I still have a 6 volt siren light and a 17 to go with it.
Pontiac finally on the restoration pathway
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Bill Leverett
PCS Member/Paramedic Supervisor
Most of the paint is finally off. I don't know what kind of reddish-brown primer was there but that stuff was hard as nails! The next step is for the body man to continue with the self-etching primer as then body filler. Interesting to see how and where the lead was applied. Little in some areas and lots in other areas.
Looks like a better body then mine was.
A little 36 grit on the 9 inch sander will have that down to shining steel in half a day. One other hint if you put in the pertronicks solid state points she will start and run a lot better. They do make one in 6 volts for that engine.
Bill Leverett
PCS Member/Paramedic Supervisor
Thanks Ed. Yes, I have been using a 9 inch disc with 40 grit on the larger areas. Man...that sure cuts down on the time. I learned that you need to switch back to a smaller sander with 80 when you're closer to the leaded areas. I'm definitely going with the elctronic points.
That will really bite i to the lead. Surprising just how much is in these old cars.
Bill Leverett
PCS Member/Paramedic Supervisor
Those dirty rotten little mice bast#$%@. Built nests along the top of the windshield surround. Here are the before and after photos.
It would not be a pro car if it weren't home for a few mice.
Bill Leverett
PCS Member/Paramedic Supervisor
Dash all cleaned up waiting to be primed.
I have seen one like that too
Bill Leverett
PCS Member/Paramedic Supervisor
Thanks Ed. I sourced both of those early on. A nice double tone with a Propello-ray in fact. Does you 17 have a plastic or glass dome?
I would need to check. But think it was the small plastic.
Bill Leverett
PCS Member/Paramedic Supervisor
Doors have now been media blasted and primed. Media blasting saved me many hours of work trying to get into all the small nooks and crannies. Where the weather stripping attached was like cement plus along the bottom of the door there is a strip of metal teeth designed to grip the weather stripping. It would have been a nightmare trying to clean this area properly.
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Rick Franklin
PCS Member
you are a brave man taking on this project, Bill, but it will be worthwhile when its done!
Bill Leverett
PCS Member/Paramedic Supervisor
Brave or naive perhaps. In any event, it's a learning journey for me and I'm enjoying doing the work I'm capable of.
Jean-Marc Dugas
PCS Member
If you were not brave or naive, the Pontiac would still be parked waiting for you to start the work.
Do the door jams the same way if you can. Even one of the had held spot sand blasters will clean them up just as nice.
Bill Leverett
PCS Member/Paramedic Supervisor
Well the rear floor plywood was rotted out at many of the edges and was delaminating so it needed to come out. First the linoleum needed to be stripped off in order to access the screws holding the plywood in place.
Then the plywood came out after I managed to get out the rusted screws.
Then the plywood came out after I managed to get out the rusted screws.
Your tire well looks better the mine did. As far as i can tell Armbruster was the only one that made a hatch to use the empty space.
Bill Leverett
PCS Member/Paramedic Supervisor
Wasted space for sure but I'm guessing the time and materials needed to make a compartment wasn't something that Barnette would make money on.