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1970 L-78 Nova Restoration; Saga of The Green Bastard
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68 Acadian SS-350 auto/AC driver 70 Nova SS-396/375HP Bench Stick 72 Nova SS-350 5sp Mini Tubbed 67 Chevelle Conv. SS-427 clone 70 Chevelle SS-454 LS-5 M-22 |
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69M22Z (07-27-2022), big gear head (07-26-2022) |
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1970 L-78 Nova Restoration; Saga of The Green Bastard
Upside down shot towards the rear seat divider... cleaned up nicely.
All of the paint and seal sealer was also stripped from the door and trunk jambs. This photo is looking up at the Left door jamb showing the fresh epoxy seam sealer in door jamb and drip rail seam... messy job !!
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68 Acadian SS-350 auto/AC driver 70 Nova SS-396/375HP Bench Stick 72 Nova SS-350 5sp Mini Tubbed 67 Chevelle Conv. SS-427 clone 70 Chevelle SS-454 LS-5 M-22 |
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#133
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1970 L-78 Nova Restoration; Saga of The Green Bastard
Well the Green bastard rears it's ugly head once again. Stripping the roof revealed some significant previous repair / damage. There are many quite rough gouges from a previous strip job and an area of Very heavy filler.
I suspect the aggressive stripping caused some heat and stretching of the metal resulting in oil canning. Apparently the cure was three HEAVY blows with a soft pointed body hammer which probably tightened up the panel but then required the heavy filler. I worked out the hammer blow dents and did my best attempt at shrinking the panel but... I realized my limits here and reached out to a professional. Proper repair required the careful removal of the inner bracing. Which were then straightened stripped and epoxied. Cedrik Cahill of Cahill Auto Body brought his 12" shrinker and after about an hour of work had the panel in good shape for plastic work. Money well spent !
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68 Acadian SS-350 auto/AC driver 70 Nova SS-396/375HP Bench Stick 72 Nova SS-350 5sp Mini Tubbed 67 Chevelle Conv. SS-427 clone 70 Chevelle SS-454 LS-5 M-22 |
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L78 Nova...
Impressive dedication to the project...great job
-wilma
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#135
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1970 L-78 Nova Restoration; Saga of The Green Bastard
Around this time (June July 2020) having been recently separated and with the Covid restrictions in place... There was A LOT of activity happening in the garage !
Couple shots of the BEFORE in epoxy primer And preparations begin for a semi-gloss finish coating (two coats DTM Urethane) And once again... as Skee Low would say "I wish I was a little bit taller". Final job turned out well with the exception of the firewall. For the firewall I later reshot with a further flattened topcoat. This is the shiny version.
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68 Acadian SS-350 auto/AC driver 70 Nova SS-396/375HP Bench Stick 72 Nova SS-350 5sp Mini Tubbed 67 Chevelle Conv. SS-427 clone 70 Chevelle SS-454 LS-5 M-22 |
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#136
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1970 L-78 Nova Restoration; Saga of The Green Bastard
Now back to Bodywork on the Roof.... A week of holidays was a full week of 12 hour days bodyworking the roof.. never said I was fast ! The weather cooperated with high temps well in the 90's every day. It was Gruelling !! (I will foreshadow that it turned out beautifully after paint)
Reinstalled inner structure Full skin coat of Bondo (couple rounds)... followed by a full skin coat of polyester glaze (couple rounds) Looooooots of blocking and repeats Once I was happy with the base work it was all sealed with DP90 (a little pebbly shooting it in the heat) Some more spot repairs and DP90 sealing... Then a full cover with high build primer and another round of blocking
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68 Acadian SS-350 auto/AC driver 70 Nova SS-396/375HP Bench Stick 72 Nova SS-350 5sp Mini Tubbed 67 Chevelle Conv. SS-427 clone 70 Chevelle SS-454 LS-5 M-22 |
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#137
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1970 L-78 Nova Restoration; Saga of The Green Bastard
Doors had previously been stripped hung and aligned and epoxied.
Now onto the finishing work Several rounds of bondo, blocking, glaze, blocking Another sealing coat of DP90 Epoxy And High build primer
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68 Acadian SS-350 auto/AC driver 70 Nova SS-396/375HP Bench Stick 72 Nova SS-350 5sp Mini Tubbed 67 Chevelle Conv. SS-427 clone 70 Chevelle SS-454 LS-5 M-22 |
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Can I ask how you get DP90? I was a painter at a shop in the 1990’s. PPG at the time quite selling DP90, so we had to go to DP90LF. Of coarse, it had no adhesion to bare metal. You had to shoot a wash primer on first before the DPLF. I was surprised when you wrote that you were using DP. Thanks
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#139
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1970 L-78 Nova Restoration; Saga of The Green Bastard
It is the DP90LF... direct to metal is OK providing mil thickness is adequate and it is not further reduced (per PPG pec sheet). Never had an issue, sticks like concrete.
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68 Acadian SS-350 auto/AC driver 70 Nova SS-396/375HP Bench Stick 72 Nova SS-350 5sp Mini Tubbed 67 Chevelle Conv. SS-427 clone 70 Chevelle SS-454 LS-5 M-22 |
#140
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1970 L-78 Nova Restoration; Saga of The Green Bastard
Some pics of further finishing and fit up.
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68 Acadian SS-350 auto/AC driver 70 Nova SS-396/375HP Bench Stick 72 Nova SS-350 5sp Mini Tubbed 67 Chevelle Conv. SS-427 clone 70 Chevelle SS-454 LS-5 M-22 |
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to L78_Nova For This Useful Post: | ||
big gear head (07-29-2022), Xplantdad (07-28-2022) |
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