Automotive Help

[Hot Rod Dave]

welp...i tried the clay bar...BAD IDEA lol. it took that blue right off. luckily i only did it in one tiny place. here is what i ended up doing:

i took an air compressor and blew off all the chips and very carefully washed it. i then masked it and sprayed the whole thing with a clear coat i got from the ford dealer. luckily i had an older 3 HP compressor laying around.

anyway i hit the whole area and about a 3 inch overlap with clear and spent this morning wet sanding it flush. luckily the color still matched perfectly. i'm gonna buff it out this evening and i suspect the only trace of this nonsense will be a paper thin line where the old clear coat ended. i'll post pics tonight. shit is coming along very nicely though. i'm definitely keeping this beast.

hey man...babe ruth struck out a few times IIRC.....LOL

Thats cool tho. Im gonna call you my little auto protege!! I assumed that there might have been a layer or 2 of clear left which is why i suggested the clay!

Proud of you homes....good job!!

HRD

 

[lobo]

the finished product:

you can see a hairline thin greyish line where the old clear coat ended but it is completely flush and the color/texture turned out pretty flawless except for one black spot where i touched the drying acrylic like a noob. i'm REALLY glad that my dad sat me down as a child and taught me to use compressed air paint sprayers. i did it all outdoors because i'm lazy and don't want to move the rolls of old carpet occupying my car bay, plus the temp outside (~97 F) is pretty ideal for painting with no wind. yeah...it is almost complete.

the pic is before i can apply carnauba wax so it will actually look a little bit better tomorrow. i'll throw a pic of the whole finished ride when i'm done. i'm quite proud of it as my first ever attempt at paint restoration. it is starting to rain on me so i gotta call it quits, plus it is a bit warmer right now than i am comfortable with waxing a car.

here's some quick interior shots:

new upholstery, new gauges, restored dash, new carpet, new engine, new fuel system from the tank up and purring like a kitten. all 100% original of course. ;)

not bad for a 23 year old truck with over 350k miles on it. thing's been in my family since it was brand new and i drove it for years in high school before turning it over to my pops and recently getting it back after 6 years of having not even been started and falling apart.

i'd say my first solo restoration project is a success! pops would be proud.

i'd forgotten how awesome these memphis 6x9s i put in in high school sound. too bad this 12x4 or whatever the fuck factory stereo can't make them growl for me. now i just need to go get a new deck and throw it in this bad boy and i'm golden!

 

[Hot Rod Dave]

Shit man, that shits really clean! And damn thats the 5 speed you were talkin bout. Thats a pretty rare option to have on that truck, unless its a 4.9 L6, IIRC its a 351w right?

I think you didt great my friend. That shit looks really really good. A shit load better than what I could do.

You seem really proud of your truck (and yourself for that matter) as you should be. Pops is smiling at you!!

So as for my ride. Ill have the motor finished here next week for my 55 buick. Ill snap some pics and throw em up.
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POP QUIZ FOR THE DAY:

Good morning class....*good morning Mr. Carr* Lobo put that gum in the trash, SL quit trying to get into partisans dress....

All right, for extra credit..............

Who can tell me the 4 functions of a piston, what they do and in what order they happen. (4 stroke engine)

Prizes will be givien out at the end of class.

HRD

 

[lobo]

suck, smash, blast, blow

is how i learned them as a kid working on dirt bikes. couldn't tell ya what that means though...i'm guessing pulling fuel, compressing it, lighting it and then dumping gas.

and no the bronco is an inline 6. i'd have sold it years ago if it had that dumpy 351. the high torque 6 is a fucking amazing motor though. it is on its second one, with just under 5000 miles on it. my dad put the new identical engine in just before he stopped driving it, which was actually my motivation to restore it. i can't bear to think of selling it for less than he spent on that motor alone.

 

[Hot Rod Dave]

suck, smash, blast, blow

is how i learned them as a kid working on dirt bikes. couldn't tell ya what that means though...i'm guessing pulling fuel, compressing it, lighting it and then dumping gas.

and no the bronco is an inline 6. i'd have sold it years ago if it had that dumpy 351. the high torque 6 is a fucking amazing motor though. it is on its second one, with just under 5000 miles on it. my dad put the new identical engine in just before he stopped driving it, which was actually my motivation to restore it. i can't bear to think of selling it for less than he spent on that motor alone.

*looks up to the balcony* "judges?" "we'll take that answer"

To be pro about it. Its Intake, Compression, Power, Exhaust!!

INTAKE: Intake valve opens letting fuel/air get into the combustion chamber (piston is in the down postion)

COMPRESSION: Intake valve shuts, piston comes to the up position, compressing the air and fuel into a vapor

POWER: This is when the spark plug lights off causing an explosion FORCING the piston back to the down positon

EXHAUST: after any explosion there is a concentration of gases that need to be gotten rid of. As the piston comes up the exhaust valve in the head is opened letting out the newly burned fuel

take notes on this kids cause there will be a quizz at the end of the week!!

HRD