Finally got the 34 blasted and back!

dustymaxhudson

Well, I finally got the old pink 34 Coupe blasted and primed and now I can get started with the body work! Not much rust, but some shabby workmanship hidden under the bondo that I will need to correct! I hope to have the body work done and car painted by spring. Wish me luck!

I wanted to attach some pictures, but they exceed the size limit for the site. I will try again later. Walt

Ol racer

Hi,

Just curious, What do you plan for powering your coupe

faustmb

I would like to see the coupe minus the pink color. What kind of stuff was hiding under the bondo?

rambos_ride

dustymaxhudson wrote:

Well, I finally got the old pink 34 Coupe blasted and primed and now I can get started with the body work! Not much rust, but some shabby workmanship hidden under the bondo that I will need to correct! I hope to have the body work done and car painted by spring. Wish me luck!
I wanted to attach some pictures, but they exceed the size limit for the site. I will try again later. Walt

Hi Walt,

Send me the pictures in a couple of emails - I'll post them for you.

dan@ypfs.com

dustymaxhudson

To answer a few of your questions; first I have a 350 chevy engine with a 282 cam, Edelbrock manifold and carb, noisy gear and a few other mods with a 350 trans. It's enough to push this car as fast as I want to go and still drive well in our summer heat. When I received the car back from the blaster, I found the fabrication was not as good as what I would have expected. Many of the MIG welds were not completed or ground down and they filled the gaps with body filler. Alot of small dings and dents that could have been knocked out or leaded were filled with bondo. I quess I'm just a little picky! Overall though, the coupe steel was in pretty good shape for a 73 year old! Dan is going to try and attach some of the photos for me. I'll keep you all updated. Walt

rambos_ride

Ol racer

Walt,

Looks like your going right to town to be ready for Spring Crusin... Blasating usually reveals some hidden damage. Looks like a Mustang 2 front end setup.Nice.. Chevy power is a real popular way to go. Keep up the good work...

rambos_ride

Walt -

I think the 34 looks pretty darn good - not completely rusted out, the bodywork thats there might be awful -- but not unexpected!

Are you an old school guy doing your own bodywork too? I ask because you mentioned using lead - which is a dying art.

I am also using lead on my 49 repairs and and dents only using a skim coat of All-Metal for final smoothing when doing the priming and blocking.

I noticed your SS Toolbox sitting in one of the pictures - I bought a Hammerhead SS Toolbox @ Costco for $650.00 about 3 years ago and just looked at Hammerheads website they want 2300.00 - YIKES! I should have bought 2!

dustymaxhudson

Dan, Costco is where I got my box and about the same price 2 years ago. Can't beat the price! With the tools I'm accumulating, I should have bought two! I too am an old school body guy (although I'm no expert). I did a 72 Challenger years ago and have always felt the less filler the better, although you can't get away from it! When I was a kid, a friends father built 55-57 Chevys and he showed me how to lead and use body putty, although the filler now is much better than the bondo of 30 years ago! I've seen your postings of your car and you seem to have a good handle on things! And yes Ol racer, that is a Mustang II front end. I just bought a nice chrome rack to dress it up a little. Walt

Unknown

Really looking good. Wish I could work lead. I have tried, had little success. Pleas keep updating, Love to see pics, thats where the rest of us get ideas, lol

rambos_ride

I think the biggest challenge in doing lead work is getting the metal tinned correctly.

I've been using the Lead Kit you get from Eastwood tools that comes with "tinning butter" - which I've had really good luck with.

Of course you should always take care using lead, don't use a grinder, where gloves etc.

For this old Hudson metal leading works really well.

dustymaxhudson

Again Dan, we think alike. I bought the Eastwood deluxe leading kit. Walt