Can't believe it's been a week already!
Thanks for your replies and advice.
I took your advice Nige and got a quote for PPG 2 pack paint, epoxy primer and 2k primer. As i won't be doing a "fancy" paint job you're very right to stick with standard paint. Had a look through your camaro project again, amazing what you've done!! You truly are an artist and it's a shame people aren't getting your quality of work since selling up your shop.
So as the project stands up to this weekend, the interior is 90% bare metal, just some of the roof left. Pretty much every part of each panel that had an abrasive disc put to it had underlying rust. I've been on the rust since last Sunday, working every evening and all this weekend, just the boot to go (and some of the engine bay items such as radiator mount etc). Got some Bilthamber deoxgel to put on the interior and remaining parts. Brings me to your next point, as per your advice, i won't be baremetalling the rest of the body. It's in good shape, i know it's had bits of filler here and there an i don't want to be redoing as you said. The interior has really taken it out of me, knakered! Gone through many an abrasive disc and they aint the cheapest so my wallet is also a bit knakered
Thank you for the warning and advice about the project and how far to take it. No gloom and doom by any means, you've seen it happen many a time by the sounds of it and i'm glad you've said what you did as i think it's saved me from going down that path. I sit here typing, my morale has dropped quite a lot since yesterday, i think because i've spent all week in the garage (outside of work and all weekend), racking up a good 30 hours or so and it seems like i have more work to do than i started out with! Lots of holes and rust popping up, lots of rust in awkward places etc. ok, it's by far not as bad as how yours looked when you picked it up, (some pics below) in fact your pics have given me inspiration to get back on the horse, but i also don't have by far the same skills as you do. I can do filler type work but metal work is not really my thing.
I was practicing some welding earlier with an electric and mig welder, found i got on better with the mig and think i will be able to do passable results with some post grinding to smooth it out. I do want to do it properly and cut out the rust holes where needed and replace with some sheet metal i picked up, i will have to learn how to shape this stuff! luckily though these welds will be on the inside and the window runs so they don't have to be perfect, but i'm OCD when it comes to anything i work on, hence baremetalling the interior! But back to the point, just going to sand down exterior to then paint on what was there before
It actually hurts to think about baremetalling it. I think i set my expectations too high when i started out. Picked up the car at the end of Feb, expecting it to be ready by this weekend (the plan was only to redo the interior in terms of carpets, seats, dash etc, this thanks to OCD turned into what it is now!). When i started to see the rust and decide to work on it i put together a project plan to have it finished by my Birthday (20th April) but i see this slipping and i think that's what's getting me down. It's my first Yank and first v8 and i've only driven it once
I've actually had dreams now about driving it, i even had one last night that i just painted it in orange, and it looked good lol. I do have the time, i could take my sweet time and have it ready whenever but it just pains me to see it in pieces for so long, when in a way, i could be driving it as there's nothing too wrong with it. I've wanted a v8 yank for 10 years, saved up lots as we all have etc but instead i still ride around in my Clio. It does have an induction kit, pointless yes, but at least there is some engine sound to it till the v8's running
So i'm trying to do as much as i can all the time on it, but progress is slow. I cannot wait to get it into epoxy. I'm really gonna push to have it in primer by the end of the long weekend next weekend (silly me, but i'm a very ambitious person). I'm expecting half a week on final rust removal and baremetalling, then the second half of the week (into half the weekend) to have the repairs done. This probably won't include the engine bay stuff that needs work, but would be great if it did! So i hope i wake up tomorrow in a better mood
On the note of paint, when i spoke to the paint suppliers, they said i wouldn't need to seal the paint that's already on there. They reckon as its been about 3 years since it was repainted there shouldnt be any solvents left over. They were pretty adement so i wonder what your thoughts are? The good news is though the paint has come in well under budget and i'll be keeping the DeVilleBliss gun, forgot to find out which model it is!! The plan for paint is epoxy interior due to bare metal, sand down exterior, 2k prime exterior ( i was told i dont need to add primer to epoxy, that doesnt match up with my research?), then base colour (keeping red colour) the interior and exterior, only 1 coat on the interior. all, somehow, by the 20th April lol
@ Mark - Yes they are very nice and about same price as a set of autometers but i think i will miss the physical movements of the gauges so i think im going with a a set of Autometers too. Am in touch with RealSteel to get prices, do we qualify as club members for a discount scheme with these guys would anyone know? I looked at that website but they appear to only go up to a '73 but i will shoot them a mail just in case. Think i have the seats sorted, as you mentioned, recovering will be best option. Just need to find someone local. I found a place in the states that do replacement foam for them for $99 i think, the foam on them at the moment is as useful as using an empty cardboard box as an axle stand. As for the stripe, i agree. It does add something to the car, something good that is, but i did at one point think, hmm, i wonder how many jokes will get made that a road line painter drove over it. I'm gonna go with 2 stripes, not sure on white or black. I've used my amazing photoshop skills
below to get a rough idea of white or black. I'm planning on vinyl, so technically it doesnt really matter cos they could be changed at any time
As for the air, i'm gona stick with what's in there as it was only replaced a couple of years ago, i'm gonna see how it drives this year and maybe go adjustables at the end of the year.
Well, that essay is done, now some pics as rewards for all the reading
Cheers
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