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A local historic house/museum had us refinish one of the family's old cars that is in the carriage house. Years of sitting in the non climate controlled room had deteriorated the finish along with a few "whiskey dents" and one horse kick. While it is a bit of an odd duck, the unibody design along with simple assembly of everything on the entire car made it a breeze to disassemble/reassemble. Pretty high end car for the day with automatic and air.
De-trimmed for soda blasting.
Amazing what lurks beneath the surface. Old repairs with body filler and lacquer type primers and paint. Porous enough to allow plenty of moisture through over the decades.
The soda blaster (100 miles away by wrecker) was supposed to tape over all panel seams as this was supposed to be an exterior only refinish for display purposes only. Lucky me, they failed to tape the seams, tarp the interior and engine bay and proceeded to fill everything with soda and blew paint off up into all the jambs. A bit of drama took place and they didn't charge me for the blasting. I was still screwed as I had to remove the hood, trunk and doors and refinish all the jambs. Not something agreed upon in the bid. I still ended up on the bad end of the deal but not by much.
After a good cleaning and some acid washing it got treated to some epoxy primer.
A few repairs, fresh paint, wide whites and some polishing and detailing of the chrome trim with paint fill on hub caps and emblems made for a pretty sweet looking old ride. Unfortunately there were no plans to do any mechanical repairs and make it drivable. Sure would look good parked out front when they have events there.
No wet sanding , buffing and polishing show car detailing, just a straightforward refinish. Turned out nice, perfect for their garage display.
Even had the local dealer sticker replicated.
Where it calls home.
Carriage house
De-trimmed for soda blasting.
Amazing what lurks beneath the surface. Old repairs with body filler and lacquer type primers and paint. Porous enough to allow plenty of moisture through over the decades.
The soda blaster (100 miles away by wrecker) was supposed to tape over all panel seams as this was supposed to be an exterior only refinish for display purposes only. Lucky me, they failed to tape the seams, tarp the interior and engine bay and proceeded to fill everything with soda and blew paint off up into all the jambs. A bit of drama took place and they didn't charge me for the blasting. I was still screwed as I had to remove the hood, trunk and doors and refinish all the jambs. Not something agreed upon in the bid. I still ended up on the bad end of the deal but not by much.
After a good cleaning and some acid washing it got treated to some epoxy primer.
A few repairs, fresh paint, wide whites and some polishing and detailing of the chrome trim with paint fill on hub caps and emblems made for a pretty sweet looking old ride. Unfortunately there were no plans to do any mechanical repairs and make it drivable. Sure would look good parked out front when they have events there.
No wet sanding , buffing and polishing show car detailing, just a straightforward refinish. Turned out nice, perfect for their garage display.
Even had the local dealer sticker replicated.
Where it calls home.
Carriage house
You have palms in Texas? Why is it so green? I thought Texas was this.
The Shop
Dude in HB has one with surf racks.
Nice job there Newmann !
You should start your own reality TV show!
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