It's been awhile since I've posted on the thread with an update.  Ben's truck project/emergency engine swap kind of slowed my progress but was a great experience for him and me.  Since midway through the previous year, we have been expanding our knowledge ( more Ben ) and expanding our equipment and connections ( more me ).  I have. Acquired some new/ used heavy duty cabinets and now a new sandblasting cabinet.  Trying to get the blaster home this week but I've had to take off the car builders hat and put on the husband and dad hats due to sickness in the house.  Here's the blaster as it sits waiting for transport home.

The new blaster is home and functional.  Working on finding a new home for the old one.  

Looking good, which epoxy primer did you use?
I know you mentioned possibly trying out Sherman Williams???

No pictures, just a few words. Parts for the other quarter panel are on order but might be the end of the month before I get them. Have been sandblasting parts in the meantime. Also I started on page one of the assembly manual and started finding the parts on each page including screws. Putting everything in bags and totes with page number references.

looks like you are putting your new blast cabinet to good use, it seems to work really well.

33 guy wrote:

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What are you priming your parts with ?

I take it you are using the rattke cans ??

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 We really like the "one step" etch primer in the rattle can made by Dominion something something company.  LOL I still can remember their whole name.  It is pictured in the above picture in the upper left.  Then, depending on what part it is we will use the cast iron colour or a semi black which we are now getting from Sherwin Williams.  I am collecting up sandblasted parts to paint all at once in the booth with a quart of Nason etch primer.  The rattle cans in the winter are so easy though.  

The cabinets do take up some room,

but I wouldn't be without it !!!

 

Filled the trunk patches.  Took out some lead and filled.  Stripping paint.  Sand blasting and painting small parts.

How are you removing the paint?

Great work Rich:.. Thanks for all the pictorials your sharing for the rest of us.. your work helps to keep me and others inspired as many of us are watching and learning from you, your Chevy boy and Light speed Mike share your builds with us.. Your posts and explanations are really appreciated by everyone.. 

Marten wrote:

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How are you removing the paint?

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The slow and safe way on exterior panels.  Hutchins orbital with 80 grit then I go over it with 220.  Once I get a clear day, I will be spraying epoxy on it, then feather fill.   I have been using wire wheels in the jambs and pinch weld areas as well as the roof drip rails.  I have just never been a fan of paint strippers.  This is probably the slowest way of doing the job, but I'm not on any ones dime or clock. LOL

Hopefully I will have most of the exterior panels on the shell and the deck lid epoxy and feather filled tomorrow.  Still have the other quarter panel to repair.  The parts for it just came in.

Yep. That's me. Didn't make it into primer completely as there was some pitting to deep for the wire wheel and the spot blaster. Had to bring out the big sand blaster. Had a couple dents in the deck lid to fix as well.

You'd be done if 2 guys didn't show up to bother you and tease the guard dog. I should have brought a hamburger for her. Ha

Thanks again Rich

I got the shell epoxy primered and then feather filled with evercoat.  

Here is the products I am using.  

 

 

The shell looks awesome Rich, well done! What color are you thinking for this one (sorry if you have already addressed this question)?

SWEEEEEEEEET!

Junior wrote:

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That is nice, what's the plan for the 'Burb?

 

 

 

junior

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 The plan is to build a sweet tow vehicle for my house trailer and car trailer.  My current truck is great but we want to take my German Shepherd with us camping.  This made a Suburban the best choice.  I looked at lots of newer once but didn't want to pay for rust and sensor/electronic problems.  Following Ben's lead a 5.3 or 6.0 swap with restored interior complimented with newer Suburban seats and gadgetsg.  It's a C20 rear wheel drive.  Minor rust but very clean frame and floors, doors etc.  Needs new air conditioning and has to be very comfortable for my wife Linda.  My dad had a 1978 he bought new, so I am tossing around painting it as a tribute to him and the truck I was driven around in for many years.  It was cream with a lighter brown center.  Going to dig out some old pictures and decide.  I don't want it to look like a show truck as we are planning on driving it on many long hauls.  

Been a tough couple weeks since our trip to South Carolina.  Spring always bring extra work that has to be done.  I bought a parts truck for the interior.  Just collecting parts for now.  

Ben needed some machining done on his current brake upgrade.

I have been doing work on the Nova doors but no pictures yet.

Jacob and I went on the Church boys club father son camp out at the Warplane museum.  It was very Kool sleeping in the hanger under the wings of a vintage airplane.  The did some great activities with the kids as well.

 

 

Both rear quarter panels are blocked and ready for more primer.  Doors are ready as well.  Ben's got the motor cleaned and painted.  

Looks like you may have this done for the end of summer 'Tour' , coming along nicely Rich.

 

 

 

 

 

junior

The shell and doors are getting closer.  I epoxy primed them before I left for the family vacation week.  Today nothing really worked out.  I finished stripping off enough bondo out of the fibreglass hood to do a whole car.  Lol.  I flipped it over and fibreglass matted in a couple strips of 1/8 aluminium to support the bottom that was causing the huge sink holes.  This actually worked.  So I decided to start on the glass fenders by putting them on my hardtop for .test fit and a secure area to hold them while I blocked them out.  I would be test fitting the hood as well.  Good thing I decided to go this root because nothing was anywhere close to good enough to use on this car.  So after wasting a perfectly good Saturday, I am going to have to use my hardtop hood because I found out today after pulling down the original hood that it is junk as well.  Fenders are going to be a problem because I only have 66 fenders from my hardtop.  At this point I am going to start looking for 67 fenders but i am thinking I will end up making this car a 66.  But I don't know.

-- Edited by slab on Sunday 5th of August 2018 07:48:19 AM

Been awhile Falla's.  Life threw my family a big eight ball this spring with my Dad getting diagnosed with stage4 prostate Cancer.  He is hanging in there but his clock is sadly running out.  Been spending a lot of time at their house.  All this has forced my hand in changing things up.  Ben's finishing up the motor for the Nova and I'm bringing in another project.  I really didn't want to stop the Nova until it was done but not really a new situation for me.  

The 1984 Chevy Suburban will be started this week.  It will be a tribute to my dad and his truck.  Here a pic of dads '78 Suburban.  Mine is a 84 but we will get the general theme with some improvement.  Mine will have a 5.3 and 4l60.  Leather buckets and rear seat.  Air conditioning and other convinces.  I'll try and put up some pics as we go.