Further progress on the body tub. The fender lowers are fabbed and ready, as are the inner close-out panels. The last few days saw some final fitting and tweaks. They also saw some scraping and peeling of an oil-based seam sealer that is simply the black goo of death.
I finally progressed enough to start applying some POR-15 rust protection. That stuff is sticky, stinky, and travels everywhere. But it works. I got it on all the areas that will be covered up once I close up the rear end. While it was drying between and after coats, I addressed the openings where the bumperettes mount to the rear end. The metal was all stretched, dented, and torn, so it was easier to just patch in new metal rather than try to save what was there. Of course, the grinding and cutting put some metal dust into my drying POR15, which you can see in the video. Not to worry, though. These areas are completely hidden, so this will have no impact. I also got to start spraying some of the Car Rep epoxy primer. I like the way it sprays. Apparently there is a new formulation coming out in the spring, so I'm looking forward to trying that. What I know is that I couldn't scrape this stuff off with a screwdriver once it set, so it should form a really good base for later paint. I did have some minor crazing where I sprayed it over the POR15, but I think that's because the POR itself had not fully set up yet, and was still gassing off. Where the primer went over metal directly, it was smooth as glass. So chalk that up to operator error! Without further ado... the video.
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