Author Topic: My 1970 Gran Coupe  (Read 8112 times)

Offline 71chmark

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Re: My 1970 Gran Coupe
« Reply #30 on: February 10, 2007 - 09:41:31 AM »
Good work Jason. Glad to see something being made out of a car that sat it my garage for 12 years.  I just wanted you to know that that was how I got the car meaning I didn't have anything to do with the butchering.  My friend met someone at a car show that greatly misrepresented that car and he put down half the money sight unseen. When he went to pick it up and saw the condition it was in he had to either sacrifice the 1500 he had put down or pay the rest. He ended up losing the 1500 anyways when he sold the car to me.  I had just totaled my 70 Challenger and was jonesing so I bought the Barracuda, yanked the 318 and sold it (it had visegrips for a shifter) and put my 440 4 speed in it.  It had already had the pedals installed and the hump butchered.  After summer was over (I think 94 or 95), I started taking everthing apart and I realized I was in over my head ( as I can see you are not). So, there it sat until I started jonesing again.  Didn't want to hijack your thread just give some history. I love seeing your progress even if my wife does keep telling me how it wasn't that bad and she likes Cudas better than Challengers....
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Offline moparnocar

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Re: My 1970 Gran Coupe
« Reply #31 on: February 12, 2007 - 04:40:14 PM »
A little more progress.. It was like 20 out today so I could heat the garage and at least some of it would stay in. Took the cowl off to repair rust.. Man this is a lot of work.. Spot welds after spot welds..  What do u guys think.. use por 15 or rust bullet after fixed then weld cowl back on???? thanks Jason

Offline Lunchbox

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Re: My 1970 Gran Coupe
« Reply #32 on: February 12, 2007 - 08:20:49 PM »
I just removed that too, I know you pain, the worst spot welds were around the window  :eek4:

I have heard and seen bad things about POR-15. I am going to do the same rout as you but am using a product called zero rust. www.restorick.com


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Offline Street_Challenged73

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Re: My 1970 Gran Coupe
« Reply #33 on: February 12, 2007 - 09:55:35 PM »
Great progress, Jason!!! :clapping: :cheers: :2thumbs:  As for the rust inhibitors, I'd suggest going with Zero Rust as I've heard good things about it.  I'll probably be going with something similar in my cowl and maybe a couple other areas like the kick panel sections.
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Offline Lunchbox

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Re: My 1970 Gran Coupe
« Reply #34 on: February 12, 2007 - 10:03:54 PM »
I was reading on the site I posted that if you take some zero rust and thin it 50%, then put in a regular spray bottle. It works great for spraying paint into joints such as layered sheet metal. i.e inner fenders to frame etc.

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Offline Travis72

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Re: My 1970 Gran Coupe
« Reply #35 on: February 12, 2007 - 10:05:37 PM »
I agree... don't use POR-15.  I haven't had good results with it either.  I just bought some Zero Rust but haven't tried it yet.  After repairing the rust, I would treat any surface rust with a converter.  I use Picklex, but a lot of folks use Ospho.  The good thing about Picklex is you can use it to treat even rust free metal and it's actually supposed to strengthen welds.

That's got to be a ton of work taking that cowl off.... great progress!!   :ylsuper:

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