my workers were busy little bees today
first was an instruction course on the various ways to resolve dents (heat, hammer, cover with trim)
then they were set to sanding
they did a nice job....
so onto another task... now to save a door (and the irony is I may have just bought a NOS door).... ah well, when fixed it will sell for what I'm paying for the other
first, mark the spot
take apart the other piece I cut off before
trim and test fit
then go back to my comfy chair because that...
more done today
made the decision to simply fix the original driver's door
and set the hood on it along with removing the window... good thing - there was a rust spot developing....
worked on the door but not pictures... should say, Don worked on it, looking far better now
oh I should probably mention this here... the Suburban is going up for sale.... 12.5k 1994 6.5 diesel, 250,000 miles, 10 gal water, diesel heater, bed arrangement, arb awning and dometic refrig.... and a lot more.
start with this tonight... finally got my replacement doors and hood. they are in better shape but they didn't powder coat them. I'm actually glad....
granted, a colony of moss was lost to the ether
and a hood
tomorrow, I'm supposed to get the replacement doors from the powder coater (and hood).... so time to get this moving forward
spent some time hammer and dollying the starting the bondo process
and cleaning the roof
Don worked on this for awhile then we rust killed it....
and started pulling...
spent a couple minutes on the tailgate today
problem was I wasn't paying attention to my helper and he got a bit jiggy with the grinder
so I got to spend a few minutes playing heat shrink... actually worked out pretty well
new doors and hood should be here Monday...
my powder coated parts came back.... some look pretty good
but the sand blaster portion messed up.
If I wanted to do a skeleton view paint job.... he nailed it....
both doors - you can see it right there in the middle. I thought "I should be sure they all know about blasting body parts" ...
so I made an executive decision. I had grey Durabak that I was planning on putting under the 64 wagon. As that project is likely a next winter project, and Durabak has a shelf life - I figured I'd use it now.
getting ready - decided also to roller to not get overspray on everything else
and...
6 hours of work and it looks pretty much the same
did fill some extra holes so I guess I did something?
okay, so maybe a bit of paper and tape....
hopefully tomorrow I'll start on actually rolling bedliner in the front. I'll spray in the 'back' area but in front, there's just too much...