Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Seebold 265 Eagle
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Progress !!!!!!!!
after looking at my page i noticed that its been two months since I posted something new. Well, thats cause i've been a busy boy.
I finished stripping off all the old paint on the car and proceeded to take care of the body work. Its tough doing all that in a single car garage and the dust it created was a nightmare. Most of the time i waited until i had a clear day (uncommon in WA) and sanded down the car outside. After i had it stripped, I went to Wesco Auto Paint and purchased their European high solides primer and started going to town priming and blocking the car with a long board. Again...... the dust was horrible. And thats what i've been doing for quite awhile.
Finally, after I got the exterior prepped, i needed to take off some of the body panels and door so that i could really get in to all those nooks and crannies to prep. So last weekend my Dad came over and we removed both doors, the fenders, and the hood. It took us all day to take that stuff off and clean it up. Thank god it was a nice weekend so we were able to work outside. After the parts were cleaned, we sanded and primed everything- even got some paint shot on the door jambs.
Later last week we re hung the doors and got them lined up with the rear quarter panels. Friday, I painted the insides and exteriors of the front fenders and clear coated them with a little white pearl mixed in. Since i was in the mood for painting i went ahead and shot most of the car in the body color. Fortunately, when the tempature is right, the paint sets up pretty fast and was dry in about 20 minutes after the last application. Dad showed up around 5PM last night and we fit then fenders to the doors and installed the hood back on the car. At 930PM, I turned off the lights.
Today (saturday 3/27), i began the day by fixing all the scratches on the doors, hood, and fenders. What i have realized is that i approached this whole project ass backwards. Cause i never should have started fixing the interior first, followed by all the bodywork, followed by the primer, followed by the body panel removal, followed by the painting. In fact, i did it all in the wrong order. Lesson learned! After fixing the scratches and shooting a little primer, i begain by applying more paint to match what i've already shot. Once the that was done, i decided what the hell, lets lay down some clear coat. And before i knew it...... i was into it and shooting clear on everything. Soooooo, there ya go. The car is painted, 1 coat of white pearl clear, and 3 coats of regular clear.
I've got some work ahead of me though, i'll have to do some wet sanding to remove some dust particles that decided to drop down only during the clear coat application and then we'll see about buffing it out. I have some MAJOR CLEANING to do inside the car as it seems like all the dust found its way inside the car as well. And finally, i do have more paint to shoot, i need to repair the rear tailgate and pick up bed, and then paint both of those. But the big part is done and i feel like i'm on the down hill side of things.
I finished stripping off all the old paint on the car and proceeded to take care of the body work. Its tough doing all that in a single car garage and the dust it created was a nightmare. Most of the time i waited until i had a clear day (uncommon in WA) and sanded down the car outside. After i had it stripped, I went to Wesco Auto Paint and purchased their European high solides primer and started going to town priming and blocking the car with a long board. Again...... the dust was horrible. And thats what i've been doing for quite awhile.
Finally, after I got the exterior prepped, i needed to take off some of the body panels and door so that i could really get in to all those nooks and crannies to prep. So last weekend my Dad came over and we removed both doors, the fenders, and the hood. It took us all day to take that stuff off and clean it up. Thank god it was a nice weekend so we were able to work outside. After the parts were cleaned, we sanded and primed everything- even got some paint shot on the door jambs.
Later last week we re hung the doors and got them lined up with the rear quarter panels. Friday, I painted the insides and exteriors of the front fenders and clear coated them with a little white pearl mixed in. Since i was in the mood for painting i went ahead and shot most of the car in the body color. Fortunately, when the tempature is right, the paint sets up pretty fast and was dry in about 20 minutes after the last application. Dad showed up around 5PM last night and we fit then fenders to the doors and installed the hood back on the car. At 930PM, I turned off the lights.
Today (saturday 3/27), i began the day by fixing all the scratches on the doors, hood, and fenders. What i have realized is that i approached this whole project ass backwards. Cause i never should have started fixing the interior first, followed by all the bodywork, followed by the primer, followed by the body panel removal, followed by the painting. In fact, i did it all in the wrong order. Lesson learned! After fixing the scratches and shooting a little primer, i begain by applying more paint to match what i've already shot. Once the that was done, i decided what the hell, lets lay down some clear coat. And before i knew it...... i was into it and shooting clear on everything. Soooooo, there ya go. The car is painted, 1 coat of white pearl clear, and 3 coats of regular clear.
I've got some work ahead of me though, i'll have to do some wet sanding to remove some dust particles that decided to drop down only during the clear coat application and then we'll see about buffing it out. I have some MAJOR CLEANING to do inside the car as it seems like all the dust found its way inside the car as well. And finally, i do have more paint to shoot, i need to repair the rear tailgate and pick up bed, and then paint both of those. But the big part is done and i feel like i'm on the down hill side of things.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Feeling lazy
So, you know how it is when you get all excited about doing something and put 110% into it and then you burn out? Yup, thats where i am. I've been going at it like madman for the last month and now... i don't even want to look at the car. Maybe this is like painting a room- your all excited about it, buy the paint, and as soon as you start masking off the trim you ask yourself why you are doing it. Anyhow, i haven't done anything on the car for a week or so. Been busy looking for work.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Whew! Im so tired of sanding aluminum and paint. Well, over the last couple days i have been doing some work. I finally have the interior all completed. I took the Monte Carlo door panels and sprayed the lower portions in black, then i attached the power door lock metal retainers and cut my existing upper door panels for the power window retainers. The Monte Carlo panels were from an 85 and had a loose piece of rubber weatherstrip attached to the lower door panels- so, even though my first 79 and this current car didn't have that rubber, i thought i would put it on anyhow. Why not!
I started the body work today too. I found myself bored and with nothing to do so i started stripping off the stainless wheel well trim and lower rocker panel mouldings. Then I broke out the heat gun and took off the mouldings/door gaurds. What a pain that was. But, it got me thinking that i don't remember my first 79 having those on the car, and when Dad and i stripped the car to metal, i didn't see any evedence of those being on it. But from what i can tell, the moulding on this car looked original as they were cut and moulded very specifically to this car. So, If you have a plain Jane el camino, it probably came with these moulding on it as this car was very basic- bench seat, manual windows and locks, and the smallest of the small V-6's.
As i was sanding body panels, i found out this car was originally all white and not two toned. But during its life it has received two paint jobs. The first was the upper and lower parts of the car were painted a royal blue (the interior was originally blue), and then later on it got painted black and silver. But what really got me was that the lazy S.O.B never took off a single piece of trim when it got painted..... BOTH times. Really, how hard is it to take off wheel well trim..... (six screws). It always bothers me to see when cars get painted and the body guy can't seem to remove any trim pieces.... its pretty simple and makes for a better paint job. And is some cases, the time you spend masking off the trim takes longer than simple removing the piece. And if you are worried about clips and retainers.... well.... spent $20 on new ones and take the pieces off!
Tomorrow, im breaking out the BIG air compressor and the pnuematic long board sander. I wore myself out last night playing drums on Rock Band and sanding today, so i'm looking for some easy work. I would like to get the passenger side of the car sanded down and squirted with a little primer since the car is backed in my single car garage and that is the only side i can work on right now. Then its off to mom and dads for sunday dinner.
I started the body work today too. I found myself bored and with nothing to do so i started stripping off the stainless wheel well trim and lower rocker panel mouldings. Then I broke out the heat gun and took off the mouldings/door gaurds. What a pain that was. But, it got me thinking that i don't remember my first 79 having those on the car, and when Dad and i stripped the car to metal, i didn't see any evedence of those being on it. But from what i can tell, the moulding on this car looked original as they were cut and moulded very specifically to this car. So, If you have a plain Jane el camino, it probably came with these moulding on it as this car was very basic- bench seat, manual windows and locks, and the smallest of the small V-6's.
As i was sanding body panels, i found out this car was originally all white and not two toned. But during its life it has received two paint jobs. The first was the upper and lower parts of the car were painted a royal blue (the interior was originally blue), and then later on it got painted black and silver. But what really got me was that the lazy S.O.B never took off a single piece of trim when it got painted..... BOTH times. Really, how hard is it to take off wheel well trim..... (six screws). It always bothers me to see when cars get painted and the body guy can't seem to remove any trim pieces.... its pretty simple and makes for a better paint job. And is some cases, the time you spend masking off the trim takes longer than simple removing the piece. And if you are worried about clips and retainers.... well.... spent $20 on new ones and take the pieces off!
Tomorrow, im breaking out the BIG air compressor and the pnuematic long board sander. I wore myself out last night playing drums on Rock Band and sanding today, so i'm looking for some easy work. I would like to get the passenger side of the car sanded down and squirted with a little primer since the car is backed in my single car garage and that is the only side i can work on right now. Then its off to mom and dads for sunday dinner.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
Next project- polishing door sills and replacing door panels. I picked up upper and lower door panels and sills from an 85 Monte Carlo on craigslist for $20. The sills have no pitting and only a few minor scratches and dents. I'm going to sand off the anodizing and straighten them so i can polish them up.
My 79 was a pretty low buck car and had a bench seat and manual windows/locks. So the new door panels have carpet on the lower section and are cut out for the pwr window switches. No cracks or damage. Good replacements. I already have the lower panels shot in Black and now i'm just trying to figure out what to do with the upper panels. They are velour and you can't paint that and make it look like anything. Besides, i didn't really like the look of them. So i am trying to come up with a pattern to do some sort of raised black vinyl design. I'll use the left over vinyl from the console. in the meantime, i'll just retrofit the metal brackets for the window switches into my existing upper door panels until i get it figured out Not sure what to use to make the raised panels.
My 79 was a pretty low buck car and had a bench seat and manual windows/locks. So the new door panels have carpet on the lower section and are cut out for the pwr window switches. No cracks or damage. Good replacements. I already have the lower panels shot in Black and now i'm just trying to figure out what to do with the upper panels. They are velour and you can't paint that and make it look like anything. Besides, i didn't really like the look of them. So i am trying to come up with a pattern to do some sort of raised black vinyl design. I'll use the left over vinyl from the console. in the meantime, i'll just retrofit the metal brackets for the window switches into my existing upper door panels until i get it figured out Not sure what to use to make the raised panels.
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