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10/2/2011- Brazed in patches on DS Front Door-sanded side surfaces and primed.

10/3/2011- Debacle time- Bondo from 9/30 failed to harden.  Helluva job to remove-messy messy messy. Sanded side surfaces of PS Front Door and primed. Sanded on extra rear door.

10/4/2011- Layer of bondo, sanding, layer of bondo, sanding, layer of bondo, sanding etc. on fronts of front doors and spare rear door.  Getting closer.

10/5/2011- Finished bondo filling on DSFront Door bottom. Primed

10/17/2011- Cleaned Isa's garage in preparation for bodywork and painting. Extracted compressor and loaded it into truck...heavy. Installed tow bar on Checker

10/18/2011- Unloaded compressor. Moved Checker from Becky's house to Isa's.  Gathered all body materials.  Tomorrow we begin again.

10/19/2011- Moved over doors, tools and paint supplies. Sanded more on the trunk area. Wired in compressor.

10/20/2011- More sanding 5 hours), removed body sealant from first gutter.

10/21/2011- Still making paint dust. Sanded front fenders more, filled in opera light (before, after) and CB antenna holes (before after). Filled dents in rocker panel.  Sanded upper firewall below windshield. Removed trunk lid. Big push next week.

10/24/2011- Finished sanding inside of trunk lid. Removed Hood. Sanded inside surfaces. Block sanded fenders and bondo repairs-final. Primered trunk lid interior.

10/25/2011- More sanding on roof. Primered hood interior. Removed body seal from DS roof gutter. More sanding on front fender-removed, Detail sanding on DS Inner Fender.

10/26/2011- Began the day sanding the ds inner fender, and straightening all the bends.  Removed the inner fender and continued the sanding.  This took all morning. Sanded air intakes and primered. Sanded upper firewall and primered. Hung doors from rafters so they'll be easier to prime. Sanded remaining surfaces and flanges on PS front fender.  Straightened all bends. Repeated sanding, straightening, and removal process of PS inner fender Hung both inner fenders in preparation for priming.

10/27/2011- Sanded front bumper filler and Passenger side rear door.  Cleaned and sanded all door jambs. Began closing in large openings with cardboard-beginning of masking process.

10/28/2011- Shortened Day- Continued sanding on upper firewall. Applied bondo to rear panel seams and PS Inner fender

10/31/2011- Sanded bondo on rear panel joints. Sanded headlight bezels and rear bumper filler (last panel)(before-finished)  Masked windshield, rear quarter windows and rear window. Sanded roof.

 

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