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Thanks for the info Gerd. You always manage to find the perfect graphic!

Well the deed is done. Interior, jams and inside of the doors are primed. Nothing like spraying epoxy in a inclosed space when it's 100 degrees in the garage.

It took forever to mask the windows, steering wheel, and dash board. Had just enough tape.

If I know I have a lot to spray I usually mix enough primer to have to gun cups worth. I sprayed through the first cup just fine, by the time I got to the second one it was already starting to kick off on me. So I had to bump up the reducer in it because of how hot it was in the garage.

Anyway here are the pics:

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WOW! Nice work considering all that heat! What kind of respirator do you use?

BigKev,

You are moving right along. Nice taping and prime job.

What's next some High build primer?

Well the plan is to give the jams and door interiors a light sanding, and then paint them final body color. Then I can put the weather stripping back in reinstall the side windows, and actually run the full interior while I work on the exterior over time.

Driving around with no weather stripping is like driving a coffee can half full pennies down a set of stairs.

I still have lots of rust repair to finish on the rear quarters before I can move on to with the block and sanding on the exterior.

No work on the Clipper this evening.... the work day was long, and it was back to the Gym for me tonight. Hopefully tomorrow I can start some of the jam sanding.

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Isn't sanding a type of work out

"Jam sanding" sounds like a cool new dance move.

Was hoping to find some better photos for dogleg repair but alas--archive management is not a strong suit.

Basicly, when the edges of the dogleg are good, the easiest way to proceed is to carefully make a flat paper pattern of the dogleg and transfer it onto sheet steel. A handfull of small magnets from the hardware store will hold the paper flat to the panel while you mark and cut it. The same magnets will hold the paper to the sheet steel while you mark it and then cut it to suit.

It is not hard to bend the flat steel by hand to the approximate contour of the dogleg.

Then take a cutting disk and cut out the dogleg leaving maybe 1/8" all around the edge. Go all the way down into the rocker area and get rid of the double layer of metal that causes all the problems there. Then weld your new dogleg right on top of the old edges. Sure, the panel will now stand .036 higher than before but who really gives a rip. If a portion of an edge is not sound just replace it with a small straight piece and edge weld it to your main repair. With a mig on a low power seting, this is not hard.

The one photo I found is of Packup #1; on it, I had to work around the speedline, but "the difference is the same".

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More work today:

Sanded all the primer on the door jams, and door interiors. Then I sprayed another sealer coat of primer. Will just need to scuff it when I get ready to spray the color coat on the jams. Which wont be a for a couple of weeks still.

The primer sanding left a fine coat of light grey dust over everything in the garage and me. My wife called me "Casper" when I came into the house. It looked like a bag of flour exploded all over me.

No shocks on the rear axle????/ That rear wheel looks like it has dropped WAY down. If prop shaft is still in place it can break off the tail shaft housing of transmission.