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Today I worked on the emergancy brake lever, removed dimmer switch after a fight with the rusty screws and the steering shaft and pedal boot, and also removed the windshield glass and the rear glass as well. Of course the rubber seals were dry rotted and needed to by cut out.
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Finally, the dashboard is out along with all wires and controls
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Nice work! Do we have an honest to godness Ash Framer here? Actually an omelette sounds good right now..lol

Ken, the POR-15 as well as Chassis Black and Chassis Saver all flow out and look very nice without all the brush marks that some paints will leave. Some actually flow out so well it looks like it has been spray painted. Although brushing these coatings is more time consuming than spraying the results can be just as rewarding and less messy as these coating stick to everything and will not come off if they get on to something not attended to be painted and you don't get to it before any length of time. These are like ceramic and will stay for a long time, so don't get it on your skin or anything else you don't want painted with it, and make sure you clean the top of the can and the lid ring very well before you close it up or you will not get the lid off again without cutting it off. It's good stuff!
Oh and some of these come in gloss, satin, silver and clear..and maybe other colors now..
Greg

Hi, did you go to the swap meet near you last weekend? Just curious how the turn out was, since we've had such lousy weather this year.

Well, it's been almost 2 weeks since I really had a chance to work on the car with all the other body work scheduled and popping in, but I want to spend some time this week on it now that I'm almost caught up on everything else. We are getting really close to removing the body from the chassis and starting the sandblasting and metal working process. So far I am impressed with the way the steel is looking, but we will know for sure just how much sheet metal repair we will be doing after it's down to bare metal. As some or most of you know, there can be lots of little hidden suprizes under the paint and other coatings. either way, we are prepared and excited about this project and I hope to have more pictures coming soon, and possibly with more detailed descriptions of the repairs as we go along.

Things are doing OK in L.H. although we had a bad hail storm a couple nights ago but that should help business a bit. Not that I wish for these storms to come along, but it happens. The powder coat can be painted over if need be also.

Greg

Paints years ago had no hardener or activator to add to them such as lacquer, synthetic enemal etc. therefore they never actually cured hard, and would expand or contract (shrink) so putting an activated medium over them could cause problems with lifting if they reacted, or cracking in due time.
Have you ever thought about Chassis Black or Chassis Saver or other coatings designed for such parts. they come in gloss and flat black as well as clear and silver that I know of. This stuff gets so hard and durable it is like porcilen enamel. Caution not to get it on your skin for to long because it will not come off, and make sure you clean the rim of the can and the lid extra clean or you will not get the lid back off without ruining the can.
It can be brushed and flows out like glass or sprayed. Clean up with acetone is best solvent that I've found so far.

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