migs Bronco Barn - a chronicle of what's happening at the new place

[904Bronco]

Agreed....

 

[migs]

Wow, all these yellow broncos….got me thinking maybe I need to paint one of my own yellow now

 

[tasker]

come to the bright side!!!

 

[NGABronco]

come to the bright side!!!

Or not!!!

 

[migs]

She is bright! pulled the rest of the masking off.

 

[Juiceman]

wow!

 

[904Bronco]

She is bright! pulled the rest of the masking off.

Does She have a name Tasker?

My 79 is the Yellow Sub...

 

[tasker]

Named Kiya....after the hula girl that was on the trans tunnel when I bought her.....Migs...OUTSTANDING!!! Have new lens and headlights/trim rings before you bolt it all up

 

[migs]

Been busy cutting and buffing the clear, that's done but I have a couple spots to fix before I roll it out of the booth area to make space to finish painting the other parts.

Here's a comparison of the paint surface before and after the wet sanding and buffing/polishing process.




Also, the sun peeked out today so I opened the door to shine a little sunlight on the pearl.

 

[migs]

And here's how she's looking now after the post paint work.

 

[tasker]

Love, love, love it!!!

 

[Speedrdr]

@tasker, can’t say I blame you a bit! Looks mighty fine.

Randy

 

[bronco1017]

Been busy cutting and buffing the clear, that's done but I have a couple spots to fix before I roll it out of the booth area to make space to finish painting the other parts.

Here's a comparison of the paint surface before and after the wet sanding and buffing/polishing process.

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Also, the sun peeked out today so I opened the door to shine a little sunlight on the pearl.

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Damn!!!!

 

[tasker]

Think the last of the dash trinkets arrived today...cable and lighter

 

[tasker]

Got to visit yesterday....wow! The attention to details is amazing....way better than I hoped for! Thanks buddy!!

 

[migs]

Ok, some quick updates, right around tasker's visit I was working on fixing a few blemishes in the finish. While wet sanding to six the blemishes I ended up going through the yellow in a few spots, oops. Hard to tell in these pics compared to the light reflections but the spots are located in the central area of the pictures.




And after blending new paint and clear:

 

[tasker]

SOOOOOO close!!!

 

[migs]

And with that done it was on to other tasks. First off I gave my blast cabinet a much needed rehab and tune up.... full clean out, new gloves, consumables, media and viewing glass protector as well as a refresh of the vac system. Also cleaned out the small paint booth and replaced the filter then went on a marathon of disassembling, cleaning, blasting and painting parts. Some things like the power steering pump and hydro boost were just cleaned and touched up a bit as they were in good order when removed.

Still plenty more to go.

 

[tasker]

YES!!!!!!!!!!

 

[migs]

More little bits... So this tub does not have provisions built in for the upper pedal box mounting bolts, it just utilizes bolts through the cowl. Well, the previous builder had just made use of a crude strap, so I figured I'd make something a little thicker and larger to spread the load out.
And if it's going to be sitting there in plain sight might as well give it a little something extra.

Oh, I also made a couple of shims for the water pump pulley to replace the four washers that were being used to space it out.