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Old Joe, FGF URL at bottom of your post took me to the car of the month
which happens 68 firebird locally. sorry
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 10:06 AM, [email protected] wrote:
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Actually I live 3000 miles from you in metro Seattle.
Regards,
Old Joe (Geigel)
In a message dated 12/6/2009 7:03:39 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
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Old Joe,
The stripper/cheapo disc method has worked best for us on our 67
Firebird father/son project.
I wanted to check out your 68 bird, it looks great. From your profile
you only live few miles from us in Warwick. I will try to contact you
privately to expand our network. we probably know many of the same
local gearheads.
Tom Bernache
Warwick
67 Firebird Coupe. 400 clone
On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 10:01 PM, [email protected] wrote:
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Gents,
So I need to remove the paint on my current project car. I've done
a few of these over the years and I've used a variety of methods.
Usually it's been paint stripper with some sanding and cursing.
This time I'm considering trying using a 6" braided wire wheel in a
standard el cheapo harbor freight grinder. That's what I used on
the door jams, valence panel and the underside of the trunk lid on
my convert. I also used it on the wheel wells, firewall and
underside of that car. I did a couple of 6" spots on the outside
of the front fenders and it seems to work fine. I've never tried
this on a whole car. Anyone out there have experience with this?
I would like to know if there is any downside. So far I don't see
any downside other than the noise and the couple of grinders I'm
likely to kill. I'm estimating about an hour or so per outside of
each body panel. I was concerned about heat build up causing
warping, but in the areas I've tried, the panel is barely luke warm
(in my 50 degree garage). Please let me know what ya'll think. I'd
love to just pay a couple of college kids that are on Christmas
vacation to come and do it. I also tried the razor blade trick.
It works great on some body panels and not at all on others since
the car has been partially repainted at least twice.
Oh yea, this is my 68 GTO clone wagon... Sorry, it's right next to
my 68 bird that is in primer and waiting to be painted. I'd love
to paint them at the same time.
Old Joe
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