The Horvaths
Young man with a cowboy hat
So I decided to face my problems head-on last night and remove some of the paint to let whatever was under the bondo on my '66 rear it's ugly head. I used 80 grit sandpaper, a sanding block, and a little elbow grease to work my way through a QUARTER INCH of bondo! The pictures I took tell the story.
This is what I started with:
When I got the base coat of paint off, I could peel the bondo off in chunks! Gross!
I thought this was rusted, but...
Nope! I did some more sanding towards the top of this area and it was clean as well! There wasn't even surface rust. My phone died before I could take pictures of that.
My guess is that a previous owner did not like the body line, and decided to bondo over it in the most sloppy manner possible.
After finishing all this sanding, I coated the bare metal with a substance similar to Ospho (I can't recall the name off the top of my head) to protect it. I will be taking the car to the body shop after I finish removing the engine and the rest of the driveline (yes, there will be a thread on this, and some more on rebuilding the transmission!). Anyways, I thought I would share my progress... Enjoy your night!
This is what I started with:
When I got the base coat of paint off, I could peel the bondo off in chunks! Gross!
I thought this was rusted, but...
Nope! I did some more sanding towards the top of this area and it was clean as well! There wasn't even surface rust. My phone died before I could take pictures of that.
My guess is that a previous owner did not like the body line, and decided to bondo over it in the most sloppy manner possible.
After finishing all this sanding, I coated the bare metal with a substance similar to Ospho (I can't recall the name off the top of my head) to protect it. I will be taking the car to the body shop after I finish removing the engine and the rest of the driveline (yes, there will be a thread on this, and some more on rebuilding the transmission!). Anyways, I thought I would share my progress... Enjoy your night!
The gas boils out of my carb so I'm on the hunt for a spacer to put under it to keep the heat down that emanates from the intake. The gas seems to boil out of the bowl on mine.
