1969 Coupe Front End Restore

[Joeshark]

Hello guys, been awhile since I updated on here with my progress.

Long read but the before and after differences are substantial.

The car started off looking like this underneath the front fenders.

Once all the major junk was cleaned off it looked like this

And stripped...

And now for the primer

Car all taped up

Primer shots

And now for the final shots of it complete

And now some shots of the car finally on the road for the first time in 3 months also with some fresh rubber.

Overall this project was completely worth it, the car rides 10x better than before and is definately not going to rust for a very long time

Thanks for looking

 

[Mike65]

Great work, looks awesome. What size tires do you have on it?.

 

[Joeshark]

Hi Mike

Hope all is going well with your project, it's been a long and cold winter.
The fronts are 225 R60 15 in the front and the rear are 235 in the rear.

Thanks Joe

 

[Noterminator]

Looks great man. Came out looking a million times better.

 

[Restomod]

That looks great! What did you use in the first few pics to remove most of the rust and clean it with? Die grinder and pads or did you use chemicals?

 

[Joeshark]

Thanks for the compliments

@restomod
I used paint remover to remove all of the old under coating and gunk and it came right off. Once that was done( pictures with the rust and clean sheet metal)I wire wheeled inside of the fender and it came out clean.

-Joe

 

[superbender]

Looking great,the primer that you used,does it neutralize rust,to prevent future problems?

 

[adkmach1]

Looks awesome, nice job.

 

[Joeshark]

Hey guys

I used wurth clean solve/prep to clean the metal and all the rusty areas were painted with Wurth Rust guard.
I sprayed etch primer then the stone guard spray and finished it off with a trim black coating.
The seam was filled in With the wurth seam sealer. Also the double tube gun was pricey

Thanks for asking

Joe