Well, here is the latest on Aaron's Dart Sport project. I took a day from work a few weeks ago to paint the engine bay as a surprise for Aaron. He needed to see some major progress to keep his spirits up. You know how agonizingly slow it seems to get anything done when you are 15 years old and wanting to start driving your "new" car?
The frame and radiator supports are painted black. The engine bay is the "Viper Race Yellow" he chose for his car color. The shop lighting is not very conducive for pictures that do the bright yellow justice.
We'll get better pics when we have a chance to get it outside on a sunny day. Here it is so far.
Everything has been sandblasted. The outside of the inner fenders was coated with "Rustbullet", primed with epoxy primer, and painted with two coats single-stage urethane. Eventually, that and the backside of the fenders will get undercoating.
The engine bay got two coats of epoxy primer (first coat was on too long - three months - and needed to be scuffed up) then two coats of urethane. This puppy isn't going to rust in Aaron's lifetime.
K-frame got "Rustbullet" tonight. If the weather holds out this week, we'll prime and paint it black. Then the fun begins... clean, sandblast, and paint everything necessary before re-installing back into engine bay.
You know what that means:
Wiper motor
A/C compressor
Steering gearbox
Power steering pump
Alternator
Radiator
Starter
etc.,etc.,etc.
Jerry
-shane
Looks really sharp!