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Author: | CJK440 [ Tue Feb 28, 2017 9:22 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Z28 |
I reached a good turning point last night. The previous owner cleaned and sprayed from the rear seats to the rear bumper with a Rustoleum "espresso" semi gloss brown which looked very close to the factory color I unearthed after removing undercoat. So I ended up finishing the job all the way to the firewall. It was a tedious and messy job but done now. Last night in my custom 8x8 pop up spray booth, I sprayed the cowl firewall with a coat of black epoxy prime followed by Deere Blitz Black semi-gloss trying to mimic the extent of the overspray based on what I saw after cleaning all the underocoat/gunk off. Of course the original black color was dead flat and this seems to have a little too much of a sheen but perhaps with more cure time and handling it will knock down some. Attachment: 20170227_205104.jpg [ 283.61 KiB | Viewed 4077 times ] Attachment: 20170227_205054.jpg [ 305.86 KiB | Viewed 4065 times ] Attachment: 20170227_205041.jpg [ 282.36 KiB | Viewed 4058 times ] With that done I am off to work on the subframe. After I had it blasted the factory welds are appalling. Looks like a Friday afternoon subframe after throwing back a 6 pack of Stroh's, so I am going to buzz some of the more critical joints with my 220 mig. I also have to install some mounting pad reinforcements as the steel between the rubber bushings is a little corroded. Slow going, but still going. |
Author: | Lil 383 [ Tue Feb 28, 2017 10:55 am ] |
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Author: | 1972LS5Chevelle [ Tue Feb 28, 2017 4:29 pm ] |
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Looks excellent. Can't wait to see more. |
Author: | Kowalski [ Tue Feb 28, 2017 7:20 pm ] |
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Looks good! Keep it up |
Author: | Bill C [ Tue Feb 28, 2017 8:56 pm ] |
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You are very talented and meticulous. |
Author: | CJK440 [ Sun Mar 05, 2017 3:17 pm ] |
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I wanted to shoot the subframe in one shot so I devised a way to stand it up on dolly's. My kid wiping it down. The roof of the canopy just touched the top of the frame so it got a coat of overspray. Attachment: 20170304_113515.jpg [ 293.98 KiB | Viewed 3987 times ] Spray booth all sealed off Attachment: 20170304_121203.jpg [ 249.91 KiB | Viewed 3986 times ] After 2 coats epoxy prime and John Deere blitz black. I used a cheapie harbor freight gravity feed touch up gun which worked better than i expected. Attachment: 20170305_134515.jpg [ 299.29 KiB | Viewed 3984 times ] I need to let it cure a bit longer before I take it down so I can blast the inside of the rails with some POR. |
Author: | cowbay [ Mon Mar 06, 2017 9:10 am ] |
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Keep up with the great work and the updates also |
Author: | furrystump [ Wed Mar 08, 2017 1:02 pm ] |
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Looks great! and uf it doesn't work out you can use it for field goal practice! |
Author: | CJK440 [ Tue Mar 28, 2017 11:22 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Z28 |
No field goal practice. The subframe is installed and aligned laterally and diagonally within 1/16" from the front leaf spring eye. I got a bunch of other parts bolted on. Next is reinstalling all the firewall/cowl stuff and then finish the suspension and brakes to get it back on its wheels. Its looking good just not going as fast as I expected. That's OK. I expect 2 kids in spring ball and the impending boating season will also hamper progress. But I'll just keep chipping away. I still haven't dropped the engine off to the machine shop yet. At this rate I'd be happy if I can take it on a fall foliage cruise with the family that it couldn't make last year because of a rod bearing. Attachment: 20170326_172223.jpg [ 365.23 KiB | Viewed 3824 times ] I did discover that a 5 gallon pail of hardware I squirreled away almost 20 years ago after parting out a few F bodies came in very handy when looking for an odd nut or bolt. |
Author: | Ted Daros [ Sun Apr 02, 2017 4:22 pm ] |
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Looking good |
Author: | Cuda 65 [ Tue Apr 04, 2017 7:55 pm ] |
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Great job keep it up,nice to see a new worker coming up,will he be a painter or body man. |
Author: | RalphsRapidTransit [ Thu Apr 06, 2017 9:47 am ] |
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Looking good. Will you be ready for the may race at LVD? |
Author: | CJK440 [ Wed Apr 12, 2017 2:00 pm ] |
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RalphsRapidTransit wrote: Looking good. Will you be ready for the may race at LVD? Should be able to make the 2018 one. |
Author: | RalphsRapidTransit [ Fri Apr 14, 2017 10:38 am ] |
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CJK440 wrote: RalphsRapidTransit wrote: Looking good. Will you be ready for the may race at LVD? Should be able to make the 2018 one. |
Author: | CJK440 [ Wed May 10, 2017 3:57 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Z28 |
Not a whole lot of progress but I got the engine parts to my regular machine shop guy. I ended up finding a block that did not need line honing, an original 1970 4 bolt main block. So its in for a bore/hone, square zero deck and the rotator balanced. It shouldn't take long as he churns out stuff faster for guys paying cash. My other project that is taking priority is installing a new deck in my boat hopefully before Memorial day weekend, when my slip will be ready. But that has to happen outside, so Z28 work will occur when raining..... |
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