[73LeMans]

Originally Posted by cdrookie

WOW that garage is clean! The frame looks great in the pic. Once you get the engine in there and everything attached you won't notice that many imperfections in it. I had my core support and inner fenders powder coated, it matched the rattle can firewall real good. You painting the car?

Ha, thanks! Can never be too clean. Good point on not really noticing the small things..I struggle with that. Im in there for the first time in 21 years redoing everything, and I keep telling myself to do it all "right" now, but wondering, who is ever really going to notice? Me, sadly....every time I look at it. Every time I'll see nothing but flaws. Its a sickness we all have in varying degrees.

Really though, I do expect to regularly clean the bay and with any sort of paper type towel, it'll get torn up pretty good. Cant have that!! I'll try buffing it out first. Maybe it is dirt or over spray. Worst case, I end up having to repaint it all and I'll look into the adhesion promoter.

Not painting the car just yet. It will stay the flat black/gray until I find the last 2 NOS pieces to complete my collection, then I'll tear it down and rebuild the body. Might pull the frame out at that time, but would have to cut off the roll bar out to do it. Something for me to think about between now and then.

When Im done with the engine bay, it will go together pretty fast. I'll generate a thread here with all the work I've been putting in when Im a bit further along. All systems are either getting rebuilt with some serious quality parts, or have been totally redesigned for the extra power the new engine brings. Its been an interesting 4 years.



Thanks for the advice Gentlemen!