Pontiac finally on the restoration pathway

[John ED Renstrom]

I still have a 6 volt siren light and a 17 to go with it.

 

[Bill Leverett]

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.

 

[John ED Renstrom]

Looks like a better body then mine was.

 

[John ED Renstrom]

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]

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.

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.

 

[John ED Renstrom]

That will really bite i to the lead. Surprising just how much is in these old cars.

 

[Bill Leverett]

Those dirty rotten little mice bast#$%@. Built nests along the top of the windshield surround. Here are the before and after photos.

 

[John ED Renstrom]

It would not be a pro car if it weren't home for a few mice.

 

[Bill Leverett]

Dash all cleaned up waiting to be primed.

 

[John ED Renstrom]

I have seen one like that too

 

[Bill Leverett]

I still have a 6 volt siren light and a 17 to go with it.

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?

 

[John ED Renstrom]

I would need to check. But think it was the small plastic.

 

[Bill Leverett]

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.

 

[Rick Franklin]

you are a brave man taking on this project, Bill, but it will be worthwhile when its done!

 

[Bill Leverett]

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]

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.

If you were not brave or naive, the Pontiac would still be parked waiting for you to start the work.

 

[John ED Renstrom]

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]

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.

 

[John ED Renstrom]

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]

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.