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Old 07-27-2022, 07:12 PM
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Default 1970 L-78 Nova Restoration; Saga of The Green Bastard

Now back to Bodywork on the Roof.... A week of holidays was a full week of 12 hour days bodyworking the roof.. never said I was fast ! The weather cooperated with high temps well in the 90's every day. It was Gruelling !! (I will foreshadow that it turned out beautifully after paint)
Reinstalled inner structure
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Full skin coat of Bondo (couple rounds)... followed by a full skin coat of polyester glaze (couple rounds)
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Looooooots of blocking and repeats
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Once I was happy with the base work it was all sealed with DP90 (a little pebbly shooting it in the heat)
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Some more spot repairs and DP90 sealing...
Then a full cover with high build primer and another round of blocking
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