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hercimer01
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MAY 19, 11:58 PM
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The thread stopped due to my mothers move across country. I was so preoccupied with uprooting a lifetime of her belongings last winter.
I am also restoring a 1969 AMC Rogue by stripping it down to bare metal. It is also ready for body filler and paint.
I'm back at it now. I have been sanding the body panels and getting them ready for primer.
 [This message has been edited by hercimer01 (edited 05-20-2025).]
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cartercarbaficionado
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MAY 20, 12:49 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by hercimer01:
The thread stopped due to my mothers move across country. I was so preoccupied with uprooting a lifetime of her belongings last winter.
I am also restoring a 1969 AMC Rogue by stripping it down to bare metal. It is also ready for body filler and paint.
I'm back at it now. I have been sanding the body panels and getting them ready for primer.
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looks like wonderful progress
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hercimer01
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MAY 26, 12:58 AM
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Every thing that's removable from the car besides the hood and bumper covers is primed with the Speedo Kote. That stuff is like pudding. Make sure you get a cheap Amazon gun with a 1.5 tip if you use it. I put in a hardware kit and new gasket for the sunroof from the Fierostore also. The gasket tracks were fine but the drain holes were plugged. That's probably why it was leaking. I opted to changed the gasket also because this is a desert car and it was pretty hard from the heat. I changed the rear clip with one I got from Paul Vargyas. It had some damage. I replaced all the body panels and front hood were heat stroked too. The door skins were peeling back on the tops due to warpage. Basically all that's original to the car is the roof skin, fenders, rocker panels, trunk lid and wing. I got some near perfect bumper covers from one in Chicago with no spider web cracks at all.
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cliffw
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MAY 26, 10:40 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by hercimer01:
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Nice work. I love your passion, and your avatar.
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hercimer01
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AUG 18, 11:13 PM
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I'm back on the paint job. I have decided to sell the car once it's painted. I do have a whole 3800SC swap ready to go in but I don't plan to install but I could if someone was interested.
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hercimer01
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SEP 14, 11:51 PM
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I decided not to go with Solar Gold as a base but to go with white as a base. I figured that the gold would give it an orange tint. I am really after the Brandy wine brightest color. Here's the roof and rear clip. The front roof needs a bit more color because it looks like magenta and doesn't match the rear. This is why things should be sprayed all together. The only reason I took the rear clip off is because The original one was to beat up.
I'll be able to adjust it later when I give it a final flow coat.
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