Thread: I'm a new user from San Francisco looking for some advicee

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Looks pretty good in the pictures except for that spot in the trunk we talked about a couple days ago. Best thing to do is get an awl, or similar, and poke around to see if any of the "surface" rusted areas is very thin. Looks like the drain trough under the back glass is even in decent shape! If not, you'll want to fix that too since that catches the water that rolls down the back glass. Still think you might have some rust issue at the bottom of the quarters.

When you prime it, you have to use a 2-part epoxy primer or a 1-part polyeurethane primer in order to seal out moisture and keep the rust from coming back. I have had good luck with Pettit Rustlock available at West Marine for $30 a quart. This is a 1-part paint for simple application. Most modern paint systems recommend you use a 2-part primer, but this Pettit's stuff seems to have a good enough solvent resistance once cured that modern paints can be applied over it without problem.

You can get all the help you can afford at Roy Brizio Street Rods in South San Francisco, close to the airport. There is also Dominator Street Rods in Byron, a little drive for you. They can get anything your little heart desires. Except money of course. Ha ha! Make sure you hit the Goodguys shows in Pleasanton, you can network there, especially the August show. Every vendor known to man is there concerning Street Rods.

Keith...

Just another update on parts. In one of your threads we talked about Speedway Motors being a source for the alternator that looks like a generator, and may have mentioned they have the "Lincoln" style brakes, drums, hubs and so on. Well, not trying to sound like a flack for Speedway here, but with heavy parts like this shipping can add up in a hurry. I saw today that Speedway is offering free shipping on orders over $400 from now through Jan 13, 07, and since they're pretty competitive on the parts pricing this makes them a good deal if that's the way you want to go.

Man, I had forgotten how much clean-up original iron requires . . .