Input on Paint Over Rust Paint

[DanStokes]

Gene thinks I must have picked up some kind of particles as I sanded the primer. Didn't think I did but the evidence is right there. Started the 600...

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The powedercoat experiment on the car trailer was a bust and it's looking nasty. Just wondering if any of you have experience with POR or other paint...

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Back on the project:

I visited "my guy" at the paint supply store. Gene is a sharp hombre and both sells paint and has done a considerable...

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Early Model A, maybe. Does look familiar though....

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In the words of a very wise man from my past, "The miracle is that communication EVER happens". So many ways to be misunderstood.

[DanStokes]

So glad we're not like that. We even give respect to some moron with an engine swapped MGB....

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well at least you're consistent. And they weren't finish welded. So it could have been more worser....

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I got it from Mythbusters. They did an experiment where an angel wing snow plow was supposed to cut a car in two - it didn't.

Sorry Loren...

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The VW pan looks excellent. Another option is a full sized van roof - it's a lot of almost flat sheet metal with ribs rolled in. The VW floor looks...

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Turns out that in order for them to take it without paperwork it needs to be not-a-car. Bifurcating it answers that requirement. So here's the result...

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First of all, proof that craftsmanship is not dead.

Well, really I just was trying to control the loose tread long enough to roll it a few...

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Interestingly, a couple of weekends ago we had a reunion of sorts with the Maxton Land Speed bunch here in NC. If my brain had been active I would have...

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Base clear. Easy, shiny, durable. We'll seal the door into the house and there really isn't as much overspray as in the Olden Days. You're making this...

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This has been relatively painless. The MGB crowd seem to be pretty decent folks....

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The sidetrack continues. I have folks who want most of the salvageable bits so I'll make a little (not much) money and I'm supporting the MGB restoration...

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It's kind of fuzzy in the MG world. You can buy a brand new, assembled body tub from England and they recommend that you buy a rusty wreck and transfer...

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In England, or so I heard....

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A thousand times NO! They lack durability, are WAY prone to runs, and really are not significantly safer than real auto paint with is actually not paint...

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'69 (or maybe a '72 according to the tag) engine is out, separated from the trans (for which there is no market) and on a skid.


Note...

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You're fortunate to have an inspector. I'm completely on my own out in the shop.