So do I! :biggrin2:

I spent a few hrs in a sand blasting room Friday

http://i846.photobucket.com/albums/a...t/100_7084.jpghttp://i846.photobucket.com/albums/a...t/100_7088.jpg

a little bit of rot, but I can fix it.
http://i846.photobucket.com/albums/a...t/100_7086.jpghttp://i846.photobucket.com/albums/a...t/100_7087.jpg

http://i846.photobucket.com/albums/a...0324121128.jpghttp://i846.photobucket.com/albums/a...0324121141.jpg
http://i846.photobucket.com/albums/a...0324121243.jpghttp://i846.photobucket.com/albums/a...0324121257.jpg

Nice pics! Thanks for the update, Doug.

today I started the bodywork on the tins. the waves from the stamping press are terrible. with a hammer and dolly and got a few dings and waves out. then the filler will do the rest.

http://i846.photobucket.com/albums/a...t/100_7100.jpghttp://i846.photobucket.com/albums/a...t/100_7101.jpg

36 grit on the DA. then 80 grit on the file board. there is a few high spots still in them but I'll 2k prime and block them with 180 grit to see how high they are. (hard to tell with the 80 grit marks in them)
http://i846.photobucket.com/albums/a...t/100_7102.jpg


2 coats of 2k over the filler . the 2nd coat I thinned to fill the sand marks once it flows out. (flash time was 15min between coats )
http://i846.photobucket.com/albums/a...t/100_7103.jpghttp://i846.photobucket.com/albums/a...t/100_7106.jpg

You do awesome work, Doug!

I so agree!

Great job Doug! Thats gonna be one sweet 582! Really enjoying watching the progress.:beerchug:

thanks guys.. wait till you see the paint I just picked up to do a test with.

I told them at my paint store the frame , tower and what not I wanted the stock color. but the tins I want to a little more of a custom paint. Im doing one of the side covers now. and first coat of clear is on it. I'll have pics in a few hours. its a base/clear and the clear is tinted. it should look like a cub red mirror. ( I hope )

I worked on getting one side cover ready for paint and got it sealed
http://i846.photobucket.com/albums/a...t/100_7108.jpghttp://i846.photobucket.com/albums/a...t/100_7107.jpg



got it in the base coat paint , and the clear in the cup is tinted. yep, thats metallic in the clear. :bigeyes:
http://i846.photobucket.com/albums/a...t/100_7109.jpghttp://i846.photobucket.com/albums/a...t/100_7110.jpg


you really cant see in the pics what it looks like. I'll try later to get it out in the sun . maybe the pics will show what it really looks like.

it has a little peel in it, but that will color sand buff and polish right out.
http://i846.photobucket.com/albums/a...t/100_7112.jpg