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Re: 68 Shelby GT-500 Convertible Project and Retrospective
« Reply #60 on: October 14, 2017, 10:14:56 AM »
I thought Mike was talking about using a spray can.  I have to admit that I don't usually use a respirator when spraying from a can.  Probably should though...
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- 1969 Mach 1, Drag Week 2005 Winner NA/BB, 511" FE (10.60s @ 129); Drag Week 2007 Runner-Up PA/BB, 490" Supercharged FE (9.35 @ 151)
- 1964 Ford Galaxie, Drag Week 2009 Winner Modified NA (9.50s @ 143), 585" SOHC
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Re: 68 Shelby GT-500 Convertible Project and Retrospective
« Reply #61 on: October 14, 2017, 11:59:55 AM »
I have to laugh at the little turds that run around and spray grafitti
they have respirators then they take a break remove the respirator and smoke some pot  ;D



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Re: 68 Shelby GT-500 Convertible Project and Retrospective
« Reply #62 on: October 14, 2017, 09:44:46 PM »
I thought Mike was talking about using a spray can.  I have to admit that I don't usually use a respirator when spraying from a can.  Probably should though...

Yeah that stuff is in a rattle can....but is much more potent than anything I’ve ever used.
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Re: 68 Shelby GT-500 Convertible Project and Retrospective
« Reply #63 on: October 19, 2017, 09:45:04 AM »
Coming along nicely Jay. I'll have to stop in and see it in person some time.

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Re: 68 Shelby GT-500 Convertible Project and Retrospective
« Reply #64 on: October 19, 2017, 03:43:11 PM »
We stripped my son's '69 with a tip bought at Northern Industrial that attached to the end of the pressure washer for less than 25 dollars. Worried about the heat build up. Play sand from Home Depot had to be screened so actually found sand through a place that did headstones. Took us 2 days, but minimal cost. Took another week of washing, flipping in the rotisserie, and more washing/blowing out to get all the sand. We wound up using this tip for 2 dump trucks, a Freightliner cab, and 3 old pickups with no problems. Yep, we are stubborn....

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Re: 68 Shelby GT-500 Convertible Project and Retrospective
« Reply #65 on: October 19, 2017, 07:44:51 PM »
Jay this is a fascinating thread.Thank you!

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Re: 68 Shelby GT-500 Convertible Project and Retrospective
« Reply #66 on: October 20, 2017, 12:40:59 AM »
I guess that every method of removing old paint has issues. Years ago, my buddy had a 1970 Boss 302 Redi Stripped, where they dunk the entire car shell into a huge vat of liquid chemical, and after it comes out, they wash the body inside and out with high pressure water. When they got the car back, it looked like brand new metal, other than the rusty areas. However, after months of bodtwork and preparation, when they finally painted the car (Calypso Coral orange), a few weeks later, the paint at the lower edge of the trunk lid started lifting. Turned out that some of the chemical had been lurking  in the lower edge of the trunk lid, where the inner and outer panels are folded over and crimped, and decided to emerge AFTER the car was painted.
And the guy I sold my black 69 R code Mach 1 to had the car Plasti Blasted, using very small plastic beads at high pressure to strip the paint.  He tried his best to remove all the plastic media, but after the car was completed,he said that quite often small piles of plastic debris would collect on his garage floor, on on the carpets, I guess there were hundreds (maybe thousands) of stray plastic beads that collected inside the rocker panels, frame rails, torque boxes, firewall and cowl etc, and over time, the vibrations of the car running and being driven, caused them to "dance" their way to a gap or hole and drop down.
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Re: 68 Shelby GT-500 Convertible Project and Retrospective
« Reply #67 on: October 20, 2017, 07:47:19 AM »
Yes, the Redi-Strip folks by now must have seen a huge drop off in body dunking business. The bead story has been repeated elsewhere as well. I do wonder if any whole body method (walnut shells or other media) is safe!
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Re: 68 Shelby GT-500 Convertible Project and Retrospective
« Reply #68 on: October 20, 2017, 08:15:00 AM »
Whichever way you turn your ass is behind you ::)



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Re: 68 Shelby GT-500 Convertible Project and Retrospective
« Reply #69 on: October 22, 2017, 10:45:20 AM »
I've just finished reading this entire thread from the beginning.
I must say it was the most enjoyable reading I've done in a long time.
Thank you Jay for taking the time to write this.
I must say you have a very good memory to know the time line so well.
I look forward to the continuing story line.

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Re: 68 Shelby GT-500 Convertible Project and Retrospective
« Reply #70 on: October 22, 2017, 08:19:39 PM »
Whichever way you turn your ass is behind you ::)
you are are funny man

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Re: 68 Shelby GT-500 Convertible Project and Retrospective
« Reply #71 on: October 22, 2017, 11:47:03 PM »
I do wonder if any whole body method (walnut shells or other media) is safe!

I have had zero issues with sand getting in the paint or finding any of it anywhere since restoring my car 15+ years ago. It's been the same with others, but like I said, tapping panels with a rubber mallet, turning it on a rotisserie, repeatedly blowing (with a long blow-gun for areas like rockers and frame rails) and repeating the process for a full day is what it takes.

Dipping is just a bad idea. I've only used chemicals on the outside of body panels. If it's got rust, it either needs to be cut out or encapsulated if it's just a pinhole or in seams.

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Re: 68 Shelby GT-500 Convertible Project and Retrospective
« Reply #72 on: October 31, 2017, 02:29:30 PM »
Bump.
What's new bro'?
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Re: 68 Shelby GT-500 Convertible Project and Retrospective
« Reply #73 on: October 31, 2017, 09:42:12 PM »
I don't know if Jay or any of you guys remember the '68 Shelby 428 convertible I posted about a year or so ago? I didn't get a chance to post an update on the rebuild, but it was finished and just recently appraised.

I'm only posting this because I thought Jay might find it interesting.  I whited out some personal information because I don't know if the owner would want his name and VIN posted.



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Re: 68 Shelby GT-500 Convertible Project and Retrospective
« Reply #74 on: October 31, 2017, 11:13:30 PM »
Thanks for posting that Doug, that is a very nice car.  The valuation seems pretty optimistic though, despite the originality.  I wonder how they came up with that?
Jay Brown
- 1969 Mach 1, Drag Week 2005 Winner NA/BB, 511" FE (10.60s @ 129); Drag Week 2007 Runner-Up PA/BB, 490" Supercharged FE (9.35 @ 151)
- 1964 Ford Galaxie, Drag Week 2009 Winner Modified NA (9.50s @ 143), 585" SOHC
- 1969 Shelby Clone, Drag Week 2015 Winner Modified NA (Average 8.98 @ 149), 585" SOHC