1967 Plymouth Barracuda

Archive for May, 2018

Drivers side quarter sail panel.  Evidence of a replaced quarter panel in it’s life.

After 90% of the car being stripped to bare metal, I finally figured out how to use chemical stripper.  It seems that chemical stripper will only remove 2-3 coats of paint so if a car had 8+ coats of paint on it, to strip it to metal, you’ll need to strip it 3 times… Live and learn…  The last picture is what 8 layers of stripped paint from a fastback roof looks like…not counting what was put into the atmosphere from the DA.

Started on the roof panel… drivers side.  A combination of stripper and 40-grit on a DA.  Don’t want to use the grinder on the roof for fear of any warpage.  So much paint…..

… this time finishing the trunk lid, leaving the rear valance, the roof and the remainder of the hood.