It's nice not to have to worry about bare metal rusting any more........Dan has probably DA'd that cab 50 times in the couple years since we put it together.
The bed is next. He just has to make the openings a little wider where the axle tubes ride, then we can disassemble it and start priming that part. We took everyone's advice and have eliminated the etch primer step and are applying the DP90 right to bare metal. He DA'd it with 80 grit first and wiped it down a couple of times, and the primer seemed to grab on really well.
The clock is ticking as to whether he will make Turkey Run this November. The ONLY way that can happen is if he either puts the car together in primer or shoots a final coat of the Hot Rod Black I did on mine. I have been pushing him to simply get the d*** car on the road this year and enjoy it, then pull the body off next Spring and get it professionally sprayed. That would also allow him time to lick his financial wounds and recover a little in between. I think the fact this car has been absorbing so much money for the past 5 years is wearing on him as much as the physical work putting it together. It gets VERY old after a while, spending dollar after dollar and not seeing the end of the tunnel.
Nothing picture worthy this time, but pretty soon we should have some shots of the body hopefully going together.
Don
Welcome to CHR. I think that you need to hook up your vacuum advance. At part throttle when cruising you have less air and fuel in each cylinder, and the air-fuel mixture is not as densely packed...
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