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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Been working on massaging dents with hammer and dolly and now wiping with thin coats of filler. I've watched quite a few YouTube videos by Eastwood and learned several tricks and tips. Tailfins have a large leaded joint on the inner side. New playtoy is the orbital inline sander with 40 grit. Lays waste to the excess filler and gets you real close super fast! I'm basically done with the roof and quarters, starting on the doors tomorrow. I'll recoat with Direct to Metal Epoxy one last time on Sunday and then I can start with the Feather-Fill polyester primer/surfacer. This constitutes about half of the sheet metal and these parts will basically be ready for paint in about 2 weeks. No hurry for paint though, as I haven't even fit up the powertrain and done sheetmetal work to the firewall and trans tunnel.
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Drew,
Looking good! Just a note, play sand is almost always wet. Construction concrete sand is kept inside and in bags, dry out of the bag! Your car is coming along super, bet Biz is getting pumped up! Have a good one! Ben
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
You are right about the play sand being wet and clumpy sometimes, this bag was very dry and I let the sand I was using sit out for a while just in case.
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Nice work Drew. The masking cart probably comes in really handy doesn't it?
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Masking cart is a must have. Especially at $79!
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
It's Saturday Night.....
We had my grand nephew's 1 year old birthday party today to put on/attend, so not much progress.....other than I'm done with filler on the tub and doors!!! I've got a 16th to an 8th inch of filler on a lot of spots, but it's hard being 60 years old. (1957). This Evercoat filler is the best! No pinholes, 10 minutes to kick off and then start sanding 20 minutes after that, and butter smooth with the orbital air file.
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
The bed liner looks amazing, awesome job drew!
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Thanks! Considering what a disaster the floors once were, yes it looks amazing.
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Nice work just read whole thread.
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Whoops, I totally forgot about a series of pictures I took.
I've finished the shoulder harness mounts and boy are they beefy. I used quarter inch thick stock and tucked the top in underneath the interior sheet metal. I also welded a tab on and welded that tab to the thick reinforcement plate used in 57 to reinforce the latch mount. I folded the sheet metal back around the new plate steel. I also welded the bottom of my new shoulder mounting point to the super thick quarter panel reinforcement brace that comes up from the floor which ends up being a body/frame mount underneath.
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
I'll end up drilling out the hole for the mounting bolt later when I've got the seat belts. I'll plug weld the 2 holes on the jamb which is where that thicker metal is for the old strike plate reinforcement.
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Here is a recent pic showing the jamb holes are fully welded in and the driver's side is also done now.
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Good thing you have photo's to point out how you blended these into the car, it looks like it came that way, perfectly hidden in plain sight! Patiently waiting for some color, is the green interior a hint?
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
I showed these recent photos to my wife. She said it looks like it is in a hospital with all the white and partition sheets.
It just looks so well done! If I remember correctly, the Roadmaster was Kearny Green over Antique Ivory originally. I always liked the color scheme over our convertible's colors. |
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
This is the original interior out of Don's (High Dessert) Roadmaster, it was Kearney Green on the outside originally. Not sure of the new color, but leaning towards 1957 Buick Jade Green. Here is a 57 Buick Special (small car) two toned with a black lower.
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
I don't know if the plan is to stick with 57 Buick colors, but I like most of them except for "Shell Beige". However, you do such nice work that I'm sure you would find a way to make shell beige look good!
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Yep, I'm stuck on factory correct appearances with hidden modern conveniences (to a degree). I have that same brochure here in my office!
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
I really like that starlight blue I bet it looks stunning.
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Nice progress Drewski!
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Thanks! I got sick of being such a slacker on it, plus I feel like I've rounded second base headed for third.
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Laid down my first coat of FeatherFill and it did not go well, too thick and or my fluid tip wasn't large enough. I'm going to regroup with a new primer specific paint gun and give up on the $39 special I've been using since Young Frankenstein 6 years ago. I may work on the fenders and hood or might weld the inner door panel back onto the door while I wait on Brown Santa.
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Summer is over and time to get back on the task at hand...
Yes I'm still block sanding the tub and doors still. Boring, but after 3 coats of filler primer, it is looking perfect. Trunk, hood and fenders still have paint from 1957, got a long way to go.
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Glad to see you back at it.
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
You sir, are a machine. Incredible job going on here.
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