Friday, July 18, 2008

Trunk Resto'

this Lil' pictorial Will give ya a bit of whats involved with Mikes Nova, there was a lot of rust in the trunk so welding in a complete trunk was the best fix.










We used Goodmark brand sheet metal through out the whole project they fit well and are like the factory panels.After the old trunk floor was cut out with the trusty plasma cutter and ground smooth to fit the new panel in , it was then MiG welded in and ground down a bit to smooth it up.The brushable seam sealer was next, but it turned out to look rough and a bit globby, is that a real word? I fixed that by squirting a little lacquer thinner to thin and soften the sealer and smoothed it with a small brush.
The "Por-15" was applied to all the welds and previously to all the braces and finally the Valspar to coat it all this will give us a nice surface to add the sound deadening material to before the carpet is installed !





If i could just get Albert to help a little more we might finish!!!!

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