New project First pic

Thanks. We should get some more done on it the next week, I was suppose to have the hole week off between Christmas and new years but i just found out i will be working all but the two days. but my son has the week off so he wants to get started on it
Work has been killin me, since August first i have had 4 days off, there suppose to hire some one to help me after the first of the year

 

Small bumper looks at least 10 times better.

 

Man you are crazy

 

I may be crazy, but I ain't blind.

 

http://mmb.maverick.to/showthread.php?t=30089

An older thread discussing removal of windshield trim including picture of the tool.

 

Thanks . I'm planning on removing the trim tomorrow this will help

 

All right the trim has been coming off fairly easy, But how do you get the "FORD" letter's on the trunk and hood off, and the "maverick"emblem between the 1/4 window and the rear window off? We have been lucky so far, We sanded the trunk lid just to see what is under the paint and found a lot of paint. so far we have found 2 layers of White,Dark Blue,Light Blue,Yellow,Black, Rust primer and Gray primer. what i thought was crappy body work is turning out to be poor sanding and a lot of bad painting. looks like all we have to do is sanding and painting

 

They just pry off with a screwdriver. Be sure to pry evenly all the way around so you don't break a post off.

 

Thats what we thought,but i wanted to make sure befor we broke the tabs off

 

So I,m getting ready to order paint for the maverick from House Of Kolor but I'm not sure how much i need. can anyone out there that has painted there car give me an idea how much i need to buy. At $275 a gal for the base coat i don't want to buy to much extra.

 

You will need a full gallon Big, if you are doing a color change and are going to do the jams, trunk, doors under hood ext... you might consider getting an extra quart.

My car is single stage, and the last one i did took more than a gallon because of the jams, my brother did a Chevelle a few years ago in base coat clear coat and i think he used most of the gallon of base he had.

 

Well the Michigan winter has slowed the sanding down. It'a hard to get your gumshin going when its cold in the barn. So i installed a wood stove in the pole barn yesterday and thru my back out doing it...LOL getting old sucks!!!!!

 

Hows your back doin big ? have ya made any more progress on the Mav ?

 

My back is doing better but still sore. I broke my back about 20 years ago (i fell through a roof at a house fire broke my back and elbow) I,m kinda use to it being sore. My son and I are going to hang some insulation board today after work. the wood stove isn't helping much when its -10 wind chill and the barns not insulated. We have 6 weeks till my son moves back to Tennessee, I gotta have it ready for paint by then.

 

I wish you guys the best of luck, ol' man winter isn't cutting us any breaks this year. If that barn was a little closer to me i'd love to pitch in and help ya out.