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remember the class i was taking?
i'm now in the auto body II class, which is basically hands-on job training: you bring in whatever project you have and you work on it. if you need help, the teacher is always within shouting distance.
so, i got all of the dents roughed out of the two fenders, shaved the turn signals and antenna hole, removed all paint by sanding (about 6 layers in some parts), and am currently doing a skim coat of filler in order to get the fenders straight. i thought long and hard about the paint and decided on black with a flame job not unlike the goodmark chevelle. off to class... |
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Good to hear from you Jim, and nice to see that your making some progress with your car.
- Justin |
awesome jim, good luck with it!
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justin, i am around occasionally. with the amount of work i have been doing on the car (am i a real car guy yet?) and only being able to use the computer in the library still... you know. thanks for the well wishes, guys. |
Can't wait to see it when it's done Jim. Hands on experience with your own car is awesome!
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where are you taking this class. I took a similiar class at piscatway vo tech but it was very basic..
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sounds like a cool class i got to do the crash and burn method myself (my grandfather used to build circle track cars and my dad learned from him i learned from dad) but anyway good luck with the car post up some pics of the progress
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pics of the progress might take a while, since i won't have a working computer connected to the internet until after june sometime. patience, it will pay off in this case.
the class is offered by the ocean county vocational/technical school, continuing education department, adult evening school. the location is in jackson, but if it were in trenton it would still be worth the commute. the class costs $175 per semester, 12 weeks long, one night a week. a bargain considering all that i've learned and accomplished on my car since i started back in november (i think - the past is always a blur). they are offering an inter-session come may (last class this semester is april 30th) - 6 weeks, two nights per week, same price, but i don't know if i'll be attending. right now i am getting the most out of the tools and clean environment to get the filler done and then get it shot in epoxy primer (they have two state-of-the-art booths available for painting). until i am ready to shoot the entire car (or at least the jambs and the fenders/doors/hood) i think i will hold off and invest some of the money i would use for tuition in tools, instead. there is still a bunch of work needed to prep the car, and i can do that in the driveway. |
So non-Ocean Country resident can sign up? Do you think it is better to wait until I have a car in the 'ready for bodywork' stage?
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Any legal/inspection issues with shaving the side markers?
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That sounds awesome. What a good way to perfect a skill and make your car better at the same time.
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bonzo if you wanted to do it and it were a tuesday or wednesday night i would commute down with ya
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i'll be doing the driverside door tonight (shaved handle and lock), and i need to see what's behind the sideview mirror to decide if i will be getting rid of them or not. |
Are you building this up as a show car or a race car? Because the shaved door handles won't fly with tech at the drag strip....
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i haven't decided what to do with the gas filler door, yet. i might hide it under the license plate, like they were on '60/70s cars. i have a vision of what the car will look like, now i am just doing what needs doing to get it there. it's quite a bit of fun making my vision a reality. |
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the doors are welded and grinded. i have a major amount of filler to do (doors, fenders and hood will all be skim-coated - no dents outside of the typical minor door dings). everything gets a coat of self-etching until i am ready for the epoxy/sand/epoxy/sand/epoxy/sand... (etc.) process to begin. lots and lots of work ahead of me. i am probably not going to pay much attention to the car during the summer months, since the weather cuts the working time of any filler in half and i like to take my time spreading it on nice and thin...
i will be driving the '69 this year and hopefully making an event or meeting or show/cruise in a town near you. maybe another round of school in the fall (i haven't made up my mind just yet, but i did pass on intersession). in the meantime, i will stay sharp due to the internship. and of course i still don't have an internet-connected computer at home. although that could change shortly. c ya, -jim |
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