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Are the grease caps supposed to have an "o" ring? I don't think I have ever seen that. Might help though...

Well maybe he will chime in. I hope he's doing well.

If I were going to really push a Z on the track. There are a number of places I would reinforce. I would probably seem weld all of the front rails, shock towers and connections to the firewall. I would also weld in Bad dogs sway bar plates and maybe the frame supports. All of which should be done before under coatings. Also some things would have to be removed beforehand or you will have a fire. Ask me how I know... A triangular front strut bar would also help keep the front from flexing

Paint looks great!!!

Very hard to patch in the front fenders. They are thin and oil can easily. If I were going to start on that dent. You need to work from the edges in. Also the wheel arch will need to be worked as you work on it. I think what I might do is fasten the fender to the car. Then put a come-a-long with a hook in to the wheel arch right at the dent. Put a little tension on it then start dolly work. When you get the dented arch worked out some, then work the front bulge in some. Repeat... Also I would expect to have to do some shrinking work on a dent that is that large

Has anybody heard from Rossiz? I hit him up in this thread. Just wanted to be sure he was ok. He never responded. His last post was Dec 2017

What is your body man using a filler? Is it lead or tin?

Good there is a source but cheaper through other sources. Ed @ Harmon Classic brakes will rebuild a booster for that amount

I like it. The paint looks good!

I have a tumbler. I have experimented with it in the past. I also have the same type media. I may have to try some of that again to see if I can get satisfactory results

How long did you let it tumble? How full did you fill it? When they came out were they basically polished looking?

I like the 280z in front of the Harden Foundation, but I think I like this second one better. Base clear isn't that hard and in some ways is more forgiving. It is easier to touch up mistakes or blend panels with BC/CC. I don't catalyze my base coat so it needs to be top coated in 24hrs and you can't sand it. If you were to catalyze it you could wait indefinitely to top coat it and I believe it would be sandable.

Zed, do you have a link to that thread?

So many color options. So few cars... I don't have a recommendation, but I was going to look at the p-sheet for whatever you pick. "reasonable cost" and automotive paint are mutually exclusive!

No not really. Most people will plate all the fasteners, carb parts, fuel rail and the under hood pieces. Make lots of notes on where the fasteners come from so they can end up back where they came from.

What single stage are you looking at? Yes, you do not want your finish coats to dry that fast. They won't level out and any over spray or misting won't melt back in

Basically every metal part on the car that was not painted body color, black or blue was finished some how, excluding aluminum pieces. Most were plated yellow and "yellow zinc" is used for that. I believe a couple of parts were plated black and some parts were plated shiny silver or "clear zinc" Even the parts inside the brake booster, the heater hardware, window regulators and latches were all plated yellow zinc. Most don't go to those extremes but I know a few that have...

Does the temperature gauge work? What did it read? Yes they can overheat quickly if there is a problem. Overheating these aluminum headed engines is a no-no.

Some products have different speed reducers based on the temperature. I don't know exactly how that is done with epoxy. Nason's epoxy has no provision on the P-sheet for slowing it down and there is not another catalyst listed. I guess smaller batches...

That's a nice straight looking splash pan! They are usually beaten up or rusted out.

All of these paints are heat sensitive. Especially the epoxy paints. If it's warm in your booth they will set up faster. Also these paints can be sensitive to tip size. The P-sheets will have the recommended tip size which can greatly influence feed issues. Also are your straining all of your paint into the cup?

I could also do that with the edge of the wheel arch where it's too wide. Good idea! Thanks Chris! Where the air dam curves around the front at the turn signals, did you put the air dam on the inside or the outside of the sugar scoop? I have it on the inside currently...

Worked on getting panel gaps right on the front panels some today. I think I got the hood pretty close. It sits just forward of the head light buckets, but they are pretty close. I also re-arched the hood using Jeff's method. It works good but be careful. It is easy to over arch the hood! The cowl panel was sitting a little high compared to the fenders. I had crimped it when adjusting it. So out came the body saw and I added a slit. Got it flush and welded it back. As a word of caution it ended up too low after it cooled. I should have held it up just a hair to make it better when it cooled. I dollied it some and got it back to where it needed to be. I did both sides this way. Then I moved around to the drivers door. The car had clipped something before I got it on the door and creased it right through the wheel arch. So I patched it in with a tabco panel a number of years ago. Well when I got the door on the car the tabco panel doesn't arch the same way the door does. So out comes the cut off tool I started filling this back in when I stopped for today Also I hung the new air dam on the front. It's a Xenon urethane dam I have had for a while. I don't like the way it meets the front fenders. Has anyone else had this issue? How did you deal with it?

I came up with this. I believe there are a couple of layers of metal in the frame rail there. So a jack stand, a section of pipe, some chain and some studs welds and you get this Add a big hammer It worked pretty well but I will still dress them up a little bit with a thin layer of fiberglass