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I spot welded instead of seam, for the simple fact that the welder John has doesn't give me enough control and power to make a really good weld. So spot welding it is, I will see noticable gains in rigidity, but not nearly as much as if I did 1" stitches. Which may be a good thing since this is a street car primarily.

Stopped welding because I was sweating ***** with the welding gear on in the 90 degree heat today and started fitting up the front bumper. I need to massage some areas which was expected since this is a nok-off. It will look good when it's finished though. 

Fitted up the bumper, cleco made the job a lot easier. I still have a low point at the center between the bumper - hood transition, but it's an easy adjustment.

Will be finishing "spot" welding the chassis and bondo throughout the week so I can paint it next weekend.

The glass guy is finally coming down to look at it Monday. 

7/1/06

Finally got the bumper fitted and I got it pretty lined up considering it isn't an OE bumper. Got it sanded down for paint too. Removed the front windshield and found some rust. 

7/4/06

Well, finished spot welding the chassis and put new 3M seam sealer on the interior cabin. I also finished the bondo. Rolled it over to the paint area to start the process of paint. Was able to get the interior painted, but Tyler the painter found out that the definition of Etching primer was lost in translation between PPG and the rest of the paint manufacturers out there. PPG's etching primer is an adhesive promoter and etching primer to other manufacturers is just that etching primer, something you can sand to find the unseen/unfelt low spots in the body. So here's my baby all prep and ready to get her first layer on and the tailor has the wrong fabric. ****!! 

This turned out to be totally untrue, but it didn't matter. I used the wrong bondo in the end and had to redo everything. God I hate bodywork.

7/16/06

To remove baking soda off a metal body you have to spray vinegar on the car...Instant surface rust especially were the bondo was! 

8/15/12

Well, I'm back where I was when I was about to paint. Did everything right this time around, metal prep, type of bondo, etc.. It look a 1/5 of the time this time around. Hopefully by the end of this month I should have some paint on her. I did some organizing of parts while I was at it. man do I have a lot stuff for this car! 

Alright, after looking at it, applying bondo the the rocker panel would be a bad idea considering how many times this car will be jacked up to change tires in the future, so I re-sealed and will be sanding the extra once dry to get a smooth transition. Final sanding of bondo now, paint is getting close.

I attached some pics of parts I got recently from Pineapple. Air pump elimination idler wheel and twin exhaust temp kit. Idler wheel is the ****, egt kit not so much.