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    Offline redo1973

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    Re: Kiwi 1971 Cuda.
    « Reply #45 on: July 08, 2018 - 08:35:00 PM »
    Fantastic.  It gets exciting as the paint starts to go back on it.  Good luck.
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    Offline tony 73

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    Re: Kiwi 1971 Cuda.
    « Reply #46 on: July 13, 2018 - 04:17:02 AM »
    Cheers mate, painting is definitely  on my mind. Have to slow myself down , 1 step at a time.

    Got Cuda back safe and sound, blasting revealed no new holes. They epoxyed the engine bay and underside. I hand sanded the etch inside the cabin and today put epoxy on that. The quarters, roof and trunk will have to wait a couple of weeks. Will carry on blasting parts.
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    Offline 70chall440

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    Re: Kiwi 1971 Cuda.
    « Reply #47 on: July 13, 2018 - 11:06:37 AM »
    Looks clean.
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    Offline tony 73

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    Re: Kiwi 1971 Cuda.
    « Reply #48 on: July 14, 2018 - 05:29:06 AM »
    Clean and shiny I like.

    Because the car got wet on its trip , I have always wanted to some how clean the weld on the quarter panels. Had an  :thinkerg: and today tried it. Works great  :cooldancing:, only very small loss on media , have got a plastic sheet on the floor to capture what falls out of the can as I move along. Might try using a rubber plunger instead of the can.
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    Offline 70chall440

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    Re: Kiwi 1971 Cuda.
    « Reply #49 on: July 14, 2018 - 12:09:21 PM »
    Very ingenious.
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    Offline tony 73

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    Re: Kiwi 1971 Cuda.
    « Reply #50 on: July 15, 2018 - 04:37:49 AM »
    Pineapple can works great  :bananasmi, did make a modification , glued a strip of felt around lip of can so I can move over curved surfaces. Have taken 90% of paint off the roof and now will spend a couple of hours blasting it. Time consuming, but I got time and Do it Once Do it Right.
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    Offline tony 73

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    Re: Kiwi 1971 Cuda.
    « Reply #51 on: July 17, 2018 - 06:45:22 AM »
    Got holidays last week and this week.

    Took 4 hours but got it done, roof blasted and epoxy on.

    Today I stripped doors and trunk exteriors , used pineapple can to blast small areas of pitting. Paint tomorrow.
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    Offline 70chall440

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    Re: Kiwi 1971 Cuda.
    « Reply #52 on: July 17, 2018 - 11:38:09 AM »
    Outstanding work, keep at it.
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    Offline tony 73

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    Re: Kiwi 1971 Cuda.
    « Reply #53 on: July 21, 2018 - 06:24:42 AM »
    A 3M stripper wheel made light work of the AMD paint on new quarters. Now coated in epoxy white.
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    Offline YellowThumper

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    Re: Kiwi 1971 Cuda.
    « Reply #54 on: July 21, 2018 - 11:30:23 AM »
    Wow you are making great progress. Cool can idea
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    Removing the warning labels one at a time.
    Nature will take care of the rest.

    Offline larry4406

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    Re: Kiwi 1971 Cuda.
    « Reply #55 on: July 22, 2018 - 08:00:04 AM »
    What is the plan for the weld seams of the quarter skins to the original quarters?  Bondo?
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    Offline tony 73

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    Re: Kiwi 1971 Cuda.
    « Reply #56 on: July 26, 2018 - 05:56:49 AM »
    Cheers YellowThumper, The can has been great. found some mild pitting in the guards so get my sheet of plastic out for the floor, hang couple of curtains and the can captures 90% of the garnet. Pitting clean and ready for paint.

    Not a lot of options larry4406, bondo will go back on , this time onto paint .

    Front guards had been filled and primed, but I wanted to know what was underneath, messy job but am happy, found couple of patches and mild pitting. Blasted and now got coat of epoxy.

    Next big job is to scuff insides of doors , guards , hood and trunk lid , and spray in epoxy.
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    Offline tony 73

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    Re: Kiwi 1971 Cuda.
    « Reply #57 on: August 01, 2018 - 06:32:34 AM »
    Valance top sides stripped, spot blasted and painted.
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    Offline cudamadd

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    Re: Kiwi 1971 Cuda.
    « Reply #58 on: August 01, 2018 - 06:41:16 PM »
    Nice work Tony  moving along a lot quicker then some body shops cheers
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    Go 4 a spin Ya Why Not.

    Offline tony 73

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    Re: Kiwi 1971 Cuda.
    « Reply #59 on: August 10, 2018 - 08:23:39 AM »
    Cheers mate, got a bit of free time at present so going hard.

    Weather forecast was positive so I got the spray gun out and went mad with epoxy. Particularly pleased with the hood .
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