Jim Bob a build thread

[motornut]

on the 203

[motornut]

last bit

[motornut]

found the front winter cover
got new speakers in
seems the clip on the inside pull rod to latch popped of lost in there
couldn't find them at a dealer or Canadian Tire
spent half a day driving round
drove by my buddies on the way home
got one from him,says i stripped it outa a parts car for him years ago
he's got a 72 skylark

[motornut]

Well it's been parked a while
went to start it and it back-fired n quit got it goin and popped the hood
oil all over the intake,front seal.......not good
Havn't been able to set the timing right no mark tab
the trucks vac advance was not hooked to the proper place before i owned it
it is now,drove it to a garage said to check the intake,timing
called me back said the intake was leaking and the valve covers were too,
timing cover dosn't seem to have a seal
In short they did the intake,etc called me to say the 2nd set of covers are leaking
these i had on another block always seems to smell oil burning
what would cause this? could i have cracked it?
It just to the right of the first bolt

[motornut]

got it all fixed
needed new timing cover too

[motornut]

when i did my door vents i didn't have any probs
the fit is fine from 89 to 78

**dent in the passenger vent area was there when i bought it lol not from fitting in a newer vent

[motornut]

the front door window cranks fit too

[motornut]

just this past weekend i got two rims cleaned and painted
pressure washed and tremclad gloss black
rims quite pitted on the back,just wanted a cleaner look
won't put the rings back but the centers yes

[motornut]

A while back i worked the indash tach into the dash
gona find some plastic bits to fill it in

[motornut]

took it apart to fix a short
i guess the clamp i made pinched the wire,
but doubt it should have been on the outside of the bolt

[motornut]

updates.........
painted the rims.... gloss black
painted the pushbar....gloss black
got a new to me sun visor......soon to be black
today got brand new used running boards......all ready black!
pretty much figured body painted gloss red tremclad it will be......and black

[motornut]

got the running boards on
only to take em off to paint

[motornut]

took off the stickers
carb cleaner for the goo left over
tried the metal flake spray but sanded it off and went roll on

[motornut]

Tremclad Fire Red rust paint
some sanding,some taping,some rum
wiped with thinner,not thinned paint,more rum
some brushing but mostly rolling

[kikkegek]

he John,
great work,

i want to roll our car too. Black and red. They say red is a *****, because it will not cover the old paint, even if you put ten layers on. Yuors loks fine thoug?

so you didnt thin the paint? got any tips for me? what roller did you use? etc...

[motornut]

thanks after thinking it over i decided to roll it
it will take about three coats,blue is still coming threw
this is one coat,and the red looks burnt orange in the sun(cause of the blue)
on my last "roll on" is was covering a burgendy kinda red and it worked great too
but i didn't thin anything out,some lines showed
the red did fade but i just recoated it till the (car)died
for this I will try thinning after about three coats of thick
works with wood lol why not try a truck
i used a small foam roller(i take a pic of it next time)
i figured knock off the bugs and bad runs after 3 coats
try a thin coat then
did the hood @ noon maybe easier if it was cooler,roller wouldn't almost stick

[1tonchevy]

looks good hows the painting coming along?

[motornut]

Great
Offering the neighbours a deal on racing stripes lol
Limited time offer
3/4 of a gallon to go
Wensday last 3 sides get 1st coat
Hope all gets 2nd before rain hits
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[kikkegek]

thanks man!
how much paint do you think a suburban will take for the whole car?

I want to use Rustoleum and that is pretty expensive over here:
0,75 liter go for €25,- (euros)
so
0,2 gallons go for 35 US dollars over here

[motornut]

.2 of a u.s. gallon for $35 u.s.?
i would want a gallon to be sure
i've used 2 inches in a gallon but i'm not done the first coat yet

dam wonder what it would cost to ship it to ya

[trout]

Originally Posted by motornut

Tremclad Fire Red rust paint
some sanding,some taping,some rum
wiped with thinner,not thinned paint,more rum
some brushing but mostly rolling

were did you get that and aboout how much does it run ??? i know your in canada.but i think i foud the red for my truck right there

[kikkegek]

it is far to expensive to ship.

I have now found a website were I can get 5 liter of it for €133,-
still expensive, but already better and far cheaper then original paintjob

[motornut]

i got it at Canadian Tire,but it's for sale all over
http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brows....jsp?locale=en
but gloss
i was putting it on thick as it was drying fast,didn't run badly but you really see it being first coat
took a shot today in the rain with no overhead sun, you can see the bleed

[kikkegek]

he John,

this instructions says foam brushes are the way to go with. I'll try on my hood if I can find the time in the next weeks...will order paint tonight...

http://www.instructables.com/id/The-...-paint-your-c/



and he thinned his Rust-Oleum paint for w50% with paint thinner...

[motornut]

i think 50% is too thin
i havn't thinned yet and the blue is coming threw
he did 6 coats at 50% i'm doing 3 at 100%
i think i'll have more to sand but i think he might go threw the paint quicker
I'm gona try thinning the top coats(after 3/100s)
and i used a small foam roller(about 4 inches or so)
http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brows....jsp?locale=en
those foam brush things pull/fall apart after a while(i use them doing wood varnish)