Popular Post Patcon Posted December 3, 2017 Popular Post Share #1 Posted December 3, 2017 We bought a 72 510 wagon for my son about a two years ago. It had been hit on the front right and it took us a while to get that straightened out. Lots of pulling, shrinking and welding We rebuilt the hood out of two different hoods there are some more pictures of this on the forum, but I don't know where... We are changing the cars color from an Ivory type color to one of the factory orange colors. Last weekend we pulled the hatch and started reworking it but there was some bondo on there, so that required a good bit of metal work and even after that there is still a lot of filler on the panel I will try to post up some more picture tomorrow 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240260280 Posted December 3, 2017 Share #2 Posted December 3, 2017 Drool! Nice work... wish you were closer to teach me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patcon Posted December 3, 2017 Author Share #3 Posted December 3, 2017 22 minutes ago, 240260280 said: Drool! Nice work... wish you were closer to teach me! We have a guest house and you have lots of frequent flier miles... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grannyknot Posted December 3, 2017 Share #4 Posted December 3, 2017 Cody looks pretty proud, couldn't ask for a cooler car than that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patcon Posted December 4, 2017 Author Share #5 Posted December 4, 2017 This is how it currently sits. It runs and he has been driving it to work some. We have had a loss of power problem recently. I took the carb off and checked it and we don't seem to be loosing fuel flow. So I suspect water in the fuel. So we added some gas dry. We have the hatch off right now and we are working on getting it changed over to orange. We are doing all the individual panels one at a time then we will pull all the remaining glass and spray the body of the car and have the headliner redone and reinstall the glass. WE can get away with this because it is a solid color and if you shake the paint well, the colors should match ok. This way he can drive the car as we paint it. Instead of breaking it down for years like I have done with my projects. Plus it has the added advantage of being the only car like this for 100 of miles. So if he acts stupid I will probably hear about it.. He has also grown some in the time we've had the car... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patcon Posted December 4, 2017 Author Share #6 Posted December 4, 2017 Is that a factory mirror on Cody's car? I would like to find another one like it for the other side... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patcon Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share #7 Posted December 30, 2017 On 12/4/2017 at 9:03 AM, Patcon said: Is that a factory mirror on Cody's car? I would like to find another one like it for the other side... Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patcon Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share #8 Posted December 31, 2017 (edited) So we spent the last few weeks working on the hatch. It turns out it has been hit hard at some point. Right in the license plate. Some one did a fair job of reshaping it but it still needed work. We worked on it for a couple of weeks. I looked some at replacements but they were really expensive for some thing in much worse shape. It is really hard to get the crease lines right when you have no metal to guide you. I shot color on the inside a week or so ago. Color on the outside on Thursday and clearcoat on Friday Still getting tons of trash in my clear coat. I think I am going to redesign the booth to try to eliminate some of that. We cut and buffed today. Sanding on clear coat is down right spooky. I hate it... This is wet sanded 1200, then 2000 grit. Used a cutting compound then a polish at about 1500 rpm's This is where we ended up. 99% of the trash is gone. It's looks good unless you get really close and at the right angle All of the "orange peel" is gone. I didn't have much to begin with, which helped Buffed all the hardware and he reassembled the hatch. I had plated all the latch hardware over the last few weeks We will have to source new license plate lights because one of these is badly dented. I will also need to source the exterior hatch vent pieces... Edited December 31, 2017 by Patcon 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patcon Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share #9 Posted December 31, 2017 On a separate note. I need some pointers on the rear hatch glass. We have a new rear window seal from Baz at Datsport in Australia. I need to get the trim off the old rubber seal. Then I need polish the glass and reassemble. Questions: Do I install the trim first like on a Z? Do I use a sealant under the weatherstrip? Do I use a string like on a Z? This is the trim. It snaps onto the seal somehow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diseazd Posted December 31, 2017 Share #10 Posted December 31, 2017 (edited) This is the coolest project! 510’s just make me smile. My son had an orange 510 too......good luck Cody....it’ll be special. Edited December 31, 2017 by Diseazd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Patcon Posted December 31, 2017 Author Popular Post Share #11 Posted December 31, 2017 (edited) Oh, and Cody told me this is his new favorite mug @Zup @S30Driver Edited December 31, 2017 by Patcon 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S30Driver Posted December 31, 2017 Share #12 Posted December 31, 2017 I like his color choice for the wagon! What's he drinking in that sharp mug? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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