{"id":90,"date":"2004-01-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-01-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-04-01T16:57:15","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T16:57:15","slug":"bel-air\/quarter-panel-and-floor-cleaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/project55.co.uk\/?p=90","title":{"rendered":"Quarter Panel and Floor Cleaning"},"content":{"rendered":"

The weather is a nightmare here today. It’s raining, and there’s 70mph winds. No chance of getting the body out on the drive to clean like I planned. I decided to scrape away the paint on the rear quarter, to see if I could find primer like I did on the passenger side. Sure enough I did. This worried me so I took the grinder brush to it. And guess what? There’s no rust or dents. Just lots of filler. Strange. I gave it a sand, and flattened the trim holes where they had been dented over the years, then cleaned and primered it. As you can see, it’s as straight as a die. God knows why it was filled. <\/p>\n

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Out of curiosity, I decided to see how far I could turn the tub on the rotisserie and found I could move it enough to work on the floor. I scraped all the underseal off, then wire brushed, vacced then grinder brushed. I managed to clamp it up tight enough to tack weld, so I started to work my way around hammering it flat and welding. About a quarter of the way through, I got the hang of the welder and managed to get a decent seam without blowing a hole or leaving a lump. An hour or so later it was done. A quick clean up with the grinder, then clean with thinners and a quick blow over with primer. I’m learning my lesson about leaving bare metal in a damp garage. <\/p>\n

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The weather is a nightmare here today. It’s raining, and there’s 70mph winds. No chance of getting the body out on the drive to clean like I planned. I decided to scrape away the paint on the rear quarter, to see if I could find primer like I did on the passenger side. Sure enough I did. This worried me so I took the grinder brush to it. And guess what? There’s no rust or dents. Just lots of filler. Strange. I gave it a sand, and flattened the trim holes where they had been dented over the years, then cleaned and primered it. As you can see, it’s as straight as a die. God knows why it was filled. <\/p>\n

\"Rear_Quarter_Primered.jpg\" <\/p>\n

Out of curiosity, I decided to see how far I could turn the tub on the rotisserie and found I could move it enough to work on the floor. I scraped all the underseal off, then wire brushed, vacced then grinder brushed. I managed to clamp it up tight enough to tack weld, so I started to work my way around hammering it flat and welding. About a quarter of the way through, I got the hang of the welder and managed to get a decent seam without blowing a hole or leaving a lump. An hour or so later it was done. A quick clean up with the grinder, then clean with thinners and a quick blow over with primer. I’m learning my lesson about leaving bare metal in a damp garage. <\/p>\n

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