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11/1/2011- Finished masking the passenger compartment, sanded bondo on inner fender. Swept down the garage, ripped rags and primered- passenger side-firewall-roof-drivers side- doors-hood-trunk opening-trunk lid-rear fenders-inner fenders. Long long day. Luckily Mami came out from San Francisco with lunch and to assist.

11/2/2011- Sanded yesterday's primer job. Spot puttied small imperfections. Applied Topcoat to PS Door Jambs, PS Rear Fender, DS Rear Fender, DS Door Jambs, Firewall, Doors, Inner Fenders, Trunk Lid, Trunk Opening, Bumper Fillers and Hood

11/3/2011- Installed DS Doors and Front PS Door. Installed hood hinges. Installed DS Inner Fender and PS Inner Fender. Installed and aligned trunk lid. Applied more spot putty to trunk lid. Sanded primer on 3 doors. Rain today-no priming. Front view.

11/4/2011- Priming Day 2. Final Sand on Hood. Mounted hood with John's help. Thank God for good friends, Cleaned surfaces of front fenders, PS Rear door, roof and hood-Thank you Mami.  Applied primer to fenders, hood, rear door.

11/7/2011- Mounted front fenders and PS Rear Door. Sanded primer on fenders, roof, doors and hood. Top-coated entire vehicle. Here are the pics   front passenger side  passenger side 2    front drivers side   drivers side 2   roof   trunk   headlight bezels  hood  drivers side rear   overall

11/8/2011- Quick trip to Walnut Creek this morning.  Cleaned overspray from dash and steering wheel.  Good thing as the paint is hardening.  Just in time.

11/9/2011- Went back over the body surfaces.  Sanded paint with 400 wetordry to remove dust specks, orange-peel and any paint imperfections- all ready for final coat but must wait another 48 hours for first coats to cure.

11/10/2011- Re-masked all door openings, Picked up my unsuspecting brother at the airport.  Drafted into service he ran the hose and lights as I put on the final coat.  Lighting still a problem but only 3 dry spots.  Will try to remedy at a later date. Pics as follows- Driver's side front    Passenger side Front   Passenger side doors    Trunk   Draftee

11/13/2011- Sanded problem areas DS Rear Door and headlight bezels with 2000 grit wet or dry.

11/14/2011- Recoated problem areas with last remaining paint.

11/15/2011- Stripped all masking from car.  Re-assembly begins. Installed rear fender welt, trunk lock  and handmade body gaskets. Mounted tail-lights, back-up lights and License Plate light Re-installed rear bumper surround.  Cut out 6 rubber gaskets for front bumper surround. Made replacement straps for tail-lights.

11/16/2011- Installed tail-light straps and secured.  Drilled fenders and connected fender support straps. Installed rear bumper and bumper guards. Installed trailer hitch. Installed License Plate and frame. Began installing DS Front fender welt. Really difficult and slow-2 hours for 3 bolts. Yikes

11/17/2011- Found I had purchased "new style fender welt" in 1990.  Took off yesterday's fender and installed both front fenders with the new welt. That was a breeze compared to yesterday.  It also enabled me to drill the missing two holes on the DS fender. Installed horns on inner fender. Installed new license plate light bezel on bumper. Installed front side marker lights. Install grille and parking lights. Made pattern for Headlight gaskets and cut out rubber ones from stock. Placed Headlight buckets in fenders.

11/29/2011- Hiatus for health concerns- Began assembly of doors (DSR). Installed roof rack strips.  Cut out rubber gaskets for door handles and clearance lights.  Repaired broken mounting stud on clearance light Installed wiper pivots and washer nozzles.

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