Build Thread '83 T-top Coupe - Welding Holes in My Rear

[Davedacarpainter]

I wish I could tell you my "other" project was an '80 Capri or a Ttop or something that's actually cool.
Long story short, it's a Dodge Dakota, it has absolutely no monetary worth. It's in terrible shape-I am 31. My Dad gave it to me when I was 16. I no longer have my Dad,but I still have that truck

I swear this is the last derail I'll do on this thread for as long as I can lol

Does it have the 360 in it?

 

[RaggedGT]

Does it have the 360 in it?

V6 Truck
But I do have a 360 stashed in my parts hoard for it lol

 

[Davedacarpainter]

V6 Truck
But I do have a 360 stashed in my parts hoard for it lol

I looked for awhile for the 5.9 Dakota, no joy.....

 

[old_blue]

So you etched the door, primed the door, and then took it back down to metal for Bondo?

 

[Davedacarpainter]

So you etched the door, primed the door, and then took it back down to metal for Bondo?

Yes sir. I etched first because it was a hunk of bare steel just dying to rust. Then I primered it to get a good idea of every single dent in it. I found these through blocking the door down with 220.

Once I found all of the dents, I pushed most of them out so I could use a light glaze coat to finish them off.

Then, to provide proper bonding for the mud without the varying adhesion problems of mudding over various substrates, I stripped the primer completely off in those area and laid the mud out.

 

[Davedacarpainter]

There's the mud on the bottom of the door, I know it looks like a lot, but it's not. It's a very thin coat. And boy is it straight now! No ripples, no nothing!

I still have to put a little glaze across the top of the door where I welded up the trim holes.

Almost ready for primer, not today though. The yard owner will be up with Robby today, so it's time to go fetch more parts.

 

[CarMichael Angelo]

There's the mud on the bottom of the door, I know it looks like a lot, but it's not. It's a very thin coat. And boy is it straight now! No ripples, no nothing!

I still have to put a little glaze across the top of the door where I welded up the trim holes.

Almost ready for primer, not today though. The yard owner will be up with Robby today, so it's time to go fetch more parts.

I thought you were trying to get the whole car when last we tuned in,......( the day you wept). Now you're doing a remote paint job on the car instead? One piece at a time?
You better go get the whole car, before you get too far along and find that the yard owner can't find the title...

 

[Davedacarpainter]

I thought you were trying to get the whole car when last we tuned in,......( the day you wept). Now you're doing a remote paint job on the car instead? One piece at a time?
You better go get the whole car, before you get too far along and find that the yard owner can't find the title...

First off, if you really had read my earlier points, which is in doubt at this moment, you'll recall I said it would be the middle of this month before I could get it.

I'm just trying to get stuff done now that I can so the rehabilitation process will be quicker.

Secondly, again had you REALLY read my earlier comments, you would know I already have to do a title search on it. He knows he had it fifteen years ago, he's just not sure where it is now. The yard isn't a business for him, he's a little lax in record keeping.

 

[old_blue]

Yes sir. I etched first because it was a hunk of bare steel just dying to rust. Then I primered it to get a good idea of every single dent in it. I found these through blocking the door down with 220.

Once I found all of the dents, I pushed most of them out so I could use a light glaze coat to finish them off.

Then, to provide proper bonding for the mud without the varying adhesion problems of mudding over various substrates, I stripped the primer completely off in those area and laid the mud out.

Ahhhhh gotcha



Not sure how your state works but some states after sooo many years without being registered, they will purge it from the system.

 

[Mustang5L5]

I cant wait to see tear down pics of that little coupe. It just makes me wish I had t tops more and more.


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[Davedacarpainter]

Ahhhhh gotcha



Not sure how your state works but some states after sooo many years without being registered, they will purge it from the system.

Yeah, a bridge I'll have to cross in a couple weeks.

 

[Davedacarpainter]

I cant wait to see tear down pics of that little coupe. It just makes me wish I had t tops more and more.


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Hopefully I'll have a picture of it without fenders, hood and carburetor today. Kind of torn down.

 

[Mustang5L5]

Carb? What's that??

 

[Mstng93SSP]

Carb? What's that??

According to my wife, a carb is something that makes you fat. Like in rice, or bread......

 

[CarMichael Angelo]

First off, if you really had read my earlier points, which is in doubt at this moment, you'll recall I said it would be the middle of this month before I could get it.

I'm just trying to get stuff done now that I can so the rehabilitation process will be quicker.

Secondly, again had you REALLY read my earlier comments, you would know I already have to do a title search on it. He knows he had it fifteen years ago, he's just not sure where it is now. The yard isn't a business for him, he's a little lax in record keeping.

It's just that there are so many threads I have to keep up with you..

DOBY, ROBBY, PAINTING 101, MIKE AND DAVE PART DEUX,...SENSELESS MEMES,..and then there are the never ending suffix changes.......It's hard to stay abreast of everything with you, so give me a break for speed reading through some of your stuff won't ya?

 

[Davedacarpainter]

It's just that there are so many threads I have to keep up with you..

DOBY, ROBBY, PAINTING 101, MIKE AND DAVE PART DEUX,...SENSELESS MEMES,..and then there are the never ending suffix changes.......It's hard to stay abreast of everything with you, so give me a break for speed reading through some of your stuff won't ya?

Sort of like you have given me concerning your thread?

, what does the finger say?

I've got to admit I'm kind of enjoying this

 

[CarMichael Angelo]

Sort of like you have given me concerning your thread?

, what does the finger say?

I've got to admit I'm kind of enjoying this

Yeah, but On my thread, what I have to say is critically important to world peace.....

 

[Mstng93SSP]

World Peace, that dude that played for the Lakers? Or actual world peace?

 

[Mustang5L5]

I kinda have to agree with Mike there. I'm a tad confused as well.

Plus this change the title of the thread stuff confuses me too




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[Davedacarpainter]

I kinda have to agree with Mike there. I'm a tad confused as well.

Plus this change the title of the thread stuff confuses me too




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The whole change the title thing is just to say what I've done lately on that thread. should I stop?

Seperate threads for me are like conversations, there was the thread that I found the blue car, then there's this thread where I'll make it run, and I was thinking of a build thread once the red car is finished.