Restore my buick electra 1969 :)

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Phosphating primer application

 

 

 

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Then once the application of a primer, black paint

 

 

 

Then while waiting to receive the harness of the headlights, I continue by the body.
And I started with the front wings by taking them to an air scrub company (a stripping has the air scrub spray between 2.5 bar and 3 bar and does the same job as sanding, but sanding (not with my little sandy but a professional) is sprayed around 30 bar, and that heats and veiled the sheets)

 

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Application of phosphate primer

 

 

 

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Then the other wing

 

 

then application of phosphatant also

 

 

 

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On one wing there was an old repair made by the former owner surely, and it is not very beautiful, with a good deformation

 

 

As we can see, they made a big hole on the right, and on the left it's very smooth

 

 

then we can see with a rule that it is not flat at all

 

 

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So I redid this piece compared to the other wing

 

 

Then presentation

 

 

 

 

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Then cut the piece

 

 

Application of phosphating primer on the inside of the new strip

 

 

 

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Then white primer

 

 

Then of black gravel

 

 

Then once in place, application of white primer on the wing

 

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Then apply white primer to the inside of the wing

 

 

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Then white mounting (it's the cost of saying it ^^), just for fun

 

 

 

 

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Then around the driver's side doors. After disassembling them, I also took them with an air scrub

 

 

And during this time I continue with the "frame" of the closing of the doors on the body.
So disassembly of the rods and seals that remain at this location

 

 

You can see the original shade

 

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Then SURPRISE ! Rust !

 

 

I'm still lucky because there is that here that there is, everything else is in great condition including the roof gutter as we can see once the paint stripping  

 

 

 

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Stripping the rusty spot to see better

 

 

With some rust spots right next to it

 

 

Stripping over the entire frame, the different dark "stains" are due to another sanding movement

 

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Then application of phosphate primer

 

 

 

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I will put the continuation of the works soon  

[GARY F]

Glad to see your back. More great work

[zipdang]

You have been busy! Great to hear from you.

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11 hours ago, GARY F said:

Glad to see your back. More great work

 

4 hours ago, zipdang said:

You have been busy! Great to hear from you.

 

Thank you very much !!  

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Subsequently I recovered the doors and I have to prepare them dry since they are rough. I will continue the framework on the body afterwards

 

 

Application of phosphate primer

 

 

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Then apply white primer

 

 

 

 

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Now that the doors are ready, I continue with the frame on the body.
White primer application

 

 

 

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I can now fix this

 

 

So cut out sick places

 

 

 

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Then a thick layer of rust, dust, dirt ...

 

 

 

 

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Once vacuuming and scraping, the sheet suffered a little and 6 holes appeared

 

 

 

I made a larger window to see if this would continue, but we don't see in the photo, but it's much better

 

 

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The back sheet is the lining of the roof pillar, and is much thicker than the body sheet. Then after looking inside, I saw that it was very good on this side.
So I weld by plugging the three holes of the lining, The bottom sheet on the other hand is to be redone entirely

 

 

After applying a rust killer, then a phosphating agent, applying a white primer

 

 

 

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Then formation of the new sheet

 

 

then presentation

 

 

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Then cut from the bottom

 

 

 

Then formation of the new piece, with drilling to make a spot weld as it was before

 

 

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Then once ready, ..., setting up the bottom.
I preferred to make this piece in two parts to keep the angle of good to have a reference, it could surely be better and the same in one piece but I prefer to do like that

 

 

Then once welded and grind

 

 

 

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Then sanded

 

 

 

Application of phosphate primer

 

 

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Then white primer

 

 

 

 

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Now turn to the other piece.
I have to redo a part of the inner side of the gutter
So sheet metal formation

 

 

 

 

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Then adjustment on adjustment

 

 

 

Then welded

 

 

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Then application of phosphate primer

 

 

 

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Then apply white primer

 

 

 

 

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Now that these repairs are finished, I went back to the door.
Application of white primer on the outside

 

 

 

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Then as we can see, the hinge at the bottom of the front door has a lot of gap

 

 

There is normally a spacer at this location

 

 

And so too much space downstairs