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machoneman

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Re: '62 Galaxie Progress Report
« Reply #120 on: February 22, 2023, 03:25:20 PM »
Ah, but she was right! Sorry.

Hey your work paid off as man that is a clean underside!
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Re: '62 Galaxie Progress Report
« Reply #121 on: February 22, 2023, 08:20:53 PM »
I cleaned the fairly thick factory tar like undercoating from my 66 Galaxie with a cold water pressure washer.
No soap either.

Hate Honda's?
That little 13 horse Honda driving a nasty 4000 PSI pressure washer, peeled the undercoating off like you wouldn't believe.
Honda ran like a champ the whole time.
Used a narrow jet on the wand, I think 10 or 15 degree?
All that was left was a "very" thin film of goo that wiped off easy with some rags and varsol.
Left the bottom spotless.

I got a little wet from the water, but it was a walk in the park compared to my buddy that used a propane torch and a scraper on his car.

I read about this method years ago in HotRod magazine.
I think the article was by Frieburger.

Maybe this will help someone?
Just don't point the nozzle at any paint you care about. It will rip it off before you can blink.

Sorry, I didn't take any good close pics of the bottom after it was done,
but I can assure it was clean!

You can kinda see some of the clean spots in the pics,
and the goo on the concrete pad that used to be on the car.

« Last Edit: February 22, 2023, 08:29:43 PM by galaxiex »
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Re: '62 Galaxie Progress Report
« Reply #122 on: June 05, 2023, 09:30:10 AM »
Some recent progress.











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Re: '62 Galaxie Progress Report
« Reply #123 on: June 11, 2023, 11:30:48 AM »
Just about done now. It gets exciting at the end

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Re: '62 Galaxie Progress Report
« Reply #124 on: June 11, 2023, 03:12:24 PM »
Beautiful.

Looks like Gal City in there.
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Re: '62 Galaxie Progress Report
« Reply #125 on: June 12, 2023, 08:28:11 AM »
Just about done now. It gets exciting at the end

Definitely, I've felt my enthusiasm for it increasing. Just picked up the engine block for it from the machine shop Friday....I think my next updates will all be engine related.
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Re: '62 Galaxie Progress Report
« Reply #126 on: June 24, 2023, 08:25:17 PM »
My Dallas built '62 Galaxie is just about the opposite. Mostly stripped in pieces.
If the tan/green paint on the underside could be deciphered into a paint mix recipe I would definitely want to use it on mine.