[roger1]

Originally Posted by 68gtoMN

Roger,
I hope all is well. I wish to register my concern for the lack of updates posted in the past few weeks. You see, this is not about your car; rather, is is about how WE live vicariously through your exploits and documentation of your journey. It's all for us, in case you've lost focus on that. ;-)
I look forward to any and all updates as we confront our dropping temps, falling leaves and visions of six-sided water crystals that waft gently from above.
Affectionately yours,
The Yanks

Originally Posted by will slow gto

Was thinking about Roger and his convertible over the weekend too! Hope all is well and we’ll be getting a big update soon.

Thanks for your concern guys! Not to worry, I'm fine and have been working on the car. I haven't posted because a lot of my latest details haven't been photo worthy and if I had posted, I think it would have just been boring.

After block sanding the quarter panels for what I thought would be the last time, it turned out not to be. I wasn't totally happy with the reflections I was seeing along the top of both sides. So, I've had to spray more epoxy on both of them. Three iterations of spraying epoxy primer and blocking on the p/s and 2 on the d/s. Lots of guide coat applications and eyeballing. A lot of time too. Ideally, I would have gotten this perfect in the earlier coats of primer with the polyester and urethane. Problem was I just didn't use enough guide coat on top of not being 100% sure of how to block the complicated shapes.
But, I've got it now and have started moving on. The only thing the quarters need now is a reduced coat of epoxy primer to fill any sand scratches I might have missed and I'll do that at the same time that I prime the door jambs and area around the trunk perimeter.

Last week I removed all the panels from the car and primered the floor.









Also late last week I called SPI to order my red base paint and clear. But they are having supply chain issues getting the resins they use and are out of stock on both. He said they are expecting to get the resins delivered this week for the base but not sure about the clear. I was surprised by this because I specifically asked about possible issues when I talked to them last month. At that time they didn't foresee any issues. I hope it doesn't take too long but I do still have things I can do that will keep me busy until I do get the paint.

Yesterday and today I worked on prepping the top of the cowl, w/s frame, dash top, door jambs and trunk perimeter areas for epoxy primer. Some of those areas had quite a bit of dry primer over-spray on them that needed to be taken off. I also brushed on some epoxy primer on top of the original seam sealer that was used on the cowl and also into the trunk seal channel where spraying won't get into very well.





I'll spray black epoxy on the cowl and dash top and finish the dash top with matte black single stage urethane that I bought from Summit. I intend to start on that process tomorrow.
Then I intend to spray red epoxy primer (reduced by about 15 - 20%) on everything else.
If I get those things done and my paint order from SPI is delayed further, I will start on prepping and painting the trunk floor. However, my original plan was to get the paint done on the body first and then do the trunk floor.

Other news:

Just Dashes has shipped my dash and I'll get it on Wednesday.

I ordered a new fuel injection ready gas tank from Tanks Inc. along with a Walbro fuel pump and gauge sender kit. It has already been delivered. It's powder coated with silver and looks great.

I ordered a set of Dakota Digital VHX gauges. 12 week delivery time.

Ordered a rebuilt tilt steering column from Gary's Classics. 3 to 4 weeks.

Ordered a new rear bumper, aluminum Cold Case radiator and stock type sport steering wheel from Ames. Radiator will take a few weeks to get. Everything else was in stock and have received.