This is as far as I got today *pic*

[Lars]

Finally ran out of energy (funny, I remember I used to have more). Can't really tell from the pic, but I couldn't get the nooks and crannys where the inner fenders meet the core support and firewall as clean as I wanted. So I had to get as close as I could, then I washed it with soap and water, wet sanded the factory paint I couldn't get off, and let the Ospho (like POR-15) do the rest. Gonna try and prime it tomorrow, it's sitting right now basting in the Ospho.





I took these before I put the Ospho on.

[mopowers]

Man, that looks good.  Wanna do mine?

[1967dart406]

lookin good

[Evan]

looks good. are you blasting it or sanding it or what?

[Lars]

Combination of a DA sander, wire wheels and flap sander on my angle grinder, and good ole sandpaper. I could sandblast it if I wanted to, but the sand makes such a mess, I don't want sand falling out of the car for the next two years.

[Jim_Lusk]

Looks good.

[Evan]

well it looks good - a lot of work, but worth it

[Lars]

Thanks for the kind words guys, the pics hide a lot of the flaws (at least in my eyes). Last day of my vacation, man am I tired, did house projects on Saturday and Sunday, started working on this thing Monday, didn't get as far as I'd hoped, but at least it looks like I'm making some progress. I just hope it doesn't start to flake off on me down the road. 

[jimmyb]

looks great

[bOb shingler]

wowsers

[vitamindart]

looking good i wish mine were that clean when i got them

[signet]

that is one hell of a lot of work.

time well spent though.

[fourspeed]

Nice work. All those contours suck, don't they?

[b569rr]

Looks like its coming out nice. I wish I could have worked on mine on my vacation. My wife made me take her on a cruise.

Tom

[Lars]

looking good i wish mine were that clean when i got them

Not that clean, just no rust holes. I got the car eight years ago, and it always seemed a little off. Found out the cars front end is tweaked from a wreck at some point in it's life.

Nice work. All those contours suck, don't they?

No kidding, I need to do my Duster and 73 also. I knew it was gonna suck, but now I know how much. 

[DartKnight]

Definitely looks good;  what kind of primer did you use?

[demon340v]

Looks very good

[Lars]

Definitely looks good;  what kind of primer did you use?

Transtar Epoxy primer, it was $28 for a quart, and the activator was $23.

Looks very good

Thanks man, I can't wait to see what it's gonna look like with the paint. 

[dangerdawg]

hey that looks real good i'm still working on back half of car going towards the front

[dart_man440]

Good job, the car is going to look great when you get done! 

[smitty72]

that looks real nice.

wanna do mine? just joking. lookin real good. some day I will hjave to the  ;Dsame thing

[sickt7cuda]

Definitely looks good;  what kind of primer did you use?

Transtar Epoxy primer, it was $28 for a quart, and the activator was $23.


Thank the EPA for the high costs!

[kevin383]

That looks great....I leave for a few days a progress is made.......

[Lars]

That looks great....I leave for a few days a progress is made.......

Yeah it's about time, after 8 years I got tired of seeing that funky engine bay. Funny thing is, after all that work, now I got the itch to spray the whole car!