Topic: My TA Restoration

[HOMER]

got a new used carb offa ebay



seems to work alot better than my old one


the used fender i got from a 77 has different mounting holes than my 79 fender? so i fixed that








and started to line everything up so i can pull it back apart and edge everything brown

[ZachAttack77TA]

NIce work. Good ol' American ingenuity at it's finest. Thanks for the update. I just got a Quadrajet too and I can't wait to get it installed.

[HOMER]

yea i  cant find parts that just bolt on... it will all fit together when im done though

[4SPEED]

nice work.  do you have a   ETA on this build?

[HOMER]

thanks, will be done before next august..

[4SPEED]

cool, so you Nats bound in 2011?

[HOMER]

thats my plan, was hoping for this year but to much going on

[Nexus]

Nice welds!!!

The car is coming along nicely

[y88rick]

i cannot wait to see it in paint

[HOMER]

Nice welds!!!

The car is coming along nicely

thanks im a certified welder,and ppg certified painter, and ase certified,and well you get the idea. lol

[HOMER]

i cannot wait to see it in paint

me either! its been so long since it was brown

[y88rick]

i assume your using ppg paint on it? do you prefer dupont over ppg or ppg over dupont?
I myself prefer dupont over ppg I like how the mettallic's lay better vs ppg. however i love how the ppg clear lays compared to duponts.

[HOMER]

i prefer ppg base i used dupont when i worked for gm shop wasnt afan of there base but the clear was very impressive. but i will be using deltron 2000 base and dc 4000 clear, i assume your also a body man do you have to switch over to waterborne soon as we do in pa?

[y88rick]

I am an X body man... still do it at night though. yes waterborne is already mostly here. the price of paint now is super rediculous compared to a year ago.
I have worked with all kinds of paints
sherwin williams, martin seynor, deltron, trans star, ppg, dupont and nason. house of kolor, spies hecker, and a few other off name brands that i will refuse to use ever again.

Thats funny that you prefer the ppg base and then dupont clear exact opposite of me. now the dupont clear holy cow can it look just deep deep deep I just hate how it sprays... however im used to it so all is good.

[HOMER]

got the jambs painted today!!  three hours to mask and a half hour to paint