37 Ford build--IE: old Header issues thread /37 Ford/5.0/GT40P heads

[randyr]

Hey Dave,
That chassis looks great outside! I'm anxious to see the body on it. I'm sure you are too! I'm liking that color too!

Congrats on getting it pulled up out of the dungeon. Now you'll be driving it by June, right??

Talk soon.
Randy

[IC2]

Hey Dave,


Now you'll be driving it by June, right??

Talk soon.
Randy

Maybe July and maybe even this July

[IC2]

Maybe July and maybe even this July

Then, maybe not.

Somehow, I got a nice big gouge on one of the cowl raised details, and the upper half of the firewall has to be repainted as I did a really crappy job of painting and the primer 'shadows' thru the paint. I needed 4-5 coats on the rest - possibly I missed a couple here, but... I have it about ready, with only another hour or so of prep time - but @#$$%^&%$ !!!

What upsets me about the gouge(it's now sanded and surface prepped) is that I have no idea how it happened. It's on the right side that was facing a wall away from any traffic in my "booth", it was covered all winter and to the best of my recollection, nothing came close to it since.

Dam' those gremlins that sneak in when my back is turned and do these kinds of things

[randyr]

Then, maybe not.

Somehow, I got a nice big gouge on one of the cowl raised details, and the upper half of the firewall has to be repainted as I did a really crappy job of painting and the primer 'shadows' thru the paint. I needed 4-5 coats on the rest - possibly I missed a couple here, but... I have it about ready, with only another hour or so of prep time - but @#$$%^&%$ !!!

What upsets me about the gouge(it's now sanded and surface prepped) is that I have no idea how it happened. It's on the right side that was facing a wall away from any traffic in my "booth", it was covered all winter and to the best of my recollection, nothing came close to it since.

Dam' those gremlins that sneak in when my back is turned and do these kinds of things

Bummer Dave.......sorry about the gouge! At least you didn't run over your hood panels again.... . Did you use white primer on the car? I was reading on the SPI site about using white primer under yellow, orange & red for better coverage.

I'm still working on my wheel tubs. In the process, I've decided to go ahead and replace the trunk floor while I'm at it. The old floor is contoured to dip down about between the frame rails whereas the new one will span across the top, thus giving more clearance for exhaust, differential, etc. I don't think it will take any more time to put in a new floor than it would to re-patch the areas I cut out to have access for C-notching the frame.

I saw a few of your comments on another forum discussing home-made lizard skin insulation paint. It looks pretty interesting. Have you tried it? I'm also thinking about using SPI's bedliner product as undercoating on the body & fenders. Any thoughts about that?

I talked with a media blaster yesterday who is fairly close and much more affordable than my previous quote. He said he would use whatever media I wanted but they typically use a fine garnet. They do 2 or 3 cars/week and haven't had any body panel warpage yet. He said he thought he could do the job for around $600, especially since the floors & firewall are new. I still need to find someone to shoot the epoxy primer once it's blasted.

Anyway, that's about it for me for now. Hope your gouge repair goes quickly and your back on track....

Randy

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Bummer Dave.......sorry about the gouge! At least you didn't run over your hood panels again.... . Did you use white primer on the car? I was reading on the SPI site about using white primer under yellow, orange & red for better coverage.

I'm still working on my wheel tubs. In the process, I've decided to go ahead and replace the trunk floor while I'm at it. The old floor is contoured to dip down about between the frame rails whereas the new one will span across the top, thus giving more clearance for exhaust, differential, etc. I don't think it will take any more time to put in a new floor than it would to re-patch the areas I cut out to have access for C-notching the frame.

I saw a few of your comments on another forum discussing home-made lizard skin insulation paint. It looks pretty interesting. Have you tried it? I'm also thinking about using SPI's bedliner product as undercoating on the body & fenders. Any thoughts about that?

I talked with a media blaster yesterday who is fairly close and much more affordable than my previous quote. He said he would use whatever media I wanted but they typically use a fine garnet. They do 2 or 3 cars/week and haven't had any body panel warpage yet. He said he thought he could do the job for around $600, especially since the floors & firewall are new. I still need to find someone to shoot the epoxy primer once it's blasted.

Anyway, that's about it for me for now. Hope your gouge repair goes quickly and your back on track....

Randy

Ya know - it's no big deal, just frustrating with the dig in the paint and really wont delay a thing more then a day or so. I had to walk away from that part of the car today so am color sanding and buffing the trunk lid. I'm amazed at how smooth it's coming out after having to straighten a lot of the surface

I asked my DuPont dealer when I bought the paint and he looked it up. The correct color primer for this paint is their shade #2 which is light gray - and I did use that. He also said that some colors require 3-5 passes rather then the normal 2 times by. In retrospect, Barry's SPI white would probably have been a better choice.

You're really getting into the metal work with a new trunk floor. And you're probably right doing it too. Didn't that originally have a tool compartment in the floor as well?? - it's been too long since I've owned a '37.

I am going to use the homemade Lizard Skin. I had Home Depot mix up a gallon of their best exterior paint, matching the exterior color (and got a few strange looks from the clerk about the color). The micro spheres will be added and on it goes. Vince convinced me to try it and it will only be ~$50 to do the insides with plenty left. I also have a sandwich of insulation in the floor and the carpet pad is Volara, which is a space age closed cell padding, plus it's water proof vs the normal jute sponge-like padding. This is another item that Vince and I "worked on" on a Hotrodders.com thread

My first inclination with using garnet is that it could do a lot of damage real quick if someone screwed up. It's harder then sand (also comes from Upstate NY, North Creek). I had my differential cleaned with garnet - wow. But with that said, I'd take a look at a finished car and go from there. Then off to the epoxy painter's shoppe

Back to my trunk lid.........later

[34_40]

Then, maybe not.

Somehow, I got a nice big gouge on one of the cowl raised details, and the upper half of the firewall has to be repainted as I did a really crappy job of painting and the primer 'shadows' thru the paint. I needed 4-5 coats on the rest - possibly I missed a couple here, but... I have it about ready, with only another hour or so of prep time - but @#$$%^&%$ !!!

Dam' those gremlins that sneak in when my back is turned and do these kinds of things

Dave, sorry to hear about that gouge! But, glad to hear it's only a setback, not a deal ender. Curious about the lizard skin also. I'll have to track that one down.

Randy, ain't it funny how one job leads into another and so on.... LOL..

Me. Well I've been working some more on my exhaust. I did go under the axle and have full tail pipes to the back. Just got'em roughed in last week. Today I noticed on a Chevy Lumina that they have the exhaust pass under the rear axle also. So I guess it works! Won't have much time this weekend as I've got a business trip to Milwaukee that I leave on sunday for. Hopefully I'll have some time the week after next.

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Dave, sorry to hear about that gouge! But, glad to hear it's only a setback, not a deal ender. Curious about the lizard skin also. I'll have to track that one down.

Randy, ain't it funny how one job leads into another and so on.... LOL..

Me. Well I've been working some more on my exhaust. I did go under the axle and have full tail pipes to the back. Just got'em roughed in last week. Today I noticed on a Chevy Lumina that they have the exhaust pass under the rear axle also. So I guess it works! Won't have much time this weekend as I've got a business trip to Milwaukee that I leave on sunday for. Hopefully I'll have some time the week after next.

Mike - for your reading "enjoyment":

http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/alte...in-103610.html

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Ready to (re)paint - later today, hopefully.

[randyr]

Ready to (re)paint - later today, hopefully.

Hey Dave,
Hope the "re-paint" goes well. In todays pic that color looks more orange than in the previous pics. Either way I think it's going to look very cool!

In a previous post you asked me whether my 37 has a tool compartment in the floor of the trunk......it does..in the rear section by the tailpan. The trunk floor replacement kit stops right at the edge of that tool compartment. As I recall, my dad fashioned a new tailpan from the decklid of a salvaged 65 Mustang. I will probably try to save that rather than spending a few hundred more dollars on a repro-tailpan and tool compartment.

Anyway, good luck with your painting today!

Randy