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My next build will be my last for a while as I need to get back to finishing some I started and stopped on over the years. This was a really cool 68 taht hasn't been on the road since 1983. It was found in the dry Nevada desert and it shows.
I knew it had the original paint under a coat of red paint put on nearly 40 years ago but what was under it and how can I get to it? I have had a few really great ones before that I was able to remove the top coat but this one was baked. I started with the right front and hood but it was not budgeing with normal strippers or sanding and I was cutting through the paint everywhere. Although I will repaint it, I wanted to bring back the original paint first just to see what I had. I found a new stripper that worked amazingly well and wanted to share that. It is PTI green aircraft stripper. it worked so well I wish I would have started with it as the paint under it is looking pretty nice. Check out the rocker not only for well it was stripped but how rust free this girl is.
Plans are 408 FI, C4, Duff Duck 2.5, 1" body lift, AC, PS PDB, Carpenter formed rear quarters. Color TBD. Here we go!
I knew it had the original paint under a coat of red paint put on nearly 40 years ago but what was under it and how can I get to it? I have had a few really great ones before that I was able to remove the top coat but this one was baked. I started with the right front and hood but it was not budgeing with normal strippers or sanding and I was cutting through the paint everywhere. Although I will repaint it, I wanted to bring back the original paint first just to see what I had. I found a new stripper that worked amazingly well and wanted to share that. It is PTI green aircraft stripper. it worked so well I wish I would have started with it as the paint under it is looking pretty nice. Check out the rocker not only for well it was stripped but how rust free this girl is.
Plans are 408 FI, C4, Duff Duck 2.5, 1" body lift, AC, PS PDB, Carpenter formed rear quarters. Color TBD. Here we go!