Well guys, I got some more work to do on the yellow Mach 1 that I painted a couple years ago. Unfortunately we found 2 small bubbles in the paint. one on the passenger rear quarter panel and one on the driver side A-pillar. It sucks but im going to take care of it for him. Once I ground down the bubble on the quarter panel I found a couple small brown spots in the bare metal. So I poke them with a screw driver and it went right through in a couple spots. Metal was thin in that area and must of came through. When I sanded the car down to bare metal a couple years ago, those spots were not there. O well we missed one. So I cut out the bad spot, welded new metal in, bodyworked it, primed it, let it set a week, blocked it down, and primed it again. I didn't find anything under the tiny bubble by A-pillar, might have been something in my gun. But those areas are primed and letting them set for few weeks while I do some other work on the car.
I am starting the process of cleaning up the engine bay and painting all the brackets and tidying up everything under the hood. He didn't want to pull the motor just yet, so we are going to work around it and do what we can with it. I ordered a bunch of parts for it and will be installing a new 4 barrel carb and intake, along with a set of long tube ceramic headers. Should wake this car up quite a bit from the 2 barrel and single exhaust.
I will keep you guys posted on the progress. And I already have a couple of questions! First, this car has working AC. I see that it has a throttle solenoid, that I assume is activated when the AC is turned on to bump up the idle rpm. Is this correct?? And if it is correct, then im going to have to make a new bracket for it to mount to the quick fuel carb. Or is it not that important and can be run without?? Thoughts??
Also looking for who makes a slop gray spray paint for some of the underhood pieces that need sprayed slop gray?? Any suggestions or just find a regular gray and run with it??
I am starting the process of cleaning up the engine bay and painting all the brackets and tidying up everything under the hood. He didn't want to pull the motor just yet, so we are going to work around it and do what we can with it. I ordered a bunch of parts for it and will be installing a new 4 barrel carb and intake, along with a set of long tube ceramic headers. Should wake this car up quite a bit from the 2 barrel and single exhaust.
I will keep you guys posted on the progress. And I already have a couple of questions! First, this car has working AC. I see that it has a throttle solenoid, that I assume is activated when the AC is turned on to bump up the idle rpm. Is this correct?? And if it is correct, then im going to have to make a new bracket for it to mount to the quick fuel carb. Or is it not that important and can be run without?? Thoughts??
Also looking for who makes a slop gray spray paint for some of the underhood pieces that need sprayed slop gray?? Any suggestions or just find a regular gray and run with it??