10 hours ago, Namerow said:

Ouch!  Cdn$355 (plus tax and shipping).  Cdn$270+ for an OE gas cap.

Maybe I should start parting out my car.

Actually I got lucky on the price from Whitehead it was Cdn$226, with tax and shipping to my door in BC it was Cdn$265 total. Although it took six weeks to get it. His website showed it as "in stock" when I placed the order. I also got a quote of Cdn$378 from a not to far away Nissan Dealer. So I'm glad I took a chance on Whitehead, although I was a little nervous that it was taking so long. And wow, that is one pricey gas cap.

Here's an update on the paint removal process, using heat and razor blades. The exterior is basically done. I will leave last traces of primer for my body guy to deal with. It's only about 0.5 mil thick, plus or minus.

Any idea why filler was used on the top surface of your passenger-side front fender?  Seems like an odd place for the surface to be low.

1 hour ago, Namerow said:

Any idea why filler was used on the top surface of your passenger-side front fender?  Seems like an odd place for the surface to be low.

I was also to surprised to find that and I have no idea as to why. It was done over 40 years ago. Found similar in a couple of other spots on the body, but it did seem strange on a new replacement OE fender.

Started doing some paint removal in the inner fender area and under the hood. Interesting that the factory primer on the inner fenders is dark charcoal grey, almost black and not medium grey like the outer and under hood surfaces.

3 hours ago, CanTechZ said:

Started doing some paint removal in the inner fender area and under the hood

Are you continuing to use your heat-and-razor approach for these areas?  The contours look a little challenging for a flat blade.

2 hours ago, Namerow said:

Are you continuing to use your heat-and-razor approach for these areas?  The contours look a little challenging for a flat blade.

Yes, with care. I will leave some areas where the concave curves are to tight.

What do you guys think of my wheel choice, 255/45R20. Lol

Edited April 3, 20223 yr by CanTechZ

14 hours ago, CanTechZ said:

Yes, with care. I will leave some areas where the concave curves are to tight.

How will your painter deal with the areas of the car where you have left the old paint intact?

6 hours ago, Namerow said:

How will your painter deal with the areas of the car where you have left the old paint intact?

At a recent meeting at my house, my body man/painter had a look over the car in it's dismantled state. He also saw some of the paint removal I had done and gave me the good ahead on using this method if I wanted to continue. When he gets the car he will be marking areas that will have paint removal done by his media blasting guy. The areas to be media blasted will only be those that are not subject to distortion from the blasting process. Then he will use manual methods to remove the remaining paint. He is very experienced in and only does quality restoration work, and has done many high level restorations for various collectors in my area that have much deeper pockets than me.

As always I appreciate your thoughtful questions and comments, please keep them coming. Lol

Well it's been over a year since my last post. During this time we did a major reno on our house so the car project was on the back burner, all good.

I just had a chat with my body guy and looks like he will be able to get me scheduled in the fall so I'm looking forward to that.

In the meantime I started sorting thru some old pictures and slides that I am scanning to do a photo timeline of my history with the car since 1978. Hard for me to believe that it has been 45 years. Here is a preview of some early pictures (scans of slides).

July, 1978 as it was when I purchased it well used. Lol

 

A few slalom pics, early eighties. Sears parking lot, before Sunday shopping was a thing. Lol

 

Same slalom event, there was a good selection of cars,

 

 

Here's one from 1984? shortly after I finished the first restoration. If you look close there are two of my 510's in the background.

The pics remind me of the cars all over Portland back in the seventies. Good memories.