[rexus31]

I've been following this thread and all I can say is, wow!

Just out of curiousity, why no hood scoop?

[Thumpin455_GTO]

It didnt have a GTO hood, they are $400-$500 plus truck freight, so around $700 to get one here. For now its getting the Tempest hood that came with it, and next year I will get a GTO hood, paint it and put it on. I have been thinking of hand fabricating one, and I would if I had a pattern, then just weld it to this hood. Maybe a winter project and a reason to buy an english wheel and a shrinker/stretcher.

[RA1John]

Perhaps someone out there can donate the scoop area from a rusted GTO Hood. Certainly Todd has the metal working ability to graft it onto a Tempest/Lemans hood.

[Andre]

I actually have a good original GTO hood that I want to donate to this project, but I have no means of shipping it or crating it up for shipping.

[Thumpin455_GTO]

Springs and a hood Andre? You are too nice my friend. I wonder if Hooter's friend who pulled the GTO up here is going to be in the area any time soon.

[Andre]

If anyone is going up your way from South Florida, (West Palm Beach area), I'll make arrangements to meet them so they can take it.
They will have to come and get it at my house however.

[Thumpin455_GTO]

I dont know anybody in Florida. I'll PM Hooter and see if his bud is still driving parts around.

Ugrh. I am so sick of block sanding high build primer. Hopefully it wont need much more after this. It needed some epoxy to seal stuff up and adhere to the bare metal spots I found. Part of me wants to just paint it, but part wants me to fix the small bits that stand out.









One of the spots that needs reworked, not sure what happened but it hit bare metal and then wrinkled up. Also have some filler to knock down.



And another coat of epoxy primer.

[Thumpin455_GTO]

Well my metal working might be ok, but when it comes to filler and bumping dents so the panels are smooth, well I am not so good at that. Today was spent adding filler to the spots where it was still low, reworking a major part of the drivers side quarter, and trying to fix flaws without screwing up the good stuff I had done. Worked most of today for marginal improvement, if any. Self learning this is a pain, I wish someone would show me how to make the quarters flat and not have my repairs show through. I think from now on I will take someone's advice and just wire wheel the metal, then clear it so all the Frankenstein metal work shows. Making it pretty and straight hurts too much. I am really sore tonight, and I just got in.


Here is the front quarter after fixing the not so great stuff..



Then after primer, but you cant see if its straight or not. It just looks gray. I know it will look good in pics, but in person well that is another thing entirely.



Passenger side needed attention too.







and after again..



Oh look here is the dash and the quarter extensions!



My daughter bead blasted these for me, they came out nice.



I am really sore and tired, going to bed. Might not even get up tomorrow.

[Andre]

Time to get out the longboard, and I don't mean surfin'

[michaelroy]

I have a hood here in S.C. if that would be better for you. It seems like you have some connections here from reading your posts. I could take some pictures if you like. I know it has surface rust and a hole about the size of a nickle on one side. Just let me know and its yours.

[gto_ron]

The quarters don't look bad at all. Two or three wet coats of 2k high build primer and several hours of wet sanding will make those quarters perfect. Just turn the radio up and start out with 320 wet/dry then go over everything with 400 wet/dry. I usually go over that with 600 grit wet or dry but a lot of guys stop at 400.

regards

[Thumpin455_GTO]

Originally Posted by gto_ron

The quarters don't look bad at all. Two or three wet coats of 2k high build primer and several hours of wet sanding will make those quarters perfect. Just turn the radio up and start out with 320 wet/dry then go over everything with 400 wet/dry. I usually go over that with 600 grit wet or dry but a lot of guys stop at 400.

regards

Have already been doing that to get them this far. You can only see the problems if you look down the car from the front with the light in the right spot. The yellow should help hide the bad stuff, but I am done blocking it.. Not going to do anymore of it. The thing is getting painted after a quick scuff of the epoxy primer.

[valkyrie9901]

Those long panels need to be done with a long board with 320 or 400.A little long board blocking using an X pattern will make a world of difference in your work as close as it is.........JB.

[Thumpin455_GTO]

Yeah JB I did that quite a bit already, its much straighter than it was months ago, or even three weeks ago. Lots of bumping and blocking with long boards, and almost 3 gallons of high build sanded off. I am getting the hang of it, but I dont know if I will do anymore and try to make them nice from what this one was like. I think if they are this rough, they are going to be flat black, white, or painted so it looks like a barn find. Its just easier that way.

Honestly it doesnt look too bad, only a few spots will really show, its just the perfectionist in me wanting it to look like a $15k paintjob instead of a $1500 one. I have gone over it again, and shot more epoxy on it to cover the bare metal spots. I will rest while the epoxy cures, then tomorrow I will set everything up, wipe it down, and get to making this thing yellow. The only thing I will rework will be if there are any bugs or runs in it when I check it later tonight. Barring that, it gets painted tomorrow, flaws and everything.

You can see the spot I reworked because the tape pulled some up in this pic. Just sanded it down, feathered it and shot more epoxy over it. Done. Doesnt look like it will wrinkle up, so maybe its good to go now.



Here is the quarter extensions and A pillar fairings with the drivers side fender I had to grind the welds on, fill, and then slather some primer on it. Its under the hood, and heck this thing is no show car, so its good enough.



And the car, as it sits now waiting for its first coat of base color.

[valkyrie9901]

I have watched your thread from the start and you have done a fine job bringing that old goat back from the dead..........JB.

[Old Blue 66]

By far my fav thread on PY. Keep up the great work!

[Thumpin455_GTO]

Thanks Paul and JB. Im glad to be entertaining and hopefully it will inspire someone else to take on a project.

Its one step closer to not being dead anymore. Ran out of activator so I didnt get to shoot the jambs, the lower part of the drivers door, and the lower front part of the quarter. The rest has the first coat on it, need more stuff to do the second.

[Thumpin455_GTO]

Better pics.

[Andre]

Where did the pinstripe come from?

[Thumpin455_GTO]

From tape and some metallic black paint. Its not perfect, but it does a nice job breaking up the expanse of yellow and accenting the body line.