68 Bug

[Brown]

Friday i prepped the metal that will be behind the heater channel for Por 15. THere was some rust forming in some of these spaces so hopefully this will slow it down. Sunday morning a applied the por 15 and let that dry while i worked on the Corolla. Then i got back to grdining down some welds and fitting he heater channel in preperation for welding it in. THis side is going much faster than the first one.

[Raj]

Ken,
Did you brush this on? I heard you can spray it but have never really given it too much a thought

[Brown]

I brush or use a sponge brush. I'm sure you can spray it but I think it is nasty stuff (vapors) that is.

[Big_kid]

And some people wonder why we like owning older, simpler cars...

[Brown]

Busy last week begining hte college search for my duaghter but sat and Sun got some time on the bug. I had prepped everthing for the heater channel to go in but i really had to modify the back of the heater channel to get it to line up with the bolt holes inthe pan. I must have moved it back a good half an inch to get it to line up. Once i got the holes to line up the everylined up pretty nicely. Right off the bat the door closes real well so ia laid down some welds and it's in place. I still need to finish welding it on on the inside and outside but the major portion of that job is over. Next step is to attack all the surface rust inside and then POR 15 whatever i can see and then move on to removing hte paint and then painting the bad boy. I know it is slow but i am making progress.

[Raj]

Nice Ken, keep this pics coming!

[leo]

Por-15 is the shiznit, just don't get it on your hands , believe me. Keep up the great work.

[Big_kid]

Slow progress is still progress!

[Brown]

Por-15 is the shiznit, just don't get it on your hands , believe me. Keep up the great work.

You're right. I got some on the back of my leg and didn't realze it and walked around for about a week before I noticed it!

[Brown]

Slow progress is still progress!

Yep as long as you keep at it eventually it get done. It's the big breaks that really kill the progress!

[Brown]

Last night I did osme more welding of the heater channel and and added a patch on the pas side wheel well. Still some more welding to do but now i can left the body off the chassis again so i can really get to everthing better and finish up all the welding before I get to stripping the paint. here are some progress pics.

[Raj]

nice work Ken.

Whats the plan with this car? Did you say ' paint'?

[Brown]

Other then the heater channels the body is in decent shape so i've been fixing the fender nuts and some of other body problems. Little by little i've been stripping the paint. Iprobabley need another good day and i'll have all the paintstripped.

[Raj]

inside and outside respray? This going to be a driver or something nicer?

68s are cool with there SA and color matched glove box door.

[Brown]

Driver. Probably inside and outside, but i'm still evaluating that!

[Brown]

I spent some time addressing some rust spots on the bug this past weekend.







Have continued to remove paint in prep for spraying the car.

[Raj]

keep at it Ken!