What did you do to your Maverick or Comet today

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  1. 71gold

    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    took a 100 mile ride today, made a little tire smoke on the way home...:chirp:
     
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  2. jb70grabber

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    sand blasted and painted the engine compartment on the 76, the girl friends still crying about the smell lol
     
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  3. Lzoesch

    Lzoesch Levi Zoesch

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    Sent my car to sandblast and came back and it looked great!

    Once I started doing body work I noticed my panels where warped. I had to skim coat the entire car! Very pissed. I should have paid the extra money to have it soda blasted!

    Lesson learned!!
     
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    took out the old 8" and removed shocks..started to take out the E-brake...continued on with putting the 9" together and realized i needed to shim the gears more! so pulled it all apart again and now just waiting for U-bolts to arrive..and will be blasting the shock mounting plates tomorrow.
     
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    Way to go Ryan.:thumbs2:
     
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    My Dad and I figured this out the hard way too. If you are doing your own blasting, it can be prevented even with silica or semi-harsh abrasives by moving back from the surface and not concentrating in one spot in the middle of panels, but if someone does it for you, they just pound it until they get to metal.:thumbs2:

    Got the fenders back on!! Now to get the bumpers coated... with something cheaper than chrome.
     
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    Continued working on the roof. I removed both driver and passenger side rain rails for a flush match, still waiting on a shipment of steel to weld it all together and hopefully rid the car of this horrible leaking roof. Can't wait to get rid of the leaks so i can begin the interior stripping and prepping.
     
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    Also its real hard to get rid of the sand before paint.
     
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  9. Joe Dirt

    Joe Dirt BBF life

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    Haven't really done much to my car but have been working on my website and added a bunch of new features!
     
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    now that the paint is dry i started putting the engine compartment together days away from being a 302 car
     

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    scooper77515 No current projects.

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    Looks like I just bought a grabber hood...:cool:
     
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    Ordered my Tires and Wheels, A bunch of stuff from Auto Krafters, an order from AutoKrafters came in and will be going by Classic Inlines on Wednesday to spend more $$$
     
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    i order an electronic ignition conversion kit to fix the hole point thing for good
     
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    Seam sealing. Paid my Paypal Bill:cry:
     
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