Paint hides a lot!

[suki243]

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Anyone have any suggestions on how to mount these correctly? without duct tape?

 

[ARTTII]

I assume that is your power door lock actuator?

Do a search on 66HertzClone - he just installed a kit in his doors where he bolted the actuator to a bracket that he then bolted into the door, completly non-visible with the door panel installed.

BTW - I can't believe that duct tape would hold for even one lock/unlock sequence in that application! Must have been on hell of a strong tape job!

 

[suki243]

Thanks i'll search for it,
Yah I have no idea how it would survive either, when I go back on the weekend i'll investigate further.

 

[Route666]

Man that looks a lot worse than what I initially saw. What would cause all that dimpling?

 

[iskwezm]

Man that looks a lot worse than what I initially saw. What would cause all that dimpling?

thats all body work that was done previously probably and covered with a thick skim coat.

 

[suki243]

yah that is how the front fender looked and the other side as well... I talked to the painter cause i just visited it today and the front was covered with bondo and I asked the guy working on it did u guys pound it out or just put bondo on it again? He said, the fender was pretty F*d up and that they pounded it out as much as they could but in the end they still had to put a significant amount of bondo on it... Do you guys think it might've been better just to replace it?

 

[jikelly]

If you have the money to replace the f'd up fender and other dimpled sheet metal then do it. Metal is going to last longer than a thick coat of bondo.

I used bondo on my stang trying to keep the thickness down as low as possible, however on the rear decklid and on the taillight panel it gets up to like 3/8ths thick. I had to do a repair on the decklid already because the bondo cracked along the weld seam of the metal.

Iwas shocked to discover the amount of bondo on my stang when we peeled the old paint off. It was fairly think in the back and on the door of the car. In some areas I had to make it almost as thick as it was before, but I'll tell you I'm more nervous about my bondoing job since the base clear paint doesn't seem to be as tough as the single coat, probably lacquer, paint on the car when I bought it.

I surely will keep an eye on it though, I really don't want it to get chipped down to the bondo where it can absorb water and begin the death rust on the stang.

 

[iskwezm]

do you guys think it might've been better just to replace it?

Replace it, there a few parts on craigslist in wat better condition.

 

[65ShelbyClone]

Edit: as you can see the previous owner did a great job covering all that up,


See the original red paint underneath?

What are the other common parts that tend to get rusted faster or tend to be replaced?

Covering what up? That is pretty good even for a California car. Well, except for that rear quarter with all the hammer marks in it. Still, some hammer & dolly and glaze will smooth that out.

My previous '65 had been painted about three different times. My '68 has been to Earl Sheib twice. Ironically, my '65 started out as that goldish green, was painted dark blue, then metallic red. My '68 started out as the same green and was painted the same red and blue, but in reverse order.