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MACKDDY build thread

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hankjr

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Today I shot final color on inside of fenders and grill

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Also got serp set up finalized and found a belt what fit

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I finalized vacuum line routing using hard lines too

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Next target is to shoot hood inside color, weld hinges on and bond a strip of metal that Migs cut for me along the front to cover acne along hood leading edge. That’s fridays mission. Saturday I will demo part of the paint booth and prep for final color on outside of body

Now back to work to pay for all the painting supplies

A tired and sweaty Hank
 
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This weekend was all about cleaning and organizing ahead of final paint. I took down the single bay paint boof and converted garage into one large one. The lessons learnt first time around made do better results this time around.

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I did manage to scuff most of the body as well in prep for hi build. I will pick away at that.

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I'm betting you'll make the date for the start-a-que at this rate!;D

I love the paint boof........
 
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I got hi build on the body today finally. Have I mentioned how much scuffing sucks???

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Also got membrane installed on the inner door skins. Seemed a shame to cover up the pretty paint :)

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Tomorrow is supposed to be rainy so I think I’m going to finish hooking up all the brake lines and mock up a cold air intake for the engine

Hank
 
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I never got to the brakes or cold air intake. Masking for seam sealer took much longer than expected but I finished that tonight and squeezed out a tube of sealer.

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Seam sealer all done and body is in guide coat. Sanding today and tomorrow. Target to shoot body color Sunday morning

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Guide coat inside the tub, Now someone either likes to sand or is getting pretty serious. That just plain make my back hurt just looking at it.
 
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Sanding turns out to be great therapy for the shoulder issues i inflicted upon myself this past winter 🙄

Honestly there was enough overspray and other surface issues to warrant the extra sanding

Hank
 
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So I sanded my butt off Saturday and got it like 80% done. My buddy showed up at 630 this morning for painting day. Rob and I wet sanded another 3 hours before deciding it was good enough to paint. We cleaned for another hour before painting. In all we put in 11 hours today, resulting in......

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All the attention to detail on the body work was so worth it in the end

Major milestone achieved today!!!!

Now on to painting the engine bay.

Hank
 
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Awesome job buddy! You have to be thrilled!!!
 
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The heavy rain and constant heat/humididity have been a pain the past week or so. I managed to shoot paint in engine bay etc yesterday. Some cleanup to do but decent results.

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Also have been rebuilding hydroboost unit this week. Really pretty straight forward but some tricks.

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And big pile of smalls paint finished up

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Countdown to the Que....

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Nice table full of shiny awesome right there! Very nice Sir!
 
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