The Jalopy Journal
Hey, Great lookin running boards & door skin!:) Were the running boards built with Pull-Max tooling or a beading/swaging machine?
Sad, but true!
Dumb question, but was the gun cup vented, did you have a full wet spray pattern? A plugged fluid tip or cap, or supply tube will not deliver...
Hey, this does sound like a paint prep issue. Were there other areas that lifted or ''crazed'? Also, what did you find under the paint it the...
Hey Mac, Thanx for posting your photos of Gatormeet!:) It looks like everyone had a great time & probably learned much in the process! On the...
Hey Andy, Who's epoxy did you use, and what did you reduce it to? As chopolds suggested, get a tech sheet for your product, and read up on what...
Hey, FWIW, The Dupont Company has sold off their automotive paint line to another company within the last couple of years. I don't know...
Wow BarryA! That's some killer metalshaping your buddy has done on that early Mopar, and made it into a 2dr. sedan, taboot! That shows what's...
hey, I'd suggest you use a slow reducer, as wide a fan as your spray gun will produce, and really work on your triggering of the spray gun when...
Hey, Sometime back, HAMB member ''metalshapes'' did a chop on a schewbaux, and posted some photos where he sectioned the top, just above the...
Hey 7777, I'd like to suggest you take some templets from your '53-4 or '55 roof panel, lay them up on your schewbaux, and study the lines of...
Yes, those parts should fit as the Dart and Plymouth used the same radiator 2bl.carb and balancer. I'd look over your timing chain cover on both...
Hey, Upon further review of your photos, I still wouldn't cut anything just yet! You've still got to weld in the sail panels, and tie in the...
That's gonna depend on whether the 318s are both Poly motors, and that someone hasn't switched in an LA motor on you!
Hey, Why not scribe a templet from Masonite or heavy cardboard from one of the five-windows you have access to, and use that as a standard to...
hey, Are the trim clips still intact, i.e. do they still hold the moulding in tension, and can the nuts that hold them in place still be...
Hey, If ya think repop panels for ABombs suck, try and order ''factory'' Ferrari or Alfa Romero sheetmetal:eek::D
Hey, As the kiddies say, '' it's a no brainer "!................wet blast or wire wheel??!! Ya gotta be jokein' me? For $300.00 the guy's...
Hey, Who died?:D " Meanwhyle, back aboard The Tainted Pork "
Hey, Has anyone used the late model Titan/Capspray unit? Given what a stage 4 or 5 turbine pump puts out, I can't figger what a guy painting...
Hey, Were the original mounting areas for the hinges cut out of the A posts?:eek: You may be miles ahead to shop some replacement Aposts, and...
hey, Doors running ''uphill'' as in towards the quarter? Replace the 1/2''+ of shim thickness @ the cowl, with some plywood spacers, and work on...
Hey Ian, For years I shot RM Alphacryl @ 125-150 reduction with my Binks #7 with a 36SD tip. This would provide a full 10''-12'' pattern with...
Hey, From the photos, it looks like you've some high metal, those areas above normal contour, and probably some low areas as well. I'd remove...
Hey, Price out a ''real'' stud/dent puller from one of the many on-line autobody tool sellers. I've seen them in the low $200.00 with shrinking...
hey, Are you welding this with a ''squirtgun'' welder? After you have removed all of the lead you can see, grind:eek: or blast, try several...
X2 & I'd suggest you take a long look at any ''real'' hardtop vehicle from this era and take special note of the frame, body mounts cowl panel...
hey, Of the times I've tried to use nails as pull studs of late, they've been very sad!:( The high scrap content of nails today (made in china)...
Hey dodge59, A colour match produced from taking a ''read'' off an actual painted part, and producing that match with spray out cards will yield...
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