1972 Road Runner/GTX restoration
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1972 Satellite Sebring
1972 Satellite Sebring(big block parts car) - Location: Seattle, Washington
1972 Road Runner/GTX restoration
This is what my car looked like when purchased in January 2006.
Back from media blasting.
Back from media blasting.
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The body shell was transported mounted up on the rotisserie. Rig was flat bedded from my place to the media blasters a few weeks ago. Flat bedded again yesterday to my body guy's shop where some sheet metal and paint work will take place. I hoping to get it home in about a month or so, another flat bed trip, ready for drive train and suspension components. When it returns to the body shop for final paint it should be on its own wheels and under its own power.
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1972 Satellite Sebring
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Plastic was used mostly to remove paint and fillers. I'm told plastic won't warp thin metal. Garnet (sand like mineral without the nasty free silica issues) was used to remove the rust left behind by plastic.
Here's a link to my media blaster's website, has more detailed info.
http://www.ablasterscorp.com/
Here's a link to my media blaster's website, has more detailed info.
http://www.ablasterscorp.com/
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ah ok.. I also wanted to use plastic but this doesn't remove all the rusty spots.. it doesn't even remove the surface rust, surface rust keeps brown after plastic blasting! The guy here quit now, I think it was the only one in the country? He got sick from the Formaldehyd in the plastic he said... who knows... now I will see where I can blast that car, no way I am going to do this by hand! I wish it also would look like yours!
72 RR GTX, No. matching 440, 68 727, body TX9, B5 interior, got doorsticker, but no buildsheet
72 Satellite 318-Auto, all No.matching, with buildsheet
Both cars tasting now swiss cheese
72 Satellite 318-Auto, all No.matching, with buildsheet
Both cars tasting now swiss cheese
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Sealed and ready for a fresh coat of GA4
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This was originally a bucket seat automatic console car. It's my understanding that the front seat configuration determined which hump/shifter location was used for the manual transmission cars, not so much if there was a console or not. The hump used here came with the Keisler 5-speed conversion kit and is a bucket seat version, it is a pretty commonly available reproduction, E-bodies use this same hump. The discerning eye will notice a mod to hump installation that is required to provide additional clearance for the Tremec TKO-600 trans. The top of this trans is little more squared off than the 833, needing a some more room on the passenger side floor forward of the cross-member. The console brackets can be seen in some of these shots and with some slight trimming of the lower edge of the console, this change in floor contour should be barely noticeable. Thanks all, for the encouraging comments, Doug
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1972 Satellite Sebring(big block parts car) - Location: Seattle, Washington
Waiting for a lift home from the body shop
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