http://cmonroe.net Cars, Cameras, Computers & Cats Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:32:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Before tackling the dents and dings in the body, I decided to protect all of the new patch panels and rust repairs with a couple of coats of epoxy primer.  Nothing like a coat of fresh paint to point out [...]]]> http://cmonroe.net/?p=503 A Major Milestone Reached! I finally got to work on the rusted area between the front of the rear wheel opening and the back of the rear driver’s side door. Like the passenger side,  this area was covered [...]]]> http://cmonroe.net/?p=498 Moving right along! It’s now time to repair the rust damage to the rear lower body valence under the tailgate that occurred under the hinges. The area under the hinge on the drivers side was for the most part [...]]]> http://cmonroe.net/?p=490 Well, I cant put it off any longer, it is now time to start patching the rust holes in the body, and begin to straighten the body panels. UGH! Not a lot of fun. When the wagon was originally built [...]]]> http://cmonroe.net/?p=482 http://cmonroe.net/?p=476 Another major milestone ticked off the project plan! Since I decided to replace the existing heater defroster with a modern A/C/Heat/Defrost unit from Vintage Air I needed to fill all the holes left in the firewall so that it would have [...]]]> http://cmonroe.net/?p=473 A major milestone has been met! The floor is finished! This has been more work than I first imagined it would be. I have lost track of how many patch panels I have made and rust holes I have filled. On the plus [...]]]> http://cmonroe.net/?p=468 Time to break out the card board and make another template!  This time I need to make a patch panel for the front passenger floor near the door sill. The panel had not looked too bad until master blaster hit it, [...]]]> http://cmonroe.net/?p=460 I had to make a trip to my local friendly hardware place – Ace Hardware – to pick up some nails for a home maintainence project when I spied these small, unplated steel nails with about 1″ washers attached to them – I [...]]]> http://cmonroe.net/?p=457 On Sunday I scuffed the exterior primer with a scotch brite pad and laid down a second coat of grey primer while it was still realtively cool – 72F. All in all it went pretty well, the first gun that [...]]]> http://cmonroe.net/?p=454