Weekend Seventeen

 

Wow! Calipers!! Yes, it may seem premature to be thinking calipers. Our deadline is only one month away. Sean was rebuilding some calipers anyway so he went ahead and rebuilt my rears. (More info on left rebuilt calipers & right rebuilt calipers.) The accents in the extreme are going to be blue so I had Sean paint the calipers with VHT Blue paint. You'll see more of the calipers when we get to suspension. I'm waiting for items from the powder painter to come back.
While still removing some of the tank area, Sean started on the door reassembly. We borrowed some used parts from a couple of green doors out back.
Sweet progress. Everything is removed from the tank and trunk area. Now after a good scrubbing and waxing, this area will be ready for reassembly of the newly painted and dyed pieces to make this area shine.
As you can see the dash components and entire wiring harness have been pulled from the car. This did not take long to remove, but I have a feeling it will take a long time to clean and put back in. For those that have visited me during this process, you may recall the wiring harness was oversprayed by the paint shop. Yes, I should have removed it, but I didn't due to time and now I'm spending time on the back end cleaning it with thinner. I am chipping away at the undercoating in the fender wells.
After making such good progress on the door assembly, Sean decided to take on the roll bar vinyl. This three piece kit is a must in dressing up a reassembly. Sean also installed the right lower chrome moulding and the left lower chrome moulding. He wanted to hold off on the other pieces for now.
We had a good weather weekend day, so we moved the car back outside on the lift. The engine bay still needed some stripped even after sanding and wire brushing it. I decided to get aggressive and sand blast it. I know!! A newly painted car? Sandblast, why not. Dr. 914 was not here this day (did I even have to say that?) so I taped everything off and put the car in the air.
The wheel wells were also sanded outside. The sandblaster worked great on the engine bay. I'll be picking sand out of every crevass of my body for weeks, but the end result will be worth it. The fender flares were also seam sealed with Würth Seam Sealer, though that process is not shown here.
Next, McLean came in and primered the bay. Man, does this look nice or what. Painted and with an engine insulting pad, this bay is going to look great!! Naturally we'll be painting this area with the same L80E color as the rest of the car. No stoneguard here!!
With the fender wells ready, we started stonguarding the area with Würth Beige Stonguard. The product is made in either beige, grey or black. I thought the beige would help the components stand out more. I am concerned with the dirt factor, but for now I am pleased. Though I have not shown it here, make sure to always POR-15 your car to prevent further rust. Our deadline is still oriented to have the car ready for the April WCC (West Coast Classic). I hope to see all of you there.