Chris' 68 4 door bluh bluh bluh Datsun

[Trophy24]

What is the product you switched to for primer?

[the510keeper]

This stuff works amazing all the way around, and also comes in a high build

 

 

Hood time

 

 

 

Hood has a minor seperationa at the latch as a lot of them do, so here is what i do

Take a air grinder put a new disc on both sides

 

 

 

 

 

Push the panel bond between the skin and frame, and clamp together with vise grips, using a piece of wood on each side

 

 

 

 

 

 

[the510keeper]

Im staying mostly focused, other then adding to the stock of Datsuns

 

hinges were rebuilt before door alignment, now need to be painted, All exposed hinge bolts tread were wire wheeled, Then screwed in to the hings and garnet blastednthe heads for paint.

 

Hood part 2

 

Seam sealed

 

 

DP40LF

 

Yes it is grey green and the top color is white, but I think the DP40 holds better over bare metal then the white DP. however if the areas are already primed with something i would run white DP. my 2 cents

 

 

I let dry over night and resand with 600gt wet in a soapy bucket of water. Morning is a better time to paint then evening.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ive been installing little bolts so treads don't get filled up with paint

[the510keeper]

Doors are next to paint

 

Sanding, these have been sandblasted for some time but i like to sand them smooth with 150gt. and find any problems. 

 

 

Super sonic line is super cool, feeling good here 

 

 

 

One down 3 to go. Painting soon very soon

[the510keeper]

Found this dead guy, wrapped in a shirt between doors

 

 

Door number 2

 

 

Door number 3 

 

 

Very happy so far

 

 

Then i found this on driver doors and last one to sand, over looked it in the past, 2 hair line cracks

 

 

Welded the cracks then used a grinding wheel, wasn't going for perfect smooth, didn't want to take to much of the extra metal off.

 

 

tools needed for final blocking

 

[AtomChurch]

This car has come so far!

It is even older then my car!

Gotta like vin numbers that start with zeros!

[the510keeper]

Da hood step 2

 

 

 

 

Trunk lid is for another project

 

 

Doors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Draker]

Been trying to do a trunk lid... for weeks now. ugh. 

[Draker]

Those panels look great!! I wish mine was to that point..

[the510keeper]

Real happy with how well everything is coming out, super sonic line in order and sheet metal is flat, Paint sprayed out great.

 

These panel all got blocked and primed min 4 times. Each time i actually black a ton of material off so just to use the material needed to make flat. and not to get to thick of a material thickness.

 

Got up early and wet sanded everything with 600gt then wax and grease removed and painted

 

 

 

[fisch]

Purty. Id say so clean I'd eat off it, but they are too clean to eat off of.

[Dolomite]

 

James asked me to update the thread for him, his phone crashed due to a virus from a gay porn website. He spent many hours sanding and buffing the trunk lid, looks great.

[the510keeper]

It's OK cause its my dog

[Charlie69]

Looks great!  Blaming the Dog!  LOL

[the510keeper]

Buffing time,

 

1st sand by DA sander 1500gt

 

2nd wet sand 2000gt

 

3rd wet sand 2500gt

  

4th Buff with wool pad and cutting compound

 

5th Polish with foam pad and fine polishing compound 

 

 

 

 

4 of 5 panels made it. Been awhile since i buffed and burnt  through the white on the first door FUCK

 

 

See the hair line of grey

 

[the510keeper]

Now back to frame rail issue, really wish I did this in the beginning but no idea shit changed from 68 to 70s

 

This is what it needs to look like 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Still need to do the welding, trying not mess up the engine bay paint

[S30Jay]

No matter how you try, it STILL doesn't look like as much work as it is. It just doesn't.

 

Great job by the way! I never wetsanded with a DA, my old boss was against them.... Said too much vibration and thought it could cause a wavy finish. Idk, like I said I never tried it.

 

Always wetsanded with a block. And I feel your pain on that door too, I've ruined a few paint jobs with those wool pads, foam is more user friendly to me. What compound do you use these days? I always used 3m perfect-it.

 

Seldom do I do anything perfect....

[Ranman72]

damn i hate it when this happens 

its all looking great though 

keep up the keepen on 

[Draker]

Minor setback.. you'll get it patched up no problem. Sucks though. 

[the510keeper]

Yep the act of the fix wasn't the worriment, it was burning the paint that is finished on the inside of the engine bay. Thanks for the positive feed back.

 

And it was a success

 

This was Metalguy Chris idea i went with on the fix here is the photo text 

 

 

 

Lots of wet rags keeping things cool

 

 

 

 

Seam sealer and DTM and done

[kerleybird]

Solid!

[Ranman72]

that 68 is no longer original :devil:  :devil:  :devil:  :devil:  :devil: 

looks great  

[the510keeper]

Final sanding begins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[the510keeper]

Sanding and more sanding

 

Rocker done

 

 

 

 

wanted to spray fenders at the same time but, they need more work

 

 

See the big low spot

 

 

[the510keeper]

paint time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wanted to see it in the sun, check the super dildo sonic fucking pain in the ars line.

 

 

Sanded again, that's why you see grey peaking through white sealer

 

 

Resanded the door i blew threw with the buffer 

 

 

Painted yippi