powerbench Posted June 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2017 Well that winter truly sucked. I had my car at my brother inlaws, he was nice enough to let me keep it there for free and steal some space,but his wife started looking into buying a fun summer car and I knew the writing was on the wall. I pulled the cover off the car and saw some flash rust from an area I had to sand off when the weather turned to shit. I borrowed a sand blaster , gave her a rip , re worked the body work and shot primer on her before I brought her home. 1 Quote Link to comment
powerbench Posted June 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2017 So now the car is home ......what now? Well I found that shitty body work in my "undamaged car"( Thank Christ I took off at least the primer , it wasn't even sanded and fell off because it wasn't even sanded to give it a tooth) I was given a quote to put my quarter on and thought I could buy tools and do it myself and be ahead skill set wise ...so here we go. 1 Quote Link to comment
Draker Posted June 15, 2017 Report Share Posted June 15, 2017 Well that escalated quickly... Good luck! Quote Link to comment
Lockleaf Posted June 15, 2017 Report Share Posted June 15, 2017 I was given a quote to put my quarter on and thought I could buy tools and do it myself and be ahead skill set wise ...so here we go. Seriously one of my favorite things about ratsun is this attitude. Good luck! 3 Quote Link to comment
powerbench Posted June 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 Now I just need to get this on. 2 Quote Link to comment
njoz1200ute Posted June 16, 2017 Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 You're a quarter of the way there 2 Quote Link to comment
S30Jay Posted June 17, 2017 Report Share Posted June 17, 2017 Damn, that's going at it! I was wondering if you left enough metal t to attach the new quarter too, looks like the new one should fit good. Take your time and definitely check the door and trunk fit before burning it all in. Quote Link to comment
powerbench Posted June 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2017 Ya It should be going back on just the way she did when she left the assembly line. Thank God I didn't find any rust in the wheel wells or trunk extensions and rockers..Just a few dents in the wheel tubs and sand blast and treat. I'm going to buy a spot welder to try and replicate the factory locations and mig the areas i have to. Most of it has come off pretty easy , but there are some area's i have to finish off to fit the quarter, and cleco it in place. Thank god that NOS quarter was close to me Quote Link to comment
S30Jay Posted June 17, 2017 Report Share Posted June 17, 2017 I was thinking that looked surprisingly rust free. You found a good one to build! 1 Quote Link to comment
powerbench Posted June 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2017 Just a little bit more to come off behind the tail light area .I sweated the led out last night and have everything else off. I had to bang out the under lying damage in the wheel tub....Im close to re fitting and welding it back on. 1 Quote Link to comment
powerbench Posted June 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2017 Nice work! thanks dude,slow and steady......I want it right, not necessarily fast Quote Link to comment
powerbench Posted July 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 I got the quarter panel on, and mostly burnt in . I was fitting the quarter and the gaps looked perfect,except the door looked a little fat at the top and bottom. I rubbed the door and it felt a little weird. I decided to grab my angle grinder and find out why.Well of course the door had damage.It would appear they just used filler to correct all the badness. So what to do.......make a few calls , located a NOS door skin and get cracking ....here we go with another thing i have never done....but im gonna learn. 4 Quote Link to comment
Danz32tt Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 Wow! You made short work of that skin, lookin great! My parts have gone to a good home!! 1 Quote Link to comment
powerbench Posted August 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 While I was finishing off the welding ,I took care of a few minor dents and scuffed the e coating off to expose any moisture that got on the panel for the last 46 years....and hit it with epoxy. Then i straightened out the rocker after i sand blasted it .( had a couple of dents that pulled out pretty easy ) 5 Quote Link to comment
Draker Posted August 17, 2017 Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 Looking really good! Quote Link to comment
powerbench Posted August 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 Thank you sir Quote Link to comment
KELMO Posted August 18, 2017 Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 I am curious if you plan to put the rocker mouldings back on. All of the 1200's I have seen with these mouldings have some ugly rust issues in that area. Quote Link to comment
fivetenguy Posted August 18, 2017 Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 Looking great! :thumbup: 1 Quote Link to comment
powerbench Posted August 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 I have a set of NOS rocker trims to install. After sand blasting both rockers, I found no rust .( just one thin spot and a couple of dent from some terrible driving) I plan to use some rust encapsulator on the back side to prevent it , but to be honest this isn't going to be my daily and will probably never much in the way of rain again . 1 Quote Link to comment
powerbench Posted October 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 Well, I've made some more progress . The plan is to have it in a booth and painting it by the end of the month...( God I hope) Car is in poly primer and I'm just finishing off blocking and getting ready for 2k primer. 2 Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 That is looking very nice. :thumbup: Quote Link to comment
powerbench Posted October 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 Thank you sir Quote Link to comment
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