Second half of the day update:

Made some progress. Blocked, filled, reprimed. Rinse and repeat tomorrow.

Welded the side molding holes on the passenger's door

It's looking better each and every step.

Time to relax a bit, and think about the new boat. :heart:


Days worked on project to date: 30

Total money spent on project to date: $889

WHERE'S THE 240!?

Sitting on jack stands, as always.

I'm waiting on tax returns to redo my ignition system. Going with a Ford EDIS for super simple maintenance/replacement. No more stupid Distributor.

Here's the mid day update.

I pretty much spent most of the time stripping anything off the car that could get unwanted overspray on it.

Things like

-side marker lights
-door panels
-interior panels (mostly) and carpet (mostly)
-driver's quarter window - broke (whoops!)


Yep. Broke the window. I was under a false impression that the window sealant was brittle, and what I thought was rubber releasing from the metal, as I worked around the glass with a hook, was instead glass telling me it was about to...... BAM! Haha! This is why I'm glad I have that second car.

All because I was too lazy to use my wire. Passenger's will come out with a piano wire.

Some guide coat. For those that don't know what guide coat is, I'll take a second to explain it. It's a super useful technique which can tell you exactly what is wrong with a panel.

1.) Using flat spray paint (in a contrasting color to the primer/panel you're sanding)

2.) LIGHTLY spray the panel, so it looks like someone sprinkled pepper all over the panel. Not too much, as this will cause needless sanding, and will inevitably gum up the sandpaper faster.

3.) Using a block, sand the work area. Wherever there is still black (or whatever color) spraypaint, you have a low spot, or some problem in that area.

So that's what I did before I came in to eat. Guide coat applied, ready to sand upon my return to the garage after I grill up some steaks.

andy your the datsun king lol

Sitting upon my rusty throne.


I can't wait til I can just drive these cars, and I'll have the chance to get out of the Z car game for a while.

Had better luck pulling the passenger's quarter window. Used an old low E guitar string since I couldn't find my normal go to wire.

And some more blocking. You can start to see a real difference now.