Welp/ I started out with getting a great deal on a awd astro van that was nice for luggin crap around. Got the van for a grand/ traded it for a fist spider, played with the fiat for a few weeks and decided the car wasn't fun to work on/ too expensive and too much work to get what I wanted out of the car for my taste.(interior,body,suspension all needing re-done)
threw it on craiglist and ran into a fella with a 73 Pontiac Catalina. 63k orig claimed miles. The cars interior is great as far as the panels/dash/headliner goes. Seats worn/ no carpet. Exterior had more oxidation on it than I thought possible. Lol seriously this has been the toughest paint job to polish ever.
The top had vynal?( I should go back to school for that spelling)
but it had obviously worn and the previous owner took most of it off. Still left me with the fun edges of the top/sticky adhesive on the top as well.
This is a post to help encourage folks to buff their rigs-even though it's a crawler doesn't mean whatever parts aren't beat can't be shinny. Plus it's a great thing to know how to do for the daily drivers.
The paint took forever to see results with/ the top was a pain in the ass and I had to go way down south to get some hubcaps-steamed the white walls/painted the top. Only got one stage of buffing done- 2 more to go on my paint restoration process- thought I would share what my weekend was
o and sorry for the rambling. But I'm XXXXing pooped!
threw it on craiglist and ran into a fella with a 73 Pontiac Catalina. 63k orig claimed miles. The cars interior is great as far as the panels/dash/headliner goes. Seats worn/ no carpet. Exterior had more oxidation on it than I thought possible. Lol seriously this has been the toughest paint job to polish ever.
The top had vynal?( I should go back to school for that spelling)
but it had obviously worn and the previous owner took most of it off. Still left me with the fun edges of the top/sticky adhesive on the top as well.
This is a post to help encourage folks to buff their rigs-even though it's a crawler doesn't mean whatever parts aren't beat can't be shinny. Plus it's a great thing to know how to do for the daily drivers.
The paint took forever to see results with/ the top was a pain in the ass and I had to go way down south to get some hubcaps-steamed the white walls/painted the top. Only got one stage of buffing done- 2 more to go on my paint restoration process- thought I would share what my weekend was
o and sorry for the rambling. But I'm XXXXing pooped!
