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Canada Day Well Spent
Created on 2008-07-02 10:21:23
Judy and I put the bonnet back on the car. It looks so nice having it back on and freeing up some room in the garage.
Also, the interior is now back in the car. I had to trim the panels over the wheel arches a bit to get them to fit but they look great. It cost less than $100 to buy the material; it would have cost close to $500 to buy them.
My paint job did have some orange peel. Using rubbing compound and polish, the worst of the orange peel is removed. With a coat of wax the finish looks pretty darn good; both Judy and I are happy with the results.
The rubber bumper covers also got a coat of bumper paint over the weekend and look nice and black.
A couple weeks ago, I made quite the find at Obsolete Automotive. I was up there late on a Friday needing a used part. I went up stairs with Jeff to help him look and I found a rubber bumper Spitfire spoiler. These were only used on 79 and 80 cars and are almost always missing. I was also surprised at the mass of used parts there is upstairs, I couldn't believe all the parts.
Also, the interior is now back in the car. I had to trim the panels over the wheel arches a bit to get them to fit but they look great. It cost less than $100 to buy the material; it would have cost close to $500 to buy them.
My paint job did have some orange peel. Using rubbing compound and polish, the worst of the orange peel is removed. With a coat of wax the finish looks pretty darn good; both Judy and I are happy with the results.
The rubber bumper covers also got a coat of bumper paint over the weekend and look nice and black.
A couple weeks ago, I made quite the find at Obsolete Automotive. I was up there late on a Friday needing a used part. I went up stairs with Jeff to help him look and I found a rubber bumper Spitfire spoiler. These were only used on 79 and 80 cars and are almost always missing. I was also surprised at the mass of used parts there is upstairs, I couldn't believe all the parts.
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Summary of Previous Journal Entries
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| Title | Date | #Pic | #Cmt | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interior Going Back In | 2008-06-18 | 1 | The car is painted other than the top of the bonnet. I've been waiting for a dry, calm day to paint the outside (the underside is complete). Last Sunday would have been perfect b... | |
| Pieces Finally Going Back On | 2008-06-02 | 3 | This was a good weekend. The car is painted and I got a couple coats on the doors and under half if the bonnet. Tonight I home to get a couple more coats on, the bonnet is really... | |
| Busy Weekend | 2008-05-26 | Well, it was a busy weekend. I took Friday off to start painting the Spitfire. I was out taping the car by 7:30 am; wipe down and had primer on by 11, sanding by 2, seam sealer b... | ||
| Still Sanding | 2008-05-22 | Still been busy sanding down to the original paint/primer layer, applying filler, and final sanding with 320 grit paper. I will be ready to paint once I have the garage swept and ... | ||
| Sanding | 2008-05-21 | The sanding has begun. I quickly learned that my compressor is too small for my DA sander; it's rated for an average 4 cfm @ 60 psi, but the constant cfm must be much higher; the ... | ||
| Welding Complete! | 2008-04-21 | The weekend saw the A-post closing pieces, sill end cap and a front corner of the driver side floor pan welded in. That brings the welding to an end. I also dug out the grinder a... | ||
| Productive Weekend | 2008-04-14 | Saturday I clamped the inner fender to the rear fender and clamped the assembly to the car. After adjusting the position of the inner fender a few times I was able to get it to fi... | ||
| Spitfire Is Edging Towards Body Panel Completion | 2008-04-10 | Over the weekend I got my door fit straightened out but now I have another problem. When I offer up the sill, its too short, weird. So yesterday I took a chance and... | ||
| Cutting Is Coming To An End | 2008-03-31 | Saturday was a great day to be out in the garage, the sun was out and it was nice and warm. The three pieces of the sill are all gone from the body and the rear fender is gone asi... | ||
| Spitfire Body Restoration | 2008-03-25 | 3 | The Spitfire's body was pretty crsuty it turns out. Here's a summary of my restoration work since I started at Christmas, 2007: Christmas 2007 Started... |
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