Modern Bullitt Charger build

[70B5Cuda]

The black paint on your charger looks stunning. I love watching your thread.

[keepat]

I started on the roof of the car by using paint stripper to remove the vinyl top glue, paint, and primer. Then I used a 6” DA sander to remove any leftover glue and paint. As with most vinyl top I was left with some rust and pitting to treat and repair. I coated the roof with a gel rust dissolver and covered the roof with plastic to keep the gel from evaporating. After about 8 hours I removed the plastic and rust dissolver then neutralize the roof with water, and paint prep. One last sanding with 80 grit on the DA sander, a wipe down with Final Klean and 2 coats of epoxy primer. Next I’ll will skim-coat the roof, sand and more epoxy primer.
Thanks
Pat

[Motown 454]

That came out nice Pat. A lot of area there, which rust remover did you use? I never tried the gel style it looks like it works well.

[wfo guy]

Vinyl tops are not our friends! This means you're getting closer!

[JayinMI]

Are you putting a vinyl top back on later?

Jay

[keepat]

That came out nice Pat. A lot of area there, which rust remover did you use? I never tried the gel style it looks like it works well.

Yes it worked great and it was from Eastwood.
Thank you
Pat

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Vinyl tops are not our friends! This means you're getting closer!

Still a long way to go!!
Thanks
Pat

[keepat]

Are you putting a vinyl top back on later?

Jay

Yes black vinyl top so it matches the original Bullitt Charger
Thank you
Pat

[Zanie]

" I coated the roof with a gel rust dissolver and covered the roof with plastic to keep the gel from evaporating. "
Was it Pink? I am such a fan of naval jelly. I do that all the time.....when tell people about it and they look at me like I'm crazy!! That stuff is such a time saver, when used correctly.

Awesome work on every bit of this car...LOVE THIS BUILD!!!!

[keepat]

" I coated the roof with a gel rust dissolver and covered the roof with plastic to keep the gel from evaporating. "
Was it Pink? I am such a fan of naval jelly. I do that all the time.....when tell people about it and they look at me like I'm crazy!! That stuff is such a time saver, when used correctly.

Awesome work on every bit of this car...LOVE THIS BUILD!!!!

Dan,
No it was clear/blue in color and sold by Eastwood and it is a time saver!
Thank you!
Pat

[keepat]

I used a Dremel with a wire brush to scuff the pits, and then block sanded the roof before skim coating it with body filler. Block sanded it again and sprayed a coat of high build primer. FUN! :-(
Thanks
Pat

[Motown 454]

Nice! Plenty of work on a roof that big. It looks good Pat

[wfo guy]

One more step! Is there good repo top material available?

[keepat]

Nice! Plenty of work on a roof that big. It looks good Pat

Thanks!

[keepat]

One more step! Is there good repo top material available?

Yes I have it and the headliner laid out on top of my 72 Trans Am to get the wrinkles out.
Thanks
Pat

[wfo guy]

What's the trans am's story?

[keepat]

What's the trans am's story?

It a numbers matching 455 HO TA that I restore 6 years ago. The link below will take you to the two+ year build.
Thanks
Pat
http://www.78ta.com/HTAF/index.php?topic=6341.0

[Motown 454]

It looks sweet!

[LowFast]

Following as I want to see this thing when it hits the road, awesome work so far.

[Angelo]

Pat thanks for the comments on the 71 Fastback. I had a 69 firebird rag before I built my 68 coupe Stang. I was 6 when my dad let me drive his 70 formula while he did gas and brake. I absolutely love your 72 and I'm blown away with what I see in the Chargers quality of build so far.
Ang.

[keepat]

Started to see a little surface rust starting on the hood and trunk that I had soda blasted over a year ago and never epoxy primer. So I pulled them out and power wash them with a solution of Hold Tight which neutralizes and cleans off the excess soda on the bare metal. Then I sanded the panels with 80 grit paper with the DA sander. Before priming the outside I sprayed inside of the frame work with rust encapsulator/frame coating.
Thanks
Pat











Here you can see the left side in the picture is sanded and the right side is the virgin metal after powder coating.







Using Eastwoods internal frame coating and rust encapsulator I was able to spray inside both the trunk and hood framework in a variety of different positions to coat all the internal surfaces.