SC/Rambler Restoration #8 Chronicle.

 

So Dan gets you to scrape off all the undercoating, paint it, reapply undercoating EXACTLY the same and then paint it white again? You did a great job of replicated the factory flaking as well.

 

Dan has told me before he doesn`t do the undersides of his cars. Too much time and money on a car he is just selling.

Here is the link with all the pictures of the car from start to its current state.  The body has its first light coat of paint and I will get some new photos next weekend with a full body paint job.

 

 

Here are some hot off the presses pictures of #8.  I will go back and reload the earlier pictures of its full restoration process that disappeared when I changed my Picasa ID to my AMX39068 ID.

 

I plan to do this car in the same B Scheme paint and A scheme graphics as the Johnny Lightning SC/Rambler and will hopefully be able to convince Phoenix Graphics to reproduce B Scheme lower body decals so future B Scheme restos do not need to have the lower color patterns painted on.

 

front and rear door jams with front fender removed:

 

 

floors after the removable center hump was welded back into place

 

 

Purdy looking trunk

 

 

undside of rear deck lid

 

engine bay

 

The finish body work was completed this week and it will be sealer primered over the next couple of days and then blocked early next week.  Rick is pretty much working on this car and the Javelin AMX full time and both will hopefully get their final paint jobs started next week with the Javelin AMX going first.  It's been too darn hot in Phoenix to do the full body paint job and there has been plenty of other work to do so now that it is starting to cool down a bit both cars can be painted.  

 

 

Lower winshield frame area with zero rust.  Notice the paint on the doors.  These cars were painted white and you can see where the inteior trim color was painted over the original white paint overspray on the door using a quick template that was not even close to being precise.  To do a proper restoration, you need to recreate that look even though everything is hidden.

 

 

 

Top driver's side area under windshield gasket.  Note just light surface rust which is how most southwestern and west coastal area cars are.  When I lived in the Northeast, even 10 year old cars were worse than this.

 

 

Dash removal after the windshield was popped out.  Pretty nasty under there.

 

Defroster duct and glove box liner.  Notice rust free floors and rockers.

 

 

scary snake pit.  This is a good example of how filthy everything gets when you strip and refinish a car.  Note the factory insulation.  Everything has to be hosed down and blown out before the car can be reassembled.

 

 

The windshield.  RIP.  It was already cracked so we did not make any attempts to try to save it.