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Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2020 12:22 am
by PhilA
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Needs more wet flatting but that's reasonable.

Phil

Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2020 5:23 am
by PhilA
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That's how you feel with lacquer peel. A perfectly stropped, insanely sharp knife.

That was quite satisfying


Phil

Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2020 2:03 pm
by PhilA
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This is what we started with.
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Wiped down wet it looks better. Wet sanding ahoy.

Phil

Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 3:16 am
by PhilA
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Polish polish polish. Need a mechanical doodad.

Phil

Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 6:13 am
by LynehamHerc
That's looking good.

Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 8:40 am
by mercrocker
Blimey.

Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 11:36 am
by richardthestag
need to do the bonnet on my Rangie, might just end up sanding through, 2k filler primer and painting the damn thing though. Has chips and scratches all over it

Top marks for your roof though! looks ace

Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 1:20 pm
by PhilA
That bit there came up ok. The back corner is a bit crap. I had spent the afternoon after work jetwashing the garden fence, and this was a bit of after dinner work. However, my arms were already tired, so I didn't get too far.

Phil

Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 2:51 pm
by Bangernomics
Phil thanks for a great thread, just read from start to finish. Love the fact these are so user serviceable too.

Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 6:13 pm
by PhilA
They are nice to work on. Real wartime thinking.
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As a side note, I now have another carburetor. Time to clean it!

Phil