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taking off some mud.
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 11:17 pm
by bandman1971
Well I broke out the heat gun and applied some muscle to obvious repairs. Here's what I found....
Riveted repair from a while ago....
- Passenger rear
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Re: taking off some mud.
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 11:21 pm
by bandman1971
Other side....
Re: taking off some mud.
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 11:25 pm
by bandman1971
I also have a crack at the top of my drivers side door. It moves when weight it applied. Repairable?
Re: taking off some mud.
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 11:29 pm
by bandman1971
Advice on how to proceed........
Should I break out some media and start blasting the entire car till all the metal is exposed? Or is that overkill for a one day dairly driver? Should I get it dipped and have someone who knows what the heck they are doing repair the metal?
Re: taking off some mud.
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 12:36 am
by 71ChallengerSE
For the exterior I would use paint stripper on all panels, repair the rust properly with patches or panels as needed. Treat any rust with rust bullet. Depends on the amount of rust or rot but if you are only expecting a driver there is no need for media blasting or dipping. As for the door crack, I would grind out the crack a little bit and fill it with weld. Grind it smooth and finish it off.
Re: taking off some mud.
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 12:00 pm
by Eric
bandman1971 wrote:I also have a crack at the top of my drivers side door. It moves when weight it applied. Repairable?
I believe every unrestored 71 B I've owned had a crack there
Re: taking off some mud.
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 12:42 pm
by GTXplicity
Eric wrote:bandman1971 wrote:I also have a crack at the top of my drivers side door. It moves when weight it applied. Repairable?
I believe every unrestored 71 B I've owned had a crack there
Yeah, what's up with that? My 39k mile GTX has that crack on both doors. And that's after being painted twice. Factory/engineering defect?
Re: taking off some mud.
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 12:38 am
by 1bluegtx
Yep,i have the door crack to!
BRIAN
Re: taking off some mud.
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 12:41 am
by 72RoadRunnerGTX
Here’s an updated past thread about the door cracks.
Admins; this is a thread that contains an older post from AZ Nick. His signature contains a dead link to a picture file prompting a server log-in somewhere; enter cancel to skip through it. Is there any way to edit this link out of his signatures? I understand he may have retired and may no longer be active on the site.
Re: taking off some mud.
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 12:03 pm
by Eric
72RoadRunnerGTX wrote:Here’s an updated past thread about the door cracks.
Admins; this is a thread that contains an older post from AZ Nick. His signature contains a dead link to a picture file prompting a server log-in somewhere; enter cancel to skip through it. Is there any way to edit this link out of his signatures? I understand he may have retired and may no longer be active on the site.
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