Goodbye Red - VIN 10499

[MNT250]

Recently purchased the car from original owners. Painted Red in 1982, garaged from 1990 - 2008. Was the fathers car and son pulled it out and had extensive work performed by DMC Florida (Nearly $30k) Restoring, suspension, stage 2 ect.. It was vinyl wrapped in red over the original paint instead of stripped. I liked the red but I really wanted the original stainless. Researched various options and ended up renting a soda blasting machine and doing it myself. I was a little scared about potential damage under the paint but I got lucky. Damage to front passenger fender had some bondo but it was mostly to fill sanding scratches and not too bad. Various light sanding marks where rough paint was taken down to ensure vinyl looked good (my guess, as adhesive was applied to the vinyl in these spots making it a major bastard to remove)

Anyhow, i'm getting close. I have a guy at a metal shop working on the fender, the bumpers being repainted and in the mean time i've been pulling things off, cleaning and replacing rusty hardware with new stainless hardware.

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[Xopher]

Kind of an aside, but I didn't realize until your photos here just how much the mirrors are part of the lines of the car.

Good work so far. I'll be following if you continue to post.

[MNT250]

Kind of an aside, but I didn't realize until your photos here just how much the mirrors are part of the lines of the car.

Good work so far. I'll be following if you continue to post.

They really do don't they? Thanks man! I will keep posting as things progress

Oh and some updated headlights. Some sealed LED 4x6 for the main headlights and some cheaper 4x6 for high beams. Big difference!


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[Domi]

Congratulation on your purchase, I remember this car was on ebay a few months ago.
You did an awesome job by removing all the red paint!

[MNT250]

Congratulation on your purchase, I remember this car was on ebay a few months ago.
You did an awesome job by removing all the red paint!

Thanks! The soda made quick work of it. Shooting the nozzle at the panels basically erased the paint right back down to the original grain. Made quick work of the whole car in 3 hours or so. I didn't do the bumpers for a couple reasons, I heard soda blasting on those can cause some issues with paint if not prepped right prior to painting and the soda really bounced off when I shot at them, lol. Right back into my face! I also didn't do inside the doors. I didn't want to remove them, and I didn't want soda getting in the car or inside the door panels, stripping that with aircraft stripper has been a real nightmare. I got the drivers side mostly done.

[Jonathan]

Nice job! Do you think the car had been in an accident up at the front right quarter in the past?

[Dangermouse]

At least 2 are green - this one in Ireland and Rob Grady's.

Ill get you pics on Monday.

[Lwanmtr]

Green in Ireland....hehe

[MNT250]

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Got my windshield trim and headlight parts back from the powder coaters! Looking good. Headlight buckets and brackets were a rusty mess before

[Kenny_Z]

Looking really good. You stripped the car in 3 hours? It took me a month