Project "Therapy Sessions" 1972 Maverick

Not sure how GM could have made it any easier to install on a ford.

Anyway... the updates look awesome as usual.

 

Looks awesome!!!! If you ever sold that valance I would be all over it. I love the looks of it and I wish I would have thought of it

 

I think what he meant is that it's a reproduction part and not an original GM part.

 

I have a friend building a Model A pick up hot rod that I promised when he had it ready for paint I would do it, no matter what I was in the middle of I would take care of him. Well, that time has come.

So I have spent all day today getting a few things cleaned up, removed all the body panels and masked up the shell so I can put it in primer once again. I feel better having it sit for a month in primer than open sanded primer and exposed body filler. Tomorrow I will load it into my trailer and haul it to the booth for three coats of high build epoxy, run it through a bake cycle and then drag it home. Tuesday evening I will reassemble all the body panels so the car will be whole again. It takes up less space that way.

 

Very nice! ( but you know that, and I have nothing else to say)

 

Yes, very nice!

 

Thank you both!

More pictures tomorrow of it all one color again. I can't wait to see that.

 

As I had planned I loaded the car in my trailer yesterday late in the afternoon. This morning I made my way over to the booth I use. Unloaded the car, blew it off one final time then straight into the booth for three coats of primer.

Here is the car shell all ready for its coatings of primer......



I also primed the trunk lid.....


As well the rear spoiler.....



Three coats of primer and a 45 minute bake session and I loaded it right back into the trailer for the ten minute ride home. I left the house at 8:30 and was home at noon.

Here it is right after unloading it in my driveway......





Detail shot of my home made reveal around the shaved drip rails....

 

It's looking really good.....

 

So I wasn't going to put this together until mid week, but when the adrenalin gets going you just have to roll with it sometimes!

Add to that the primer being baked and hard as can be already.... well I just started putting it all together. 90 minutes later this is how it looked. I then dragged it back outside for some pictures.....




I haven't spoken much about this spoiler. I have shelved the raised spoiler I was making for a while. I hope to get back to it, but for now this is what I came up with, much more subtle but still with my flair and style.....








I love seeing the lines in this picture. I worked very hard to get them to look like this.....


I know some have made comments about not liking the mirrors I chose, But I think they look good. Especially now that they are the same color as everything else.....


Now that I see the entire car in primer I can see things that need to be fixed. It gets hard with sanded primer and sanded body filler to catch all the little things. Now that I can really "see" everything I have some repairs to make here and there.




I still have to finish the passenger door and front fender as well. But it looks like this is as far as I will get on this project for a month roughly.

That is it for now, thanks for watching.

 

Thank you very much Frank! Much appreciated.

 

Even though it is only wearing primer, it looks stunning, Glen!

 

Just disgusting....I'll bring my trailer next weekend, and take care of the mess for you..

 

Just simply amazing

 

I know I could go through each post but does any part of your build thread show photos of how you made these reveals?