Author Topic: project "78starsky" (Read 9403 times)

78_starsky · « **Reply #60 on:** July 12, 2012, 10:35:59 AM »

We have been working on the car all this week to prep for paint, hopefully today this ol gal will be primed grey. just need to wash off all the dust and start the taping process.

78_starsky · « **Reply #61 on:** July 12, 2012, 11:04:31 PM »

Finally after 3 long years this car is not looking so beat up...LOL primed grey and the pics are still wet before a good wet sanding.... All I can say is thank god it isn't a Cadillac ... wet sanding a car is hell on the wrists (at least a pinto is small).

In the morning we will tape it off again and lay 2 red base coats down. then let her sit all day and dry in the heat of the room that it is sitting in. hopefully be able to retape for saturday's first 2 coats of clear. and this starts the process of laying clear then wet sanding then taping, repeat rinse ect. .... ....

78_starsky · « **Reply #62 on:** July 13, 2012, 09:05:46 PM »

red is the colour of the day...

what a long day. it was 2 base and 2 clears... now we need to wet sand this down and lay out the starsky stripe ... (i know... easier said than done) lol

we have painted the grill red also.

dga57 · « **Reply #63 on:** July 13, 2012, 11:56:29 PM »

Looking good!!!

Dwayne

78_starsky · « **Reply #64 on:** July 14, 2012, 09:41:04 AM »

Thanks Dwayne. seems like a long time coming to get here. and many hours to go.

I was able to find a muffle shop that will build me a set of collectors and I will just trailer the car there after the painting is finished. The fellow said it won't be difficult to do and they will still use all the exhaust pieces I have already bought. (glass bottles, connectors and pipes) I was going to try and cheap out on this, however, no reason to do that on this project. do it right the first time will save in the long run.

how are things with you this month? you getting some polish on the car and taking any cars for a sunday drive?

Cheers

78_starsky · « **Reply #65 on:** July 14, 2012, 09:04:47 PM »

today is white stripe. This still needs touching up however, it has major brite white pearls and flambounce. she is going to look nice in the sun. have to run just wanted to show these. tomorrow will be another day of wet sanding and more clears.... feeling like I have gorrilla wrists.... lol

cheers

dga57 · « **Reply #66 on:** July 14, 2012, 10:10:07 PM »

Quote from: 78_starsky on July 14, 2012, 09:41:04 AM

how are things with you this month? you getting some polish on the car and taking any cars for a sunday drive?

I'm afraid not. Mom took a definite nosedive healthwise and finally passed away Monday, July 9th. She was 79. Funeral planning and all the other things that are necessary at these times took up the remainder of the week, culminating in the funeral service and interment yesterday (Friday). She was in such bad shape that I find I can't really be sad about this... she is in a better place. I still have a sick wife and sister to take care of, but the burden has been lightened considerably. With any luck, I might get one my cars out for a spin before Summer is over!

Dwayne

78_starsky · « **Reply #67 on:** July 15, 2012, 10:15:16 AM »

So sorry to hear about your mom Dwayne. Like you said though, she is in a better place. Hang in there and life will get better. You still need to find yourself an hour a week.

cheers

78_starsky · « **Reply #68 on:** July 15, 2012, 10:17:25 PM »

today consisted of sanding, and pin striping. doesn't sound like much till you start doing it... there is light at the end of this body work. 2 more days and it will be finished. tomorrow is a tape, and lay 2 clears. wait till tuesday for the final sand clear, sanding and buff polish.

johnbigman2011 · « **Reply #69 on:** July 15, 2012, 11:55:04 PM »

Very Nice! With the stripe it looks like it's moving while its sitting still.

Srt · « **Reply #70 on:** July 16, 2012, 03:05:59 AM »

a really nice job! (what really impresses me is that you have a wife who is right in there with you getting dirty). now that is a woman to love to death!

Pinto5.0 · « **Reply #71 on:** July 16, 2012, 06:03:31 AM »

Man, that is gonna look good

78_starsky · « **Reply #72 on:** July 16, 2012, 10:05:03 AM »

Thanks for the compliments guys. Yeppers, we can't wait till this car is rolled out into the sun.

Srt, yes Angie is a sweet heart with a good eye on what she does. She is the one who actually knows all the paint and body work. Me?? I just help sand and hold things...lol. She is a talented woman who loves to get dirty. Her work has won tropheys when she used to paint (customize) and detail motorcycles years ago.

cheers

r4pinto · « **Reply #73 on:** July 16, 2012, 11:21:18 AM »

Lookin really good... If you were out by me I would have u guys do my body work so it would be right lol

78_starsky · « **Reply #74 on:** July 18, 2012, 10:44:04 AM »

r4pinto, thanks for the compliments, it is large volumes of work doing the body, (ask anyone who is in a body shop) many people think it is just grabbing a paint gun and away you go. that is the easiest 10 minutes of the whole project. sanding, sanding and more sanding is the most time consuming and painful. if she isn't straight first then the paint won't fix it. then comes the hours of taping.

we were lucky that a huge majority of the original paint and primers were still in good shape and that saved HOURS of prepping (best to be able to repaint over the original buff sand and prime over) many uninformed people who start out body work think it is best to strip the whole car down to bare metal. Largest waste of time and money one can do. unless there is a reason to take it down that far why do it? all you have done is open up bare metal that needs to be re-sealed and cured, not to mention sanded smooth then skim coated with fine body skim.

we have started the final buff polish yesterday, we will slowly work at this during the week (something called work is now interfering with fun) so a quarter panel at a time...

cheers.

78_starsky · « **Reply #75 on:** July 22, 2012, 11:29:11 PM »

was able to put a few things back together today.

front end... and passenger door is done... angie has been busy today wet sanding and polishing. slowly she is coming along bolt by bolt

cheers

78_starsky · « **Reply #76 on:** July 28, 2012, 10:47:03 PM »

We are fitting and Angie is sewing the carpets this weekend. here is the work in progress. cheers

78_starsky · « **Reply #77 on:** August 04, 2012, 11:46:56 PM »

was able to test fit the console today. placed in the turn signals (front and back) finished off the rear hatch and was allowed to place on the new tires (wasn't allowed till angie finished all the polishing) which she was able to do today. the car looks kinda orange from the flash being close, trust me she is all red... lol tomorrow will be the wrap up for the carpets and hoping the console will be ready to bolt down.

nice and shiny... cheers

Srt · « **Reply #78 on:** August 05, 2012, 03:26:06 AM »

i think that the two of you should start a restoration business

78_starsky · « **Reply #79 on:** August 05, 2012, 12:03:57 PM »

SRT, thanks, If we did that then we might grow to hate it... lol. besides those days are getting close to done, not many guys can afford to shop out there vehicles for work. We are going in other directions this fall and winter. Angie wants to get back into sewing customs for interiors, (maybe rugs) seats, dashpads (we started to do this couple years back before we moved and the wheels fell off the project) just not enough hours in the day sometimes. we started the dashpads when we made the one in our car. Sorry to say at the time those plans fell through. This time though we will make it happen. Then comes the harder part, keeping the customs affordable for the average person to buy and still have us cover costs and a couple dollars for the kitty. See it is a precarious balancing act, however, we hope that between bobcats, pintos, hopefully (mustangs and mavericks) we can get the word out enough to make a go of it.

years back we started down a similar road with Ford Broncos, were we wanted to make custom seat covers (hog ring style) but we ran into a small problem that we didn't own one and ran into a sizing problem on a gorgeous set of covers she made a guy for free. (test set) he went postal on her because they didn't fit right (we didn't know that the seat we used as a pattern was the wrong year seat for his truck) so after that episode it took the wind out of her sails.

She has done many customs over the years but most of the work is hands on where the items can be left at her reach (seats, boats, what have you...) now having done the work on our own car we know were we can push the boundaries and make things fit proper.

Must wait and see where we can take this this fall/winter.

Cheers and thanks for all the compliments guys!!! Posting the work helps keep us motivated...

78_starsky · « **Reply #80 on:** August 20, 2012, 10:58:00 PM »

just a few pics of the car outside as she is sitting to get ready for the trailer ride later in the week to the muffler shop. cheers

dga57 · « **Reply #81 on:** August 22, 2012, 01:31:15 AM »

Looking good!!!

Dwayne

78_starsky · « **Reply #82 on:** August 26, 2012, 10:08:58 PM »

first venture to any shop for its first not us work. bang on job for some sound deadening... heehee new pipes.

does any one know of any v-6 2.8 stickers that have been remade for the tops of air filters? ours will be white

cheers

Srt · « **Reply #83 on:** August 28, 2012, 03:06:19 AM »

how's the weld quality on those pipes? was it gas welded or ? twin pipes out the rear or two into one and one out the back?

inquiring minds need to know!!!

78_starsky · « **Reply #84 on:** August 28, 2012, 08:52:12 AM »

Hi srt, the pipes are mig welded. straight off the exhaust manifolds, down to the bottles, back from the bottles a couple feet then they dump in front of the rear tires. dual pipes one on each side.

78_starsky · « **Reply #85 on:** August 30, 2012, 12:36:47 AM »

Thought I would add what I was up to today. Last week Angie painted the radio holder we got from fred, and today i was able to tie in the wires and place in the new clarion radio deck. Next to do is the glueing of the rugs and then putting in seats and the interior is close to finished.

cheers

78_starsky · « **Reply #86 on:** October 13, 2012, 09:13:39 PM »

What is that saying.... one step forward and 2/3/4 steps back? LOL

Have the MSD ignition probs all figured out. Have this car purring along now. Still on blocks without a driveshaft, however the motor has been fully broke in and is waiting for the proper carb tuning and needing the vacuum diagram book to get here from ebay. After running the motor for a while I noticed steam in the car's front interior... OOOOPS not good, turns out the heater core is shot.. took that out and will be fixing / replacing that...

Now noticing that it looks like the front seal is making its way to be not good... leaking uhhhg.... do I see a motor pull over the winter?

on the good side... she sounds soooo sweet when it runs.... No car shows this year... however, look out come april may 2013....

cheers all

78_starsky · « **Reply #87 on:** December 01, 2012, 04:01:22 PM »

carpets and seats in over the last week. new A-arms found on C-list to redo the front end over winter.

cheers

dga57 · « **Reply #88 on:** December 04, 2012, 12:29:55 PM »

Looks fantastic! Did Angie do the upholstery work?
Dwayne

78_starsky · « **Reply #89 on:** December 07, 2012, 12:52:15 AM »

Hi Dwayne, Thanks! nope, those are the original seats. still in great shape after all those years from the car sitting.

We haven't started that project yet. very soon i will tie her to the sewing machine.... LOL

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