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

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More little stuff on a little emblem. I decided to spend a little time on it while I wait to drive out to Sand Springs to work on a beautiful new BMW around noon today.

Here's a side view where you can see it has a collar on it to hold the clear plastic cover in place.

I used a razor blade to carefully separate the collar from the base and you get these four pieces. The collar itself has silver paint round the rim (silver sharpie to the rescue). I'll sand the clear cover to remove the scratches and gouges and clear coat it like I did my taillights.

Here's a close up of the shield. I never really looked at these closely before, so now I need to do a little studying. I thought the background was white, but as you can see the top surface is a spun look. On the right side i used a little spit and my thumb and you can see where it peeled a coating back a little. I wonder if this was just clear originally or a pickled whitish look? You can see the makers of the emblem didn't necessarily stay in the little squares for the red, white and blue. This is good for me. It will be a slight pita to mask those off for paint.
 
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So this week I've brought home my hood scoop my instrument panel (dash) and my t-tops. I plugged my t-tops on Doby just for temporary storage.
Poor Doby is dusty right now, but new and bigger plans are coming for him.

I'm trying to get back out to the yard to get my driver's door and a little something for my buddy Nick. Hopefully soon.
 
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Jeez, my thread was four pages back! I've been slacking obviously!

I've been busy working on customer stuff though really.

That died again, so....

I painted the little emblem. It took me several hours to do this. When I cleaned up then brushed aluminum disc it luckily removed that tiny little freaking black pinstripe around the wreath and crown that surround the crest. Yay!

Anyhow, what I decided to do was to paint the field the same green as the GLX emblem on the hood. I wanted a little accent of it in the interior, now I got it.

So, before

Painted green

I had to scrape out the channel between the wreath and center of the shield with an exacto blade so the black stripe on the inside would look right. Here it is after masking for thirty minutes before the black stripe.

With the red, white and blue and clearcoated. Plus the little lense that covers it.

The picture of the emblem itself makes it almost look spotty on the black in the inner area. It's just glare from the lights.

I've started cleaning up the instrument cluster, I'll cover that next week.

I was going to get the door, but the yard owner was out of town for the last two weeks. Next week though you'll get to eventually see more kona blue shot.
 
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The green is an awesome idea and, of course, well executed!! That'll be a sweet accent in the wheel.
 
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I know it's little stuff guys, it'll get more exciting soon.

Soon as i make extra money, that is.

I'll at least be doing the driver's door next week. I might start pulling stuff from the engine bay to keep me active on it until work finally picks back up.

Funny how $500 off a pay check just a few months ago wasn't an issue.....
 
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Who are you, Harris Pilton?
 
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C'mon Dave!....You spent what?........A week? detailing the center of a stock steering wheel?

This borders on obsessive beyond reason. There is nothing I have done to anything that compares to the insanity of this.
Just to justify it to yourself, you'll have to stand around at a car show, make people sit in the car, and make them tell you what they notice about the steering wheel and not let them out until they tell you.











































5 years later, when they can't figure it out,....you tell them.

It looks really good, but Jesus Dave,....
 
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My allergies are really kicking in today. If you got this problem too you should try this new liquid medicine I've got recently. It doesn't really stop the boogers or anything, it just makes you not care as much.
It also makes you see double, which is handy now because I have enough beer for the weekend.....I think....
 
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Is that Scotch tape holding the label on? Seems legit.
 
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I'm digging this up because I have a couple of questions: you only used 400 grit to sand the tail light lenses? Did you sand them by hand? Do you have any expert tips for sanding?

I have a set of junkyard taillights for my '90 Mercury that I want to redo which I hope will turn out even half as good as these.
 
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I used my finishing DA to do the sanding. There are different types of DA sanders meant for different purposes.

A finishing DA is different simply due to it making tighter circles. If I were to use a different DA I might not go heavier than 500 grit sandpaper.

DA are similar to grits of sandpaper. The finer ones like a finishing DA is used when you're getting close to paint.
 
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