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I did the same to my fox, it took me two months of pain, sore muscles, cuts/ bruses all over and late nights.
Your using power tools, I used my bare two hands. Hatch/ had no rust, I would get a fiberglass hatch if it came down to it later.
Rear Quarters and Rusty Lowers, ETC, I got a roll of aluminum for $10 from my scrap yard in new shape.All of those areas treated with a Anti Rust Zinc Primer before fiber glass.
Underbody, blasted and scaled, then 3 coats of Rubberized UnderCoat, to prevent any rust from ever forming at least 20 years.
After all in primer, wet sanded the entire car with 3 light grit sand sponges for a week throughou the day, using distilled water.
I used Fiberglass, its takes forever to sand, but holds up very strong and does not stress crack easily.
My goal is to never have to go this again, for at least another 20 years
< Message edited by aode06 -- 2/10/2008 1:56:44 PM >
amen to that, pisses you off when it does rain tho...
LOL. Yeah we have been having those storms the last couple weeks, and it pisses me off. I like to be able to drive with my windows down. Luckily that will probably be the last rain we see until next year. THANK GOD!
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I did the same to my fox, it took me two months of pain, sore muscles, cuts/ bruses all over and late nights.
Your using power tools, I used my bare two hands. Hatch/ had no rust, I would get a fiberglass hatch if it came down to it later.
Rear Quarters and Rusty Lowers, ETC, I got a roll of aluminum for $10 from my scrap yard in new shape.All of those areas treated with a Anti Rust Zinc Primer before fiber glass.
Underbody, blasted and scaled, then 3 coats of Rubberized UnderCoat, to prevent any rust from ever forming at least 20 years.
After all in primer, wet sanded the entire car with 3 light grit sand sponges for a week throughou the day, using distilled water.
I used Fiberglass, its takes forever to sand, but holds up very strong and does not stress crack easily.
My goal is to never have to go this again, for at least another 20 years
The only power tools I am using is a DA sander and cut off wheel. And after the initial sanding, it will all be done with blocks to make it straight as an arrow.
As far a filler goes, I am using Duraglass(fiberglass filled type body filler) on the welded area's or where I have to do some filling, then I am using a light body filler over that to smooth everything out. Then I am using a glaze type filler to fine tune anything. I am using all mild steel (not aluminum) on my filler patches because I want to weld them in and coating them with a good weld thru primer(not sure what is in it, but it wasn't cheap....one can was 15 bucks)
I am also sure we will have many hours into blocking our high build primer to make it perfect. Try doing all this in the cold of winter and after working 60 hours a week...not fun but it will be worth it.
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Alright, made more progress today and in the past week. I finished welding all the patches, filling all the little holes from when my car was rust proofed/undercoated (lots of them in the door jamb frame and hatch area). I also filled the seatbelt lock releases that are in the rear of the door jamb. I bought some black seatbelts from a newer stang and they didn't have the release, different style. Here are the pictures.....
Got the fenders sanded and filled where they needed it. Mainly getting the stone chips out of them.
Notice anything missing??
Got all the weld filled in with duraglass, then I will put filler in to smooth it all out.
I also filled in the Mustang in the front bumper for a different look to match the cobra grill that is going on also.
And here is how it sits now...getting close to primer....
Alright, here is a question I have been tossing around, maybe you guys can help me decide. I was kind of thinking about getting rid of the wippers and smothing over where they come thru in the cowl. Do you thing it would be cool or just a PITA. The car wont be driven in the rain, and if I get cought in it, I will use rain X on the glass. Shave them or save them??
I don't envy you... your car had alot more rust than mine did. I know how much work it was getting mine rust free, so I know you have been working your tail of getting yours ready for paint. I have to bust on you a little though... why didn't you take it all down to bare metal like I did? It really helps you find all the bad areas and will make for a better paint job in the end. What you have done, though, is very impressive. Looks like you know what you're doing when it comes to patching with sheet metal. Hats off to you!!! That's gonna be one helluva sick ride when you're done. You've got a long road to travel yet... but MY GOD it's so freakin' satisfying when you get to the point that I'm at in my build. I'm just dying to hear mine run at this point. Can't wait to hear yours run too. You better not punk out on us and stop posting progress pics... you're in it for the long haul now. LOL.
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I don't envy you... your car had alot more rust than mine did. I know how much work it was getting mine rust free, so I know you have been working your tail of getting yours ready for paint. I have to bust on you a little though... why didn't you take it all down to bare metal like I did? It really helps you find all the bad areas and will make for a better paint job in the end. What you have done, though, is very impressive. Looks like you know what you're doing when it comes to patching with sheet metal. Hats off to you!!! That's gonna be one helluva sick ride when you're done. You've got a long road to travel yet... but MY GOD it's so freakin' satisfying when you get to the point that I'm at in my build. I'm just dying to hear mine run at this point. Can't wait to hear yours run too. You better not punk out on us and stop posting progress pics... you're in it for the long haul now. LOL.
I was planning on it, but I was told by my painter that if I didn't have issues, don't take it down to bare metal....it will just open up a whole can of worms.
As far as keeping up on the thread, If people want to see it, I will keep posting. So let me know if you guys want to watch my progress.......I plan on keeping up on it. Thanks for the complements!
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lookin good bro! how much work was the hatch? cuz i have one that has some rust on it.. it doesnt seem that bad but idk
If I had it to do over or the money to use, I would have bought a new hatch. If you can see rust on it, there will be twice as much that you can't see. I have probably 10 hours into my hatch right now and probably another 5 till it is done. It really helped that I had another hatch that was rust free in the spots that mine was rusting. They can be fixed, but I know I will see rust in my hatch again one day(rust on the inside you can see, and what encapsulater wont get too will pop out) so I am on the look out for another.
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