- 1. Request advice for first -time restorer (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas Wannenburg" <twannen@bgsm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 17:39:18 -0400 (EDT)
- I am "restoring" my 74 Midget. My aim is modest - a good looking driver which will last. I do not care about perfect originality and will make "upgrades" were beneficial but I do not want to change t
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- 2. Re: Request advice for first -time restorer (score: 1)
- Author: Aron Travis <atravis@spacey.net>
- Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 19:20:21 -0700
- Usually you should, as filler is desigined for bare metal. Read the directions, or ask the counterman where you buy your filler. Buy filler from body/paint supply shops, it's fresher, better quality,
- /html/mgs/1997-04/msg01047.html (8,549 bytes)
- 3. RE: Request advice for first -time restorer (score: 1)
- Author: Max Steven Byers <byers@cconnect.net>
- Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 23:46:16 -0400
- I just finished a three-year restoration of my '73 Midget last October. = It was my first ground-up restoration and I was able to do 99.999% of = the work myself - from body work and paint to uphols
- /html/mgs/1997-04/msg01058.html (8,857 bytes)
- 4. Re: Request advice for first -time restorer (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 09:46:09 -0400 (EDT)
- I think you do have to remove the paint down to bare metal. I know of one paint that is recommended for use under polyester filler-- PPG DP series epoxy primer. And in the case of that paint, I think
- /html/mgs/1997-04/msg01076.html (9,266 bytes)
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