Build Project: Suzie!!

[nos_specialist]

ah boy, u doin good..... how much is the cost so far man?

[neckto]

De grass lookin neat bai, like de yardman pass through orrr?.


Aye look a bbq pit! like yuh ready to fire up de grill when de wuk finally done!

lol yea bro, finally got time to fix back the lawn mower

xmas coming, just now is time to put suzie on hold and put down some grilling n

[neckto]

ah boy, u doin good..... how much is the cost so far man?

hoping to round off at completion at around fiddy

[neckto]

update:

finally...........finally, after the third try, we got the equipment set-up and working right and was able to do a good primer application yesterday. rubbed down and painted today. hope to lay on the pearl and clear coat in the morning.

learning the new spray gun



finally got most of the dings out





Thanks to GOD for the good weather









not prefect, but we learning from mistakes and getting better

[neckto]

update

now posting pics of the completed sections with the pearl and clear applied and dried.





trying to get this crappy phone to take a good image of the pearl n clear

[Morpheus]

Looking good man.

[neckto]

Looking good man.

yep came out good for a painting

[neckto]

update

took out the front seats to paint the brackets and the exposed seat frame

before


after wonder





closer look at the brackets we made







primed



painted

[MonsterPower]

wow ... thats all i can say ..
u put in so much love into that work suzie musbe worth more than u can put a price to

[lighthammer]

aye look 50% off sale at catwalk!

[neckto]

wow ... thats all i can say ..
u put in so much love into that work suzie musbe worth more than u can put a price to

thats for sure.......ROI = bust!!

[neckto]

aye look 50% off sale at catwalk!

lol bro, imma buy a punch just for u!!

[Nperry]

This post keep amazing me bro. Well done

[ronsin1]

I hope when I get around to starting my project it will be an epic build like this

[neckto]

This post keep amazing me bro. Well done

thanks.......the support is awesome

[neckto]

I hope when I get around to starting my project it will be an epic build like this

good luck........but i hope it don't have another vechicle that is as intricately and thoroughly abused as this one was tho

[nos_specialist]

doin great man......well done well done,

[neckto]

doin great man......well done well done,

thanks.........not done yet...plenty to do still

[neckto]

update,

progress kinda slow right now for some reason.. sigh...anyways......

have more upholstery odd n end to paint...........went n found some better stuff, for those who were interested.......im going to try this now. the first set worked ok. the rustoleum as real crap, so depending on how this works, i may use it on the outside parts.



painted the ring laces - no pic yet

and some other odds n ends.







also painted the hinges and door catches so i could start putting back on the doors





while that was drying - i decide to finally pay some attention to the bonnet (hood)

managed to power wash off, most of the (four in total) layers of previous paint etc back to the factory coating



the rest will have to be removed by hand

look, Rat Rod Suzie lol



check this!!

u ever cut the speaker to fit it in the door? lol these engineers did - i just have to hook these up to hear how they sound "customized" lol

[sliderz1]

[TRENDSETA]

so the rustoleum is failure hmmmm......i bought some Krylon fusion for plastics .plan to do some test pieces. Keep us updated on how the new stuff works out ...and feel free to mention where you got it!

[neckto]

so the rustoleum is failure hmmmm......i bought some Krylon fusion for plastics .plan to do some test pieces. Keep us updated on how the new stuff works out ...and feel free to mention where you got it!

yea, the paint not adhering to the rustoleum primer.

will do on the maxmayer

[neckto]

Guys,

time to buy a battery, what u all recommend?

[neckto]

so the rustoleum is failure hmmmm......i bought some Krylon fusion for plastics .plan to do some test pieces. Keep us updated on how the new stuff works out ...and feel free to mention where you got it!

yea, the paint not adhering to the rustoleum primer.

will do on the maxmayer

ok so far the Max Mayer works the best, i feel comfortable to use that over the others for the door mirrors n bumper etc. much better finish and sturdy adhesion so far, used this on the ring laces and even with the bending up while installing etc i see no cracking or chipping etc.

[neckto]

update:

Putting some odds and ends and parts back together

Sanded, cleaned and painted the gear shifter



trying to get the door runners to fit back, most of the clips into the panel are broken, so i will have to find another way to attach them properly



making sure the audio wiring is fitting properly under them



Ring laces - tried to get a semi gloss look like the dash using aerosol paints, painted the gloss first then re coated with the matte but it still come out like gloss, i believe i didn't wait long enough for the first coat to dry enough before putting on the matte - but not looking too bad one time



Seat belts back inside



and coverings for them



Kick Panels





Door catches and "door open" switches reinstalled



Ready for door fitments

[jpec]

:D so close yet so far! looks really good! one question tho. why are you putting back the interior pieces now if the carpet isn't installed yet?

[neckto]

:D:D so close yet so far! looks really good! one question tho. why are you putting back the interior pieces now if the carpet isn't installed yet?

lol yea, still a ways to go.....interior pieces had minor repairs to the clips etc, so making sure they fitting and don't need further repairs, also to make sure the audio wires fitting inside or under them with room for the carpet to go over without bulging, also with the runners on the panels, want to put on everything that would interact with the door before putting back on the door n lining it up so i wont have problems........the carpet will be installed by a upholsterer so they will be out of the way until i can take it to get that done.

[jpec]

:D:D so close yet so far! looks really good! one question tho. why are you putting back the interior pieces now if the carpet isn't installed yet?

lol yea, still a ways to go.....interior pieces had minor repairs to the clips etc, so making sure they fitting and don't need further repairs, also to make sure the audio wires fitting inside or under them with room for the carpet to go over without bulging, also with the runners on the panels, want to put on everything that would interact with the door before putting back on the door n lining it up so i wont have problems........the carpet will be installed by a upholsterer so they will be out of the way until i can take it to get that done.

oohh, makes sense now lol....build is coming along really nicely tho...it'll be bittersweet for me to see it finish..bitter because i won't get to read an awesome build like this ever again, and sweet cuz i'll get to see it the finished product

[neckto]

oohh, makes sense now lol....build is coming along really nicely tho...it'll be bittersweet for me to see it finish..bitter because i won't get to read an awesome build like this ever again, and sweet cuz i'll get to see it the finished product

yea i know what u mean............my pops sold his "betsy" last week which he had for close to 30 yrs, happy to get rid n upgrade to something newer n more modern. sad that it gone in retrospect, if i had the means i wouldve loved to do a rebuild on that and keep it in the family

[neckto]

oohh, makes sense now lol....build is coming along really nicely tho...it'll be bittersweet for me to see it finish..bitter because i won't get to read an awesome build like this ever again, and sweet cuz i'll get to see it the finished product

yea i know what u mean............my pops sold his "betsy" last week which he had for close to 30 yrs, happy to get rid n upgrade to something newer n more modern. sad that it gone in retrospect, if i had the means right now, i would've loved to do a rebuild on that and keep it in the family