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Friday, October 11, 2013

Bottoms Up...and Done

My main focus for the past couple of weeks has been finishing the body work, getting the floor finished, seam sealing the under side and rubber undercoating it. I finally finished welding in the rear corner patch panels and the rockers and about as straight as I can get them...and I finally got the parts back from the paint shop I needed to finish the rear sill.  The tire carrier bolted together nicely and looks really nice with new shiny nuts and bolts.  I got the final four holes drilled out, and the latch bolt holes on the sill mocked and lined up.  My original guess to where the sill went was only off by a couple millimeters and after a bit of work, everything was lined up...and finally welded in.  Overall, the rear sill looks great...and much more structurally sound.  I can stand on the bed and it doesn't feel like its going to buckle in any more.  After that, I spent days and days sanding and finishing up the body work.  I know its not perfect, I'm not a professional, but overall I think it will look good.  At least everything is smooth...and any flaws should be pretty small.  The paint shop has been pretty good about improving what I've already done...which hasn't been much at all.  My final step on the undercarriage was to rust convert it and get the rubber undercoating on.  The rust converter went on no problem, so it shouldn't rust ever again...and the surface rust that was there, should be neutralized.  The final step was shooting 3 thick coats of rubber undercoat on.  They went on smoothly and it hides a lot of imperfections that I didn't care about since it was the under side of the car.  I am more than happy with the way the rubber undercoating came out!  It really looks great.  Next up will be letting the undercoat cure followed by prepping the floor for lining.  Once that is done, its ready for the paint shop!