Hood corner rework and fill
About 15 years ago we roughly filled a weird rust spot on the front corner of the hood. It wasn’t perfect because it was meant to be temporary and I wanted to be sure the [...]
Additional fill on front fender + updated to others
There was an unusual raised spot on the front fender which I pounded back in and filled. I also continued to work the rear quarter panel and other dings will more fill and sanding fun.
More ding fills on door and front fender dent
3 more dings were found on the driver side door and filled. There was a decent dent on the front of the fender that needed a fill. Then the metal was a little warped in [...]
Work in progress on the hardtop fills and fender curves
These fills were quite a pain to do. Here is the update. It was still a little challenging working out some waves even with the long sanding block but I am slowly getting it to [...]
Filling in small dings in hardtop, top fender, hood and back quarter panel
More small dings are found and filled. One in the rear quarter panel, 2 on the top of the front fender and 1 on the hood.
Filling in more small dings + large front fender patch
As you know with restoring 40-60 year old cars, the auto body work never seems to end. I found more dings on the hardtop to grind out. Then the new replacement passenger front fender came [...]
Blending in the rear quarter panel welds and hardtop dents with body filler
Several years ago, I applied a few coats of body filler over the welds on both of the rear quarter panels. I had thought it was roughed in but I was way wrong. The body [...]
Roughly sanded the hardtop dents and filled with body putty
I tried my best to hammer the large dents back with no luck. So I proceeded to fill them in with body putty. There was quite a lot of back and forth between applying more [...]
Sprayed front pieces with build/filler primer
Those rusted front fender extension and valance panel still weren’t perfect so I sprayed them with the special build up filler primer, then sanded and repeated a couple times. Here is what they look like [...]
Removing Vinyl adhesive from hardtop
I had mixed feelings on the vinyl lined hardtop that this model firebird came factory with but I decided to remove it. Everyone has their own preference. In my option, I didn’t like it because: [...]