Progress Thread “Rising from Ashes 2” 95 Saleen S-351 build

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More door blocking. Blocked the trunk lid down and started the Saleen tonneau cover. It’s wavy as can be and it’s also thin and sees a lot of wind so I’m not using any filler in it. Which means I’ll be blocking and priming it 10x or more to get it perfect
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More of the same. Both doors now stripped where they need to be. Blocked down and ready for epoxy. Also started sanding/blocking the engine bay again for the next round of 2k primer. Then pressure washed the back where 25 years up funk built up behind the bumper
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I’m smoothing all the backside strut tower and got the first primer on that area. A lot more work to go there. 4 coats primer for the tonneau cover. First round of primer for some of the heavily worked areas on the driver side to see where I’m at.
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December 21st. 18 days into starting back on the S-351. Got the driver side blocked again and prepped the car for 3 coats of epoxy primer. I use epoxy to seal the bare metal spots exposed when doing initial blocking.
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I really want another set of stock Cobra wheels. They're difficult to come by these days.
I have about 8-9 of them. I just use them as paint wheels but someone could refinish them and have a couple sets. Just send me some other ones that I can use on my project cars and we’ll swap lol!
 
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I have about 8-9 of them. I just use them as paint wheels but someone could refinish them and have a couple sets. Just send me some other ones that I can use on my project cars and we’ll swap lol!
That's an idea. Shouldn't be too difficult to find a cheap set of knockoff Cobra Rs or something.

I'll file this idea away for after the move.
 
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