grannyknot

Thanks, pay close attention to their directions, when they say apply a 2nd or 3rd coat within 5-10 min of the last coat they mean it, otherwise you need to wait 7 days for it to fully cure before you can reapply. The clear they want you to apply within a couple of min. of the last coat so the two coats merge. The steel upper dash finisher, it looks like a Klingon Batliff to me so that's what I call it.

Exactly, you're in HS, he'll know that, you live a couple of doors down, you don't have a ton of money to throw around but you are willing to offer to help him with jobs he may have around his property, it shows that your eagar, and honest. You would be surprised how far that goes to convincing someone to let go of a car that he is probably never going to get around to. It's worth a try.

Are you wet sanding with a block?

Offer him $2,000 cash and tell him you'll cut his grass for the summer.

@qz16, I have gone through a dozen odd cans of SEM of Landau Blk and Super white, landau is the closest black you'll find to the dash and console. I have used it on plastic as well as vinyl with excellent results, be sure to use their Plastic adhesion promoter on the hard plastics. A light coat of their semi gloss clear on the vinyl gives it just a bit of shine, too much and it looks like it has been painted. All of these pics are freshly painted but dried, and it has held up well over the years.

As much as I would like to be a 510 guy I just can't afford to, so I don't know too much about them but a buddy of mine @Careless sent me a link to these guys, http://www.jbcoachwerks.com/ I thought I would post it here just in case some of you hadn't heard of them, nice looking products.

I believe that one.

That's pretty consistent so that is good, the numbers themelves are a bit low but that maybe because the engine cooled off or probably the engine just needs a good run at highway speeds to loosen everything up. The rings may be gummed up from sitting so long.

You will be missed, when hunting through the archives to solve a problem you gave me lots help. Signed your archive groupie

When it's time for resale pull the wrap off and have brand new paint.

Just out of curiosity, what did you find when you used steel wool on your bumpers, scratching?

Are you going to let the rest of us in on this joke? I need to go to the next ZCON so I don't have to read between the lines.

I have the feeling that in the next ten years or so that wrap is going to take over, maybe even for new cars as well once the limited colours problem has been solved. Look at how powder coating has taken over in the industrial paint applications, just a chemistry problem that needs solving. Now I'm not saying that is a good thing, I love a perfect paint job but it is on the verge of becoming old tech I think.

wow you really have stripped the clutter out of the engine bay , that is going to be show car clean. You're in the home stretch!

That group of guys are talented fabricators, I hate that they cut up two restorable Z's just to make one custom car but money doesn't seem to be a problem for them. I think a better choice would have been to make all that power, electronics and the rest of it work with the original interior, the one they installed is pretty cheesy. And put a hood on that thing.

Any Canadian and some northern US owners.

Any method of removing the flywheel bolts that uses the starter ring teeth comes with the risk of possibly breaking those teeth. This method was posted by one of the members here years ago, I can't get access to the back of the L28 at the moment but I think you'll get the idea. Our cars come with many pieces that will do the job well, even a scrap of metal with 2 holes drilled in it will work, You don't have to tighten the bolts hard and it best to use a spare bolt for the engine block hole just in case it bends a bit. Better a 25 cent bolt that a flywheel ring gear.

First car I ever owned, tough as nails, easy to work on and boy did they ever like to rust.

I've been using 0000 steel wool on chrome, SS and glass for decades and have had no problems at all, it removes virtually everything that is on the surface, then a quick hand buff with a clean cloth and chrome polish and it is gleaming. Just make sure you have 4 zero's on the package.

Fantastic, you're a lucky man. I recommend a barn cat cause the mice are going to love your new shop just as much as you are.

A 1990's Honda Civic forum would be a good place to advertise

"It's an investment honey, safer for my eyes" I get a lot of mileage out of that one. I have the older version of the Lincoln 2450 with adjustment for sensitivity, delay and a dimmer dial, I find it's a great helmet. Very light and the viewing window is plenty big enough.

Sweet, now you can get that old vise off the floor.

In some ways the Fedhill tool looks beefier than the Eastwood tool, that's a good deal.

The engineers included a built in audible warning signal that you are in 3rd when you should be in 5th, it sounds like a high pitched turbine combined with breaking metal, very distinctive sound.