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Monthly Archives: February 2024

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4 02, 2024

Filling in more small dings + large front fender patch

By |2024-02-26T22:36:31-05:00February 4th, 2024|68' Firebird project|0 Comments

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 with a small defect with a small bulge poking up. I hammered it back down to prepare the fill. Thirdly, I began patching up the [...]

1 02, 2024

Blending in the rear quarter panel welds and hardtop dents with body filler

By |2024-02-26T22:25:47-05:00February 1st, 2024|68' Firebird project|0 Comments

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 putty needed to be filled in wider and several coats more, with back and forth sanding with the long flexible block. You need a long [...]