1967 Fairlane Super Stock

[GPR]

Looks better on the car

[JohnN-1BADFE]

Yes it does!  Can't wait to see this Fairlane finished!!

[GPR]

I block sanded the fiberglass hood and added a little filler



Sprayed a couple coats of SPI Turbo primer

[GPR]

Today I block sanded again and sprayed two coats of black epoxy primer. I will paint the hood red before I'm finished but it will be awhile.

[jayb]

Rusty, what is your sandpaper grit progression for block sanding?  Do you start with something like 150, and proceed up to 400 or 600 before it is ready to paint?  Or do you do something different?  Beautiful work, by the way...

[cjshaker]

I've always found that painting a certain color on different days can lead to very noticeable color variances.  Sometimes it has happened by just painting different parts in different rooms on the same day. I hope that's not the case with your hood.

I love the 427 hoods on Comets and Fairlanes.

[GPR]

I've always found that painting a certain color on different days can lead to very noticeable color variances.  Sometimes it has happened by just painting different parts in different rooms on the same day. I hope that's not the case with your hood.

I love the 427 hoods on Comets and Fairlanes.

I always paint everything apart. The deck lid was painted Oct 2010, doors and fenders Sept 2011, and the body March 2013. I have 2 gallons of paint one for the first two coats and the other for the top coat so everything matches.

[GPR]

Rusty, what is your sandpaper grit progression for block sanding?  Do you start with something like 150, and proceed up to 400 or 600 before it is ready to paint?  Or do you do something different?  Beautiful work, by the way...

It depends on what I'm working on and the final color. On the hood I blocked with 180 than did the bodywork primed with urethane primer and blocked with 180 followed with 320 than sprayed epoxy. Once I'm ready to paint I will sand again with 320 than epoxy white and since it's a solid color I will wet sand with either 400 or 600 than spray the base. If it was a light metallic I would wet sand with 800. If I have done a lot of bodywork once that is finished I would spray a coat of black epoxy and than the next day spray 2 coats of gray Slick Sand polyester primer and block with 80. If it looks straight and doesn't need more primer I would block with 180 until most of the gray is gone and finish it like the hood with urethane or epoxy primer.

[GPR]

Steve Baur the editor of Modified Mustangs & Fords picked up the Fairlane to take it to their shop. While there they will be writing tech stories for future issues as they are installing the Painless wiring harness, Autometer tach and gauges along with a Flaming River steering box, column and steering wheel.

[GPR]

There has been a lot of people laid off at Source Interlink magazines in the last week and Steve Baur was one of them Friday. Not sure what will be done on the Fairlane now.

[jayb]

Wow, that sucks.  I wonder who else got axed?  Anybody from Hot Rod or Car Craft?

[GPR]

Wow, that sucks.  I wonder who else got axed?  Anybody from Hot Rod or Car Craft?

All the editors of the Mustang magazines except Evan Smith were let go. The week before there were lay offs in California but I don't know what magazines.

[mlcraven]

Long-time Chevy guru Jeff Smith at CC is gone.

[GPR]

The Fairlane was moved out of the storage warehouse this morning and waiting to get in the shop.





Ready to start installing the Painless wiring harness and control panel. Once this story is finished the magazine will be ready to go to the printers.

[cjshaker]

Modern car magazines seem to shuffle people out the doors pretty often. I think you'd have to be crazy to want to work for one of them.

Using the top coat to match everything up is a good idea. The car is looking real good, Rusty. But I have to admit, leaving my car someplace for others to work on would make me a bit nervous. At least they're all Ford fans...lol

Your build has given me alot of insight and ideas when I go to work on my drag car project. Thanks for the time and effort.