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Getting there...

The car is starting to show some progress again, after two solid weeks of 40 degree temperatures (the garage has a wood stove but I'm out of fire wood). I'm going slowly, taking it panel by panel. I'm also being very fussy about it, taking all the trim off, the glass out (or, in the case of the windshield and backlight, the trim) and the door handles, lock cylinders, and even the latch bolt thingies that hold the doors closed. I don't wanna have tape marks anywhere on this car when it's painted - I hate it when you look at a freshly painted car and see where everything was taped off.

The left side is just about finished, and I only have some door dings to take care of on the right side door and the right side will be finished. Then the roof (again I wonder how the hell somebody gets "door dings" on a roof, but there are plenty) and the trunk lid. Then it's ready to throw some paint at the bitch! And yes, I will be painting it myself. Should be... um... interesting. There is still some light sanding to be done on just about everything as well, but I'm saving that for when I'm ready to paint.
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

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Reply #1 –
Looking good. I'm dreading the day I gotta rip off my molding when it's time for paint.
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88 Sport - 5.0HO, Mass Air, A9L, 73mm C&L meter, BBK CAI, 255 lph pump, 1.7 roller rockers,Professional Products damper, Chuck W motor mounts, BBK shorties & H-pipe, Flowmaster 40 series, 8.8 rear w/3.27's, 93 Cobra M/C, BAER 13in. drilled/slotted rotors front and back, cobra calipers, Russell braided brake lines front & back, C/C plates, 03cobra rims, 255/40/17 Nitto 555's all around

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Reply #2 –
looking god man, I cant wait to start into my bird.  Gotta get some money to a board member first, then I cant start back into putting money in the body.

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Reply #3 –
Lookin good there :) keep up the good work :)

John


86' T/C 4.6L DOHC
16' Chebby Cruze 1.4L Turbo
17’ Peterbilt 389 600hp 1850ftlb Trq 18spd

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Reply #4 –
Looks real good. Sanding is so much fun! NOT! I do it everyday at work. Hardest part about paint and I hear it from highly experienced people all the time is being comfortable with the gun. I have no problem at all painting, its 2nd nature to me. My grandpa paints building interiors. He watched me and told his hired hand to watch me. I flow with the gun and I flow with the contours of what Im painting. Most people are real rigid and try to paint in one position.
"Real cars dont power the front wheels, they lift them"
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1984 Mercury Cougar GS 5.0:cougarsmily: BBK Equal Length Shorties, BBK O/R X-Pipe, Magnaflow Magnapacks, Mustang GT Stainless Tailpipes, 18" Magnaflow Rolled Edge Tips. Turbo Coupe Hood, Mach 1 Chin Spoiler. 17"x9" Cobra R's, Falken Ziex 255/50s, and 245/45s.
1984 Ford Thunderbird 3.8L "Drag Queen"
2009 Dodge Ram 1500 Lone Star Edition 5.7L Hemi 400hp, lex DOD14M Magnaflow retro-fit ler kit

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Reply #5 –
Nice and smooth.Great work.Are you using spray can primer on it?If so,you did an excellent job.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Reply #6 –
Yes, it's Canadian Tire spray primer. You can see a couple of cans of it sitting under the car in one pic. This type of primer has a really nice "fan" style spray pattern, unlike the simple round hole in the cheap stuff's sprayer. One thing I learned: Use primer that comes in a can with a picture of a car on it. When I first started I cheaped out and bought cheap primer. It looked great until I put some white paint down on it (as you can see in the pic, I painted all the edges of the fender while it was off the car to make sure paint got on those areas). As soon as the paint hit the primer, the primer blistered just as if I had put paint stripper on it. I had to redo the whole ed fender, but it could have been worse I suppose - imagine if I'd used that primer on the whole car!

From now on, only automotive grade primer for me :hick: The funny thing about this automotive grade primer is that it soaks into body filler, and the camera flash seems to exaggerate the effect. If you look carefully at the pics (or if you tilt your LCD monitor) you can see every place I had to fill a ding/dent.  Once it's sanded with 320 grit in preparation for paint, though, you can't see those spots at all.
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

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Reply #7 –
On an unrelated note,I was looking at the cartoon Bird in your sig,and had a thought.....a 72/73 Torino hoodscoop (not the '70/'71 shaker)like that would look really good on a standard hood for our cars.Anyway,I was just wondering about the primer.I have a couple of spots I need to tend to before paint.Thanks.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Reply #8 –
That scoop is a dead-ringer for a 70 AMX scoop. Which *would* look good on a standard hood. I have one and a hood, maybe it's sawzall time...


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Reply #9 –
I always loved that Torino hood.I didn't think ofthe AMX,though.The Torino is a little more "subtle",if you will.The AMX had a little more of a bulge to it (I said "Bulge"LOL).It would look good either way.Both hoods are a little on the rare side these days.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Reply #10 –
Looking good. I like that you saved the passenger door tag:D
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

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Reply #11 –
Quote from: thunderjet302;146054
Looking good. I like that you saved the passenger door tag:D
But of course. Nothing screams "I was in a hurry when I painted it" like door tags that have been painted over. I plan on saving the driver's tags too, although none of the info will be correct anymore, except maybe the VIN. I changed out the interior (from base seats in porno red to TC seats in dark blue), the rear end (from open 7.5 with 2.73's to T/L 8.8 with 3.55's), and the colour (top will still be Oxford White, but bottom will be gunmetal).
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

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Reply #12 –
It's lookin really good!  I remember when we put the cowl scoop on the Chevelle's hood (it is the original steel hood with a cowl that we grafted on) and my dad's friend is a body guy so he helped A LOT.  And he hand crafted a part of the hood line because it didn't flow perfectly.  I need to get pics of it...he did really well.  Everybody that sees the hood swears it's an aftermarket hood.  But the hours spent sanding it....ugh....yeah.  That makes you really appreciate what goes into well done body work.  I cant wait to see the finished product!

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Reply #13 –
AMX hoods are remade :D


By my grandpa AND my dad :hick:

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Reply #14 –
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...By my grandpa AND my dad :hick:
If you were from around here I'd guess they were the same person, and your uncle too :hick:

*EDIT* I can't believe I wasted my 5,555th post on that :punchballs:
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣