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Unholy irony Traveler...you're going to like this story!
Through a random first conversation this evening with another hearse enthusiast, a myriad of old coach tales are exchanged. Half way in, I'm asked if I happen to know the history of your Crown. (Where did THAT come from?) "Guess it was previously owned by bikers that used it as a tow vehicle to Sturgis..."
At this point the other person interjects:
"Holy shit! I have an old pic of that car! Can't believe that I never drew the correlation. Then again, it was like 1979."
No promises but he's going to look for it! How cool would that be to have pics of (pre)Helen?Comment
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Originally posted by Atti View Post
That would be very cool!
All I really know is that Micheal who sold the car to me had purchased it from a woman named Gail. He told me that she was the one who boughtt the car when it came out of service.Comment
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Holy crap, we're tired.
We have Helen back to the point she was at for Hearse Con, which is shot with a heavy rust-preventative primer, and a black base coat. We can see some areas where our prep wasn't quite what it could be. We are done for this week, and will go back and reassess the situation on Monday.
I am worlds happier with our working surface this time around, and I'm thinking we'll probably wet-sand and move on from here. Because of where we are working, I've already picked a bug out of the wet paint.
Early next week, we'll be painting the insides of the doors, replacing the brackets for the rocker chrome and replacing the door seals. Once all that is done, we'll shoot our color, and start laying on the clear coats.
One other note - Respirators may be somewhat ineffective for protection against the lead-based paints from the manufacture, or perhaps I should have worn the thing longer than I did. I have been rather sick this week with nausea and gastric issues plus pain in the kidneys. It's getting better, and I'm only guessing as to what's made me ill. We are working with the bay door open, the ceiling vents open and a fan blowing, and we swept out the space and used a leaf-blower to blast the dust out several times. I'm just putting this here as a warning for the next person who decides to tackle this sort of project; just something to be aware of.Comment
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You may also want to wet the floor before you get started, and tread lightly. It will trap whatever dust blows in and keep it on the floor...Comment
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I'm new here, (in fact this is my first post, lol), and I came across this thread, and I just wanted to say "there is light at the end of the bodywork hell tunnel", lol. I feel your pain, because I've been there many of times. Here's the pics of my bagged '65 for a little extra motivation, lol.
Here's what I started with:
Here's when my buddy and I were doing all the reworking of the body and paint in a little garage, lol.
Startring all the way to bare metal.
A little primer, and a whole lot of blocking, over and over and over, lol.
And this is what I have now! (well worth all the pain!)
I hope this helps, lol.
***And yes, I drag the hell out of it, lol***
Have fun!Comment
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Boogeyman - Yeah, I do that. It's actually an interesting feat to wet down a floor that's served three generations of mechanics. What defeats us is the bay door and open beam ceiling above the car, the brick walls, shelves of parts, stacks of tires and various bits of equipment around the workspace. It's not exactly a clean environment. We do the best we can, and I'm just thankful we're not trying to do this outside.
Creepy - That's just beautiful! Well done, and welcome to the boards.Comment
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Creepy ~ That is one well-executed car! (why is there no emoticon for a rim-shot?)
Trav, I am going to have to paint my 61 in my driveway, so I'll be making a "paint booth" from PVC pipe and clear plastic sheeting... Not the best idea, but it's all I got
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Good luck! I'm finding lots of interesting ways of getting the job done. I never thought I'd be digging through my toolbox in search of a toothbrush, nor did I think a drinking straw would ever seem so valuable.Originally posted by Boogeyman Con Carne View PostCreepy ~ That is one well-executed car! (why is there no emoticon for a rim-shot?)
Trav, I am going to have to paint my 61 in my driveway, so I'll be making a "paint booth" from PVC pipe and clear plastic sheeting... Not the best idea, but it's all I gotComment
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Yep... We need a little more glazing work. Overall though, I am happy.
Need to clean my camera lens.Comment
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Gotta' say Traveler that the effort shows - following light reflections shows pretty damn good consistency.
For the record, the highlight of that video comes at 1:14.
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Yeah I completely lost sight of the car at about 1:06 - 1:18Originally posted by Atti View PostGotta' say Traveler that the effort shows - following light reflections shows pretty damn good consistency.
For the record, the highlight of that video comes at 1:14.Comment
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Okay, that’s pretty funny… And a little embarrassing.Comment
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Some days you just have to laugh at yourself, so here it goes...
Today I had a goal of glazing a small handfull of little dings. None are bigger than the size of a quarter, or deep enough to require Bondo. Just little depressions; you can see them clearly in the video, especially on the back door.
This morning when we got to the shop, Nate decided he wasn't happy with the amount of orange-peel texture we had in the paint, so we started sanding. There was only one coat of the black on the car, and we quickly realized we were going to go right through it with the DA sanders, so we switched to hand-sanding. Zack showed up to help a few hours later, and by 4pm, we had the whole car sanded smooth, but there was no way we were going to get away without spraying a new black base. By time Nate and I left the shop, the sun was going down, and we had two new layers of black paint on Helen... Full of orange-peel texture.
Nate is much happier with this finish, but to me it doesn't really look any different than it did yesterday. Every car I have ever stopped to really look at has that same texture, so I don't really see what the deal is, anyway.
What really gets me though... I've been home for a couple of hours now, and it just occurred to me that I forgot to glaze those little dents.
I guess they can stay.Comment
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