FILLER TIME

First Mud!













Finally sanding the first mud.













Good shot of the new overhead doors. I'm glad it's cold and I still need them.












Speaking of doors, here's the right side with its first mud.

No more antenna hole!















Right door, lower skin patch panel, cut and ready to fit















It fits!

















Not bad



















Yeah

Primin' with Por-15

Finally, getting some paint on this puppy. The welding and grinding are done and we moved towards getting some protection on the bare metal after 10 long months. (I can't believe I was able to get away with keeping this rig unprotected in the bay this long.)

Jamie gets the first coat on the trunk.






























Nick gets the second coat.















Holy Mackerel!














Progress












I get second coat under floor, so long to that Carworks sweatshirt














Socks are grey, not white. Style is key.














Art Shot
















Austin gets a piece of it, Augie's in charge












Differential's out and also getting a rehab

It Must Be Winter in NH

Yeah, so what? I took 6 months off. Get off my back. For all you know I was in rehab (or at least should be). New insulated doors bay doors were installed in the fall along with the new kerosene tank and I am toasty. I put in a couple of welding stints on the trunk which had lots of pin holes after the media-blasting. I'm trying to find the perfect balance between the thickness of the weld and what was once sheet metal.

I am actually starting to think about getting some Por-15 on both sides of the floor pan. But, I 've got some grinding to do before any coatings. I can't believe I've been able to get away with only miniscule rust spots after 6 months of sitting post-media blasting. Whatever that material they used in the blasting seemed to leave some sort of coating that must inhibit the rusting process. If it doesn't snow every day like last year I'll stay busy on this thing, at least until ice-out.

Erasing the wrinkles

April, 2008 - Back from the Media-Blaster - she took it all off!! All the undercoat, wheels, steering and suspension and panels are clean as a whistle. At least now it is all one color - metal. Unfortunately, she found more holes in the driver's floor, cowl panel, rear window channel, truck opening, trunk floor and lid and, a surprise to me, the bottom of one door skin. Oh well...






































Night before John's 53rd Birthday - what a way to deal with middle age crisis! Welding and grinding the pinholes.


























Note how much Augie loves welding! I'm doing this for my dog (let's not forget that large dog area that AMC designed into the back of this two-seater.)

Off to the Media-Blaster

AMX takes its second ride in a year and a half on Paul's ramp truck. The lady at Specialty Stripping says "Our best customers just let us do our job." Sounds good to me.

Floors & Fender

More welding on the the floors. I decided to do the patch method since the holes were only here & there. I used the pointy body hammer to find the evil weak spots & cut sheet metal to fit. The metal was cut to fit the holes exactly (yeah right) & butt welded. Lucky for me the mig welder is a tool I'm comfortable with (how to make a car out of .023 wire).

The left front fender on this rig is from a 1970 car. I had already cut out a 68-69 side marker light recess from the Javelin I got the roof from. In 1970 the marker was flush with the fender. I measured, cut & butt welded in the recessed section. I also welded up the 2 badge retainer holes on the aft section behind the wheel well & that makes the 68-69 fender.