The ***"Official"*** StangFix Drag car

[tarafied1]

The car is completely stripped right now. No wiring, wipers, heater, etc. In fact no dash. I cut the old one out because it was cut up. Before I weld the replacement back in I want to paint but the whole interior isn't ready. It is very time consuming stripping all the gunk and paint. I'm just thinking if Jason wants the car to be a roller and doesn't want to wait forever to get it then I should spray the firewall, mask off the rest and paint it later. Mel is right, the best way is spray all at once but at my pace that could be a while!

 

[guruatbol]

Well Craig,

Looking at your picture you should weld up the holes you are not using on the firewall now, then you should think about stripping the entire interior. The reason is that if you have the outside done and then finish the interior you risk over spray on Jason's nice new paint job.

I for one would hate to have that happen and am sure Jason would too. Maybe Jason should be consulted?

Mel

 

[Jonk67]

That looks pretty clean to me, I didn't see much gunk under my dash area? I don't think I'd worry with stripping all the paint from under the dash either, couldn't you spray over it with a self etching primer then primer gray? I'm not a paint guy but again it will just be under the dash and not even see direct sunlight. If you're talking about the rest of the interior, that's a different story but to just get a gray coat on under the dash/firewall it would get it out of the way quicker. You could still get to the kickpanels, floorboard, etc. later.
Jon

 

[tarafied1]

Yes Jon, that's what I was thinking. Just prime and paint the underdash area. The rest of the interior has sealer, surface rust, crud, etc. that I need to clean strip.

 

[guruatbol]

Yes Jon, that's what I was thinking. Just prime and paint the underdash area. The rest of the interior has sealer, surface rust, crud, etc. that I need to clean strip.

You can go that route, but remember if you send it for exterior paint before you do the rest of the interior, you risk over spray on the nice new exterior paint. My point is that before you send it off to Jason, you should make sure the entire interior is done.

I used LineX inside my 67 before exterior paint went on and it really only delayed things a couple days. I had to replace the floor pans and such as well.

Mel

 

[tarafied1]

I hear ya Mel and I agree. The problem I guess is I would like to have the grey all through the inside. Since it will be a race car and not have carpet and stuff it needs to look half way decent. That means properly stripping and sanding and such or it will look nasty. To do that will take time as I am often not home during the week and then have a lot of family and other obligations. I just don't want to keep Jason wondering when to squeeze it in since he has a business to run. I sure don't want to ruin a paint job either. I guess I could go with a less perfectionist approach and just knock the loose stuff off and paint over the rest...

 

[AzPete]

Simple fix......tell Jason not to plan on it until you let him know more on the progress......... Even a race car needs to be done right cuz you will be representing StanFix.

 

[tarafied1]

Jon (JonK67) and Joey (fordrule) came over today to work on the car. We scrapped a lot of old sealer out the interior and wire brushed it in prep for paint. I need to fix a couple rust holes, clean, prime and paint. Then I can put the dash back in and haul it to Jason. It was a fun day. Thanks for the help!

 

[AzPete]

Looks good....but what a crew.....

 

[janschutz]

Looking good. It will be painted before you know it.

 

[fordrule]

here are some more pics

 

[fordrule]

I know jonk and craig has more pics to post on here also..

 

[tarafied1]

thanks again Joey, I'm having withdrawal from my other 67 while it is paint jail so getting back to work on this one was good! Thanks for the Iraq stuff for my son too!!! He doesn't say much but he really liked it.

 

[tarafied1]

just a couple before shots to show we did work today

 

[Jonk67]

Looks good....but what a crew.....

If that ain't the pot callin' the kettle black...

We should have gotten Tara to get a pic of all 3 of us trying to work in the car at the same time, talk about the 3 stooges with wire brushes flying. I was expecting any moment to hear a slap, an eye poke and 'Spread Out!'
My pics look similar:

And Craig showed us what Kentuckians do for fun which included a tractor tire and a can of starting fluid....

We stayed until Craig was out of beer, I mean until the inside was stripped. Now Craig said he can fill it with :gs

Really enjoyed working on the car and hanging out with your family, a good 'Mustang' day.
Jon

 

[tarafied1]

thanks Jon for all the help and more parts!

 

[fordrule]

:stu

hopefully we get some headroom made today on her

 

[fordrule]

it was a little bit too cold to work on her outside so we didnt roll her out..

first we used the rust inhibitor after I finished grinding and trying to get her all uniform smooth..started to apply the etching primer but only had the one can , so I covered all I could with it....got a lot done ..next is to finish with the self etching primer, then epoxy primer it all . Then finally shoot the grey.. but this is all going to happen after the 2 patches in the floor are patched up..

craig was doing the finishing touches on the 67 ranchero 302..stock 2V..looks damn good

 

[RapidRabbit]

Looking very good!


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[tarafied1]

THANKS Joey! He did get a lot done. I have two small holes to fix. The passenger side is in a area with ribbed panel. I have a old scrap piece from my red car's original floor I can use to make the patch.