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Jon Appleby
Member ID: applebj8
Member Status: Gold Member  Lake Wylie, SC, USA 
Last Login: 2012-02-08 09:26:50
Last Forum Activity: 2012-02-08 09:26:50 Forum Posts: 1,189 |
There are 8 total entries in this Journal.
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Posted on: Wednesday September 2, 2009
April-May 2009 Finished with paint removal. Approx 24 hours in sanding, grinding over the course of a week or so. Using slide hammer to pull out dents to sill revealed missing rivets holding bottom edge to mating piece. Also jacking point welds broken, pulled loose. L- brackets fabricated and welded in place to strenghten jacking point. Welded sill bottom edge back together rather than using rivets. Have decided to paint outside myself sith base coat/clear coat. Approx $350 in ma...
Posted on: Monday February 9, 2009
January 2009 Began process of stripping for re-spray. Plan is to go with Base coat/clear coat in New Racing Green. I will attempt to do all prep work myself and find someone willing to spray for me. Removed all chrome and began sanding with my new Ryobi dual-action 5 inch. Surprise, surprise, car was previously Mallard Green. Who knew? Amazingly the New Racing Green was apparently applied during body off. Jambs, under dash, everywhere covered! Biggest problem areas, two dents in sil...
Posted on: Monday February 9, 2009
November 2008 Finally getting around to installing the interior, boot carpet kits I bought Spring 2006. Only used pad for on top of the transmission tunnel and under the batteries cover. Installation fairy simple, looking good. Purchased some black vinyl from E-Bay and recoverd radio console, which exhibits badly cracked, deteriorated condition. Deft use of scissors and heat gun along with 3M spray adhesive and it's finished! While messing around, rewired radio to always hot brown circui...
Posted on: Tuesday December 11, 2007
Was able to address several leaks this week. Coolant was traced to failed 1 1/2" bypass hose on water pump. Transmission fluid traced to loose inspection covers cap screws on bottom of overdrive, and crankcase oil traced to pan gasket which still needs to be replaced. Still to do: spray some clear on spare wheel and clean up the other four wires and get them painted. It's 75-80 degrees and sunny first week of December - first time top down cruising this time of year for me and the B! ...
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| Date | Site | Title | Category | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-12-18 | mgb | Steel Wheel Paint Codes | Body and Paint | 1 |
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