Aaron's 76 Type LT Project

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So I made a big leap today by getting the firewall and underside coated. I used SPI black epoxy primer. This will be the final coat for these surfaces. I need to pull the front part of the rotisserie off and spray some small areas covered by the 4x4, but that should be simple enough.

For those interested, I sprayed using a "silver purple" Harbor Freight gun (the one that comes in the 2-gun set) using my C-H 26 gallon compressor. I had the fluid adjustment (fan size) knob two full turns off the bottom seat and the pressure at the gun regulator was ~37-38 psi. Temp was in the low 90s so I reduced the epoxy by ~5% with PPG 885 reducer after my first run.

I got a VERY small amount of orange peel the first time around on the firewall, which was pre-reducer. After I reduced a little, it went on pretty flat. The SPI is a great product to spray, can't wait to spray their clear.

And now some pics.

9-18-2010

I worked on getting the trunk divider panel welded in that I got from Rich Schmidt from his donor parts car. This is the last thing to do before I finish the front sub frame.

So this is what I was trying to fix. Some previous owner really hacked up the divider panel. I already removed the lower portion so it looked much worse before this pic was taken.



I trimmed up the top edge and side edges and ground down any factory spot welds. I left a little lip along the top to weld the new panel to.



Got everything cleaned up before I welded the new panel in



The panel fitted with some self tapping screws. The little rust spots are from my sweat, but those will be easy to deal with.



The panel welded in - it's not going anywhere. I had to get creative to fit the new panel in, but it fit well. So I am happy to have a divider panel again. Tomorrow I will grind down the welds some more and paint it and that will be that.