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Woo hoo! Progress. I am out in the shop today for the first time in over a month! Working on grinding down my wire gutter filler panel. By no means a quick procedure but its good to be back at it for a bit!
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Good deal man, I'm ready to see the firewall completed!
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I am also ready lol at least in a coat of primer would be a huge step even.
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Man this takes time! But I'm very happy with the results.
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what are you putting on the bare metal to keep it from rusting while you work on it? Being up north, I know your spraying something on there
![]() I use a product called "dry coat", works for a year it says. I sprayed it on my hood almost 1.5 years ago and it's still holding. .
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That looks nice. Primer will be sweet. I hear wd40 will help keep bare metal clean from flash rust. Never tried it.
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Wow
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I can imagine that wd40 would work very well. Im trying to avoid spraying anything on it if I can. I dont want any contamination when it comes time for paint.
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Well its official, I am converting to 5 lug. I found the last rally rim I needed to complete my set. They are still 15x8 so I'm not loosing any width on the tires.
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........still grinding
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Looking good. What are you using for a grinder and what grit? Metal looks real good.
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Hey thanks man. I use a 50 grit 3" roloc for grinding. Then I've just been giving it a quick once over with my random da and 80 grit.
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I was really wondering how much work it would be to open up that inner cowell and clean it out/paint it. Not really sure the difficulty either.
Ive also been contemplating that drip edge... Im trying to finish my truck some time before I die and am hesitant to add anything to the 'list'.... lol
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Well that was a productive evening. I finished grinding down that last bit of weld, then I dismantled all the front sheet metal off the truck and got the passenger fender all mocked up. Fits pretty good but the cowl is a mile off. Haha now the fun begins. That last pic.......
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I bought some primer for my firewall today. I really wish I had a vintage air unit so that I could fab up my mount before hand as that is the only thing that I can think of that might need to be welded to the inner firewall. Other than that I'm almost ready for priming it. I might have to redo the first patch I did though. I guess if I weld to the inner firewall later and it burns off the primer in a few spot it won't be that big of a deal.
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This should be interesting, there was almost 3/8" of bondo on some of this damage yet it was still clearly damaged....like they were trying to pull the "it ain't that bad" thing.
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Forgot the pic
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I think you can do this. Progress looks good!
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Woo hoo! I did something exciting today guys! I got the firewall in primer!
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Hey that looks good!
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nice work man! looks super clean.
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