Time for another overdue update....
I took the car down to the body guy towards the end of December. Here's the car all loaded up on the trailer.
The first thing that we decided to do was the interior and underside of the car. The body guy also does Speedliner bed liners on the side. So Speedliner makes a smooth bedliner that you can color match with paint. So that's what I chose for the interior and underside. The shop bay next door to his has a lift that we borrowed so we put the car up there and I pulled the rear suspension. Then I seam sealed all the seams and taped off all the suspension mounting points. After that we masked the entire car off which took forever.
Speedliner recommended spraying it on with an airless sprayer. However after the first 2 coats the nozzle clogged resulting in runs and drips all over the place.
Of course this was the last coat. Before that it was going on pretty good. On the interior and flat surface it sprayed on good and came out how I wanted (basically like thick, elastic paint).
However on the bottom side on any of the sharp edges it wanted to drip off and dried that way.
You can see the drips coming off the shock crossmember edges, the frame rails and the edges of the floor pans. Since we were both exhausted after working on it non-stop all day, we called it quits.
Here's two more shots of the interior after it had dried a few days. If you look close at this picture by the seat belt mounting hole, you can see more runs. Pretty depressing start actually. I don't actually care about the runs in the interior since it will all be covered up with thermal insulation and carpet anyway. It's just the bottom that bothers me (after I put so much time getting it down to bare metal). So we're going to have to take a Scotchbrite disc to all of the runs and drips and go over it at a later date with 1 more top coat.
At this point, he went ahead and started on the major items on the body that needed attention. We'll have to go back over the bottom when we can use the lift again.
Travis
72 Cuda
