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Finished door and jamb cut-ins. This was the largest thing I've sprayed with the Intense Blue when I was fifteen years old and it couldn't of turned out better. No runs, even spray, but I learned a lot.
The doorjamb painted with the hinges, sill plate and all back on and ready to bolt the door on...
I didn't have to, but I put this door on by myself using the two bucket method. Lined up my first panel. There is the door bolted on and showing the beautiful blue paint on the door and jamb.
There is the entire driver side in sealer/primer
I'm using a brush like thing on a drill you can get at Wal-Mart for under $8 each. I am stripping the inside of the "trunk jamb," I guess you could call it.
The "trunk jamb" in sealer primer ready to roll.
A few minor improvements. This is underneath the rear of my car--before...
All after sanding and painting with some semi gloss spray cans. Factory 8.875'' 12 bolt- what a lucky car. I removed the gas tank and drained all of the old gas. Did that with a floor jack by myself and then painted it with some anti-rust paint from Tractor Supply.
Passenger door that came off my dad's old '72 Monte Carlo he had and wrecked and when I started stripping it, I found where it had rusted through in a few places including the door panel seam at the bottom. Anyway, that was covered by someone using carpenter's glue! This couldn't be left like this so I dug out all the glue and needed to find something to patch it...
That is the driver's side door off my dad's old '72 Monte that we still had sitting outside. I cut out that corner piece to patch my passenger side door to put on my Monte which required a lot of time because they were total opposite side doors!
There is my patchwork using that piece I cut out of the '72 Monte door and two pieces made out of galvanized metal and riveted them both in there--its only the inside of the door, not like many people are going to see little tiny imperfections anyway so this was the easiest and fastest way to go.
Above shows fiberglass tape laid on where fiberglass filler was going to be put on to make everything smooth and less noticeable. The fiberglass/drywall tape provides more strength and helps fill seams easier.
The fiberglass filler just spread out over the patch panel and ready to sand...
And there you see the glass filler sanded with glazing putty to fill little pinholes which is common in fiberglass filler and sanding scratches and other imperfections. The whole spot has been sanded with 320 grit and primed to insure no rust.
This is where the bodywork is closing down. Here all I had left was the passenger door to do. Every panel done and sealed except that door you see and as you can tell, I added a little something with a primer spray bomb on my door too saying "My Monte".
