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Build Thread 1978 Mercury Cyclone. The pig is in the pen.

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CarMichael Angelo

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Bullitt347 said:
Lets see, he comes over, he gives you a quote, you give him a beer. He gives you a better quote, you give him another beer and so on and so forth. This could work out real well for you.
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Naaw you're thinking in the past tense.

The proper proactive path to that is I take him over there at the end of the day AFTER he's had several beers on his own. If I just happen to offer him a couple when he gets here than all the better.

A casualty of the industry, painter's drink. Whether it's a car or a house,..statistically speaking.
Beer is the "cleaner of choice" painters use to wash things down, having breathed dust and fumes all day long.
 
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madmike1157 said:
Naaw you're thinking in the past tense.

The proper proactive path to that is I take him over there at the end of the day AFTER he's had several beers on his own. If I just happen to offer him a couple when he gets here than all the better.

A casualty of the industry, painter's drink. Whether it's a car or a house,..statistically speaking.
Beer is the "cleaner of choice" painters use to wash things down, having breathed dust and fumes all day long.
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HEY, I have NO idea what you're talking about there......
 
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CarMichael Angelo

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Davedacarpainter said:
HEY, I have NO idea what you're talking about there......
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Yeah,......right. There are more pictures of cans and bottles of beer in your thread than what is typically seen at halftime on Superbowl Sunday.

It's all good. I drink beer as well. (Only not at 7 AM) Cant fault a guy that has such a diverse appreciation for so many different ones as opposed to the typical swill that is Bud light.
 
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Those are merely props to make my posts more intriguing.
 
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CarMichael Angelo

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Nineteen.

Barely relevant in two circumstances.

#1 The title of a anti-war dance song by a one hit wonder Paul Hardcastle in the mid 80's.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRJFvtvTGEk

and

#2. How many hail dimples showed up in the roof after blocking it.

Again, no pictures. But I spent all day chasing them down nonetheless. The wife decided that she'd let me spend the day there.....Yea her.

I skimmed the roof with glazing putty. I'd tell ya that I only skimmed the areas that had visible hail damage, but there were 19 of those areas. There was so much of that junk on the roof, it looked like I had intentionally covered it.

For whatever reason, I decided to hand block it back down with 320 grit paper. After about an hour of that, and completely covered in yellow dust, the wife comes in and asked what I was doing.......

I looked at her through the dust covered glasses I was wearing, and for effect just kinda stared.......after a small pause, I said "Really? Isn't it obvious?" She said back that "it's hard to tell, that every time I come out of the garage I'm always covered in dirt".
I said "this isn't "dirt"". Which got me a "What ever." and returned to what she was doing.

I went back to moving my right arm back and forth. But I changed the paper to 180, and that made the going a little faster. It still had me cussing, and talking to myself, with the primary out loud question being " Why won't this sht sand down faster?"

The roof now looks.........perfect. Course it ain't primed yet, but all of the dimples are gone. That Honkin dent at the front of the roof is also covered in filler.

I got all of my new primer and sealer in a sealed box from Summit. What I didn't have was enough lacquer thinner to clean the gun, so I decided to just go around the car and fix nit picky sht. I got the rear quarter extensions looking pretty decent, I decided to fill the seam in the back of the door opening where the quarter meets the B pillar. I sanded this, I sanded that.....

Then I came around to the tail light panel.

Cracks in the inside corners. Fortunately restricted to the rear tail light panel.

Mike added too much thinner to his primer and loaded it too heavy on the tail light recesses I'm thinkin. I had to 80 grit all of that back off. It only cracked in the inside corners ( like there was a worse place to have it crack), and the 80 grit made it go away fairly quick. That got followed up with some 180 to try and feather out the gouges that the 80 grit left behind,...and after an hour sitting in the direct sunlight,...I rattle canned it with some high build primer.

There is also cracking going on in the area directly above the tail light recess in the trunk across the back in the inside corners as well, but I was tired of dicking with it, and put the thing to bed.

So @Davedacarpainter,.....Am I right about the reducer making the paint too hot, and getting this reaction in the corners?

Or is it some other BS that will require I do way more work undoing stuff beyond what I'm already undoing?
 
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madmike1157 said:
Nineteen.

Barely relevant in two circumstances.

#1 The title of a anti-war dance song by a one hit wonder Paul Hardcastle in the mid 80's.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRJFvtvTGEk

and

#2. How many hail dimples showed up in the roof after blocking it.

Again, no pictures. But I spent all day chasing them down nonetheless. The wife decided that she'd let me spend the day there.....Yea her.

I skimmed the roof with glazing putty. I'd tell ya that I only skimmed the areas that had visible hail damage, but there were 19 of those areas. There was so much of that junk on the roof, it looked like I had intentionally covered it.

For whatever reason, I decided to hand block it back down with 320 grit paper. After about an hour of that, and completely covered in yellow dust, the wife comes in and asked what I was doing.......

I looked at her through the dust covered glasses I was wearing, and for effect just kinda stared.......after a small pause, I said "Really? Isn't it obvious?" She said back that "it's hard to tell, that every time I come out of the garage I'm always covered in dirt".
I said "this isn't "dirt"". Which got me a "What ever." and returned to what she was doing.

I went back to moving my right arm back and forth. But I changed the paper to 180, and that made the going a little faster. It still had me cussing, and talking to myself, with the primary out loud question being " Why won't this sht sand down faster?"

The roof now looks.........perfect. Course it ain't primed yet, but all of the dimples are gone. That Honkin dent at the front of the roof is also covered in filler.

I got all of my new primer and sealer in a sealed box from Summit. What I didn't have was enough lacquer thinner to clean the gun, so I decided to just go around the car and fix nit picky sht. I got the rear quarter extensions looking pretty decent, I decided to fill the seam in the back of the door opening where the quarter meets the B pillar. I sanded this, I sanded that.....

Then I came around to the tail light panel.

Cracks in the inside corners. Fortunately restricted to the rear tail light panel.

Mike added too much thinner to his primer and loaded it too heavy on the tail light recesses I'm thinkin. I had to 80 grit all of that back off. It only cracked in the inside corners ( like there was a worse place to have it crack), and the 80 grit made it go away fairly quick. That got followed up with some 180 to try and feather out the gouges that the 80 grit left behind,...and after an hour sitting in the direct sunlight,...I rattle canned it with some high build primer.

There is also cracking going on in the area directly above the tail light recess in the trunk across the back in the inside corners as well, but I was tired of dicking with it, and put the thing to bed.

So @Davedacarpainter,.....Am I right about the reducer making the paint too hot, and getting this reaction in the corners?

Or is it some other BS that will require I do way more work undoing stuff beyond what I'm already undoing?
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Reducer sounds like an unlikely culprit. Post a picture for me Mikey, unless you've finished that area.

At least take a picture of the area and mark it where you were having the problem.

What you describe as cracks may be something else to me, don't mean to be vague, just helpful.

BTW, Hardcastle is a wasted piece of crap that I wouldn't waste my urine on.
 
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I'll just leave this here.

http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-...ius=0&minPrice=9000&listingId=417683945&Log=0
 
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95BlueStallion said:
I'll just leave this here.

http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicledetails.xhtml?endYear=1995&zip=52302&engineCode=8CLDR&showcaseListingId=426109106&mmt=[FORD[MUST[]][]]&modelCode1=MUST&startYear=1989&makeCode1=FORD&showcaseOwnerId=575822&engineCodes=8CLDR&firstRecord=50&searchRadius=0&minPrice=9000&listingId=417683945&Log=0
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Hummmmm.....Tanner?
 

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Here I thought ol' Mikey was probably the only guy to actually finish a classic front/rear conversion on a fox. Turns out there are at least two documented cases. FWIW Mike, the rear of your red car was way better looking that this one.
 
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95BlueStallion said:
Here I thought ol' Mikey was probably the only guy to actually finish a classic front/rear conversion on a fox. Turns out there are at least two documented cases. FWIW Mike, the rear of your red car was way better looking that this one.
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Is that a fox or s197?
 
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Boosted92LX said:
Isbthat a fox or s197?
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Judging by the gas door, and trunk lid, door handles, and being posted as an '89, I think it started as fox.

Went to their website. Its definitely a fox. Check out the sweet modified dash! Aside from what looks like nicely done ugly bodywork, it has a Holley intake.

http://www.rockstarmotorcars.com/1989-Ford-Mustang/Used-Hatchback/Nashville-TN/6853443/Details.aspx
 
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CarMichael Angelo

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***Sigh****

Would it be too self serving of me to say that I consider any comparison of that car to mine an insult? Just how much fiberglass is glued to the body of that car ya 'spose?

Remember the build? Mike built all of that out of.........steel. and when it was done, you could actually see 1968 in the front and rear,....not have to tilt your head and say,......"well,.... I can kinda see the resemblance."

It shares no kinship to any early Mustang, and looks like ass all in one tidy package.

I'll consider myself btch slapped by the collective.
 
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Don't like the silver thing much. Way to "all over the place" aesthetically speaking. Red car was way cooler IMO. Not aiming for "Mike love" just stating an opinion/preference.
 
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Don't like the silver thing much. Way to "all over the place" aesthetically speaking. Red car was way cooler IMO. Not aiming for "Mike love" just stating an opinion/preference.
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I said it myself (in different wording), I liked Mike's backside better (no homo). I wasnt really trying to compare them per se, just that another bastard child exists. If nothing else, just helping him keep his thread fresh. I was looking up 1995 Cobras for the guy in another thread, and that car came up in my search. Ok, so maybe I looked for '89-'95 cars, in case I stumble on a clone of my old high school '89 GT. It will live again one day.

Edit: Noobz, that is F'in hilarious, btw!
 
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In all fairness, I'd drive Mike's version all day long. Not sure I could be seen in the other.

A bit too Vanilla Ice for me.
 

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I wonder if the red car has had many changes since Mike sold it
 

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I liked the red car. A lot.
 

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Awww, look Mike. I just went and got everyone to kiss your @$$. I can see you blush from Iowa.

But seriously, the red car was cool, aside from the digital gauges.
 
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