1976 280Z Restoration Project

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You better... we need you around for a long time!

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So the old original passenger fender yielded no surprises. Good condition under the paint and bondo and should be an easy prep and prime later on!

[DC871F]

On 3/28/2017 at 12:28 AM, wheee! said:

Got the cabin bottom and firewall coated in silver POR tonight! Progress!

Hi again, just making my way through the thread, still........thank you BTW for all the documentation.

If I missed it forgive me, but what did you do with the body to prep for priming? I didnt see if any what you did after the media blasting to seal the metal from flash rusting.

True inspiration, and its kind of scaring me, just a little.

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Nothing more than oil and grease remover before spraying the 2K primer. I left the car with some dessicant bags to keep moisture away.

 

[DC871F]

2 minutes ago, wheee! said:

Nothing more than oil and grease remover before spraying the 2K primer. I left the car with some dessicant bags to keep moisture away.

 

The car sat for a long time in bare metal right? No flash rust?

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The car sat for a long time in bare metal right? No flash rust?

None. I have a heated garage/shop and I keep bags of dessicant in the shell.

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Some of the shop scrap metal did have some flash though. Nothing too bad.

[zKars]

1 hour ago, DC871F said:

The car sat for a long time in bare metal right? No flash rust?

The humidity in this part of the world tends to be pretty low. We generally don't have to rush to seal the metal after exposing it.

The hand lotion companies do great business here.

[DC871F]

8 minutes ago, wheee! said:

None. I have a heated garage/shop and I keep bags of dessicant in the shell.

Thats great, if I tried that in North Florida, the Z would be toast. I was getting concerned after a bunch pages and I never saw primer being applied after the media.

I'm not jumping ahead on the thread, I dont want to spoil the good show.

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, enjoy the read. I am happy to leave behind a trail of experiences for people to follow, just be sure to read ahead and get the full story. Some of my experiments failed and some were modified later on. All of my progress has come from the input of others on this forum.

[DC871F]

On 3/19/2018 at 9:55 PM, wheee! said:

Box done!

Not trying to hijack the thread with old stuff, but all the pics of you powder coating puts a huge smile on my face. 

I'm sold, I'll be getting one of these!

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Powder coating something is a very satisfying feeling. Watching it turn into a nice glossy finish is a beautiful thing.