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off to a lousy start; dead battery slows me down moving the car to the body shop; I think I left the...

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We sprayed out six different paint samples, to see what it might really look like on the car:

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This was the best one:

its a base/clear combo:
Omni AU "prophet orange" base coat, then a thin ...

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the black rub rail that ran down the length of the car got peeled off, we aren't going to re-install...

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Both doors had rust holes in the lower rear corners, so we cut out the rust and welded in new steel.

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there was a little dent in the left rear quater, probably caused by the bumper years ago.

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the front of the hood is full on bondo, and its starting to crack; we'll grind it all off and fix t...

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the top of the right fend has these tiny bubbles in the paint; we'll grind it off to have a better l...

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the paint was bubbling on both doors, near the bottom, so we'll grind off the paint to see how much ...

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Here is the patch we welded into the passenger door outer skin.

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We've ground off all the paint and bondo, so we can properly fix the dent; there was about 3/8" of b...

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lousy picture, but the right rear quarter had been poorly repaired previously; it looks like they pr...

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the right rear quarter was full of holes; they probably used an old "screw-type" dent puller, but di...

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that's bondo, oozing through holes in the panel!

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the first skim coat of kitty hair bondo has been applied and already sanded flat.

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I'm going to remove the light buckets; they aren't lined up correctly and there is a lot of was and ...

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the grill has been removed; next wil be the upper valance and the light buckets.

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Front valance has been removed; it had a dent in it and more holes and bondo, so I am going to repla...

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I removed the front valance, grill, and both light buckets, since most of it wasn't aligned correctl...

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Day 2: the block sanding will start now, and the holes we welded up got ground flat and a spot of bo...

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I got rear-ended this summer, by an Escalade, so the tailgate has a dent

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We used a dent puller to straighten out the tailgate, and then welded up the holes.

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I got rear-ended last summer, so there was a dent in the tailgate; there was already a bunch of bond...

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a second thin coat of bondo got applied on the tailgate and the rear quarter panel.

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the rust on the outer skin ate through the inner skin also. we will weld new metal in to fix it.

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it looks like someone tried to "glue" the under-hood insulation in place; we'll clean it off and rep...

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there is three coats of paint on the back half of the car, and four on the front half; it was red or...

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we layed on two coats of primer on the hood, then blocked-sanded it.

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Day 4: I sanded off two coats of paint off the roof, down to the second coat of paint, which was bri...

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the car was originally 2B "bright red", then it was painted orange, then repainted the current orang...

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Day 5: the first round of block sanding is complete, I removed at least two layers of paint with a ...

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Kim is laying on the first coat of Omni MH283 hi-build primer; he'll put on two coats, most of which...

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the flames are coming! these are just primer

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Day 6: more hi-build primer...

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Day 7: three coats of high-build grey primer, which got block-sanded, then three more coats, which a...

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followed by a coat of white Omni MR170 epoxy sealer just before the color base coat

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Day 8: then two coats of Omni MBC "Prophet Orange 61067" base coat (which is actually a Ford color.)

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then we layed out the flames with 1/8" fine line tape.

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and masked off the flames, then we sprayed on a little Omni M175 Gold Pearl in DBC500 binder.

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then we finished it off with three coats of ShopLine 620 clear

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the "ghost-flames" are only visible from certain angles, and under direct light. you can barely see ...

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the flames fade towards the front of the car.

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this is the base coat; Omni AU MBC "prohet orange 61067"

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the drivers door, post repairs.

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passenger door, post repair.

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finally got the car outside this morning; it looks even better

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there is a little run in the clear off the corner of this marker lite. we'll just block it off and p...

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I got a big sag in the clear on this body line above the rear fenderwell; we'll block sand it off an...

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the "ghost-flames" turned out great, but they are really hard to get a photo of

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re-assembly has started...

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my gas cap turned out great! it was so ugly before--it only had paint on the upper half, the bottom ...

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