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Archive: May 2022

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Roof Paint Part One

As mentioned in the Panel Beater post, my last batch of shine juice clotted up and became tacky cement on the car. It wouldn't wash off. Mineral spirits wouldn't take it off. I ended up wiping the whole car down with Acetone, which accomplished a couple of things. It easily cl...

Goodbye, Matte Vintage Blue

After finding a decent color match with the Krylon Fusion All in One Matte Vintage Blue, which I sprayed in the spare tire well, I decided I should go buy another can or two to keep around. I went back to Lowe's where I originally bought that paint and that whole line of paint...

Vent Window Rubbers

I bought a set of door glass rubbers/felts/scrapers, because they are all dry, cracked, and broken. When I saw how much disassembly was actually necessary to replace all of them in each door, I decided to start small and just do the vent windows. Starting on the passenger side...

Panel Beater

Note: I apologize in advance for the pictures in this post. I didn't have a whole lot of day light left when I started this process and couldn't get very good before and after pictures. Decided to go ahead and post this up anyway for posterity. So, there are lots of whiskey de...

Road Trip and Lots of Progress

I took a road trip to my parents' house a couple of hours away. Well, normally it's a couple of hours away on the highway at modern car speeds. I plugged their address into Google Maps and enabled the Avoid Highways option, so it turned into a 4 1/2 hour trip instead. It was a...