Paint and Body Almost Done

Rcdgl · Sep 17, 2025

Almost done painting the 82 in the driveway. Not recommended, but its working....

gkomo · Sep 17, 2025

Do you get like dust and debris sticking to the car doing it that way?

General karthief · Sep 17, 2025

OH GOD!!!you get dust, dirt and every bug within 10 miles!!!
just put a lot of clear on it and wet sanding takes most out, I've seen a couple driveway jobs look pretty decent.

General karthief · Sep 17, 2025

OH GOD!!!you get dust, dirt and every bug within 10 miles!!!
just put a lot of clear on it and wet sanding takes most out, I've seen a couple driveway jobs look pretty decent.

Rcdgl · Sep 20, 2025

Yeah, its got some bugs, not much dirt. Painted the hood separately, and it was perfect, then it rained. Second time was not as good as the first, but I am tired of fooling with it. Bought a HF canopy, but have not really needed it until the rain. May do one more coat of clear. Time to reassemble. and see what I have.

Rcdgl · Oct 6, 2025

Heres a few photos of my last several months driveway paintjob on my 82. Did a bunch of bodywork, welding, etc, but left a lot of minor stuff undone because its a toy not a show hobby. Sanded, epoxy primer, 2k primer, base coat (3), clearcoat (3) and now have it stage 2 buffed. Paint is Dynacoat from the local Carquest, spray gun and buff stuff from Eastwood. At about $1400 so far. Kind of a tribute to Bondo Billy! Not near as much trash in the paint as I expected doing it in the open. The hood got caught in the rain and had to redo. More photos when done.

Scottyding73 · Oct 6, 2025

Looks great. I’m not there yet but I have 26 gallon compressor and $150 spray gun from harbor freight. So carquest has good paint. Looks like I’ll check that out.

Noobz347 · Oct 6, 2025

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Rcdgl · Oct 7, 2025

General karthief said:
OH GOD!!!you get dust, dirt and every bug within 10 miles!!!
just put a lot of clear on it and wet sanding takes most out, I've seen a couple driveway jobs look pretty decent.

Surprisingly it did not get a huge amount of dirt and bugs. Bondo Billy says you dont have to clean the floor, so I left all the sand the rain washed down the driveway under the car. And a couple of roman candles got the squirrels in the oak tree branch above the car to move temporarily.... (not really, but thats what I told the Eastwood tech guy) Hood got rained on and did not turn out as good on the do over, but I looks much better and should rust much more slowly.

General karthief · Oct 8, 2025

Rcdgl said:
should rust much more slowly.

You're being funny here right?
Just checking......

Rcdgl · Oct 8, 2025

General karthief said:
You're being funny here right?
Just checking......

Actually, the car has been parked next to a tidal creek for most of the time I have owned it. It did take a 2 year break where it was parked within 30 ft of the Pascagoula River, (mostly freshwater, but still tidal) so rust is a real thing. I am surprised that it does not have the typical rust in the front frame and shock towers, but the cowl and front structure were toast. Took four 2x4 sheets of 18 gage to fix it.

Rcdgl · Oct 10, 2025

And heres a shot of the buffing process.

Rcdgl · Oct 15, 2025

Finally painted and buffed..

Rcdgl · Oct 17, 2025

And today I learned that you can touch up places where you sanded or buffed through the color with an airbrush!

Rcdgl · Oct 19, 2025

Just a couple of shots of the original rust repair...

DadLife0724 · Oct 19, 2025

Rcdgl said:
Actually, the car has been parked next to a tidal creek for most of the time I have owned it. It did take a 2 year break where it was parked within 30 ft of the Pascagoula River, (mostly freshwater, but still tidal) so rust is a real thing. I am surprised that it does not have the typical rust in the front frame and shock towers, but the cowl and front structure were toast. Took four 2x4 sheets of 18 gage to fix it.

Pascagoula River!? I currently live in PA but grew up on the Gulf Coast. Cool to see a ride from back home. Looks nice man. Looking forward to seeing more on your progress.

rednotch · Oct 19, 2025

Lol grinder and paint makes ya the welder ya ain't. Flux core? A cheapy co2 bottle and adapter can help cut down alot of that if c25 is a monopoly of air gas like my area. Paint looks great for a budget job. Both my beaters getting the same treatment. Temu is actually a decent source for supplies with knock off paint guns, cheaper paper and tape products. I'll probably use some cheap kirker and finish one clear all ready have a gallon of epoxy white primer from other projects.

Rcdgl · Oct 20, 2025

DadLife0724 said:
Pascagoula River!? I currently live in PA but grew up on the Gulf Coast. Cool to see a ride from back home. Looks nice man. Looking forward to seeing more on your progress.

I lived on Riverlodge Drive in Escatawpa for two years!

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