Spent the day dismantling the front end. I was pretty worried about how I was going to straighten the one accident dent in the body which was where the driver ran up on something and bent the bumper up and kinked the driver side front fender. The fender I think I can fix, but the bumper is pretty heavy steel. Lucky for me, I found a rare replacement in Missouri at a really good price. Probably such a good price because it is rare. Not too many people are looking for this style of LeMans bumper. Most of the time if it needs replaced they'll make a GTO clone out of it with a different front end setup.
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Saturday, September 7, 2013
I decided to start at the front with the body work. The further back I go the more rust work there is and I don't have a mig welder yet.
I took the valance off at the very bottom. Someone had fixed it before and had just ground and roughed up the dents, filled them with Bondo and painted it.
It had some dents, lots of rust so, I worked on it most of the week. I stripped the paint to find body filler. Sanded it off, pounded out the dents and took off most of the rust. I've decided to let it sit until I start putting the front end back together because I'm not sure if it's perfectly straight (or even should be) and so I'll need to be able to mount it.
Here you can see the Bondo from the previous "repair". I sanded it all off and pounded out the dents.
I took the valance off at the very bottom. Someone had fixed it before and had just ground and roughed up the dents, filled them with Bondo and painted it.
It had some dents, lots of rust so, I worked on it most of the week. I stripped the paint to find body filler. Sanded it off, pounded out the dents and took off most of the rust. I've decided to let it sit until I start putting the front end back together because I'm not sure if it's perfectly straight (or even should be) and so I'll need to be able to mount it.
Here you can see the Bondo from the previous "repair". I sanded it all off and pounded out the dents.
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