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| | | Re: chop top early dodge | Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 287 enthusiast | OP enthusiast Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 287 | It does have a nice roof, I will have to ask why it was covered. I like to see chopped vans with a clean strait roof, it takes a lot of time but looks so good. I do plan to paint the roof, no vinyl top is going back on it. The metal work was done good, just have to get the body blasted, weld up a few holes and redo some old filler work. The main work is on the back of the van. It will have to be driven in primer for a while to find the weak spots in the body.
Denny Smith JR. Second generation vanner First Van Nats attended in 1976 vanning.com member # 132 Gateway Vans St Louis MO.
Dodge A-100 chop Wild Thing Chevy No door Widow Maker Dodge Maxi Straight Arrow clone Chevy Shorty Van Killer clone Dodge Glass Van Dodge Shorty Deca-Mate IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT DO IT IN A VAN! | | | Re: chop top early dodge | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,398 old hand | old hand Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,398 | You're comment about weak spots is interesting to me. What exactly would you expect to see? If the welds are decent and your filler work done correctly, there should not be any weak spots. I am not real familiar with the primers offered in the market place today but years ago one of the worse things that a person could do was to drive a vehicle in primer because primer was porous and absorbed moister that then caused surface rust. I'd give some thought to paint but the van is yours and I look forward to seeing the progress.
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| | | Re: chop top early dodge | Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,184 Likes: 1 veteran | veteran Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,184 Likes: 1 | yea... and any body filler that got wet would crumble with the moisture... Even worse with primer not being a sealant was that the oils on the road would get on there and this ends up under the paint...
Whenever it rains for the first time in a long time, all those oils come to the surface of the road and make the road slicker than whale snot.
2014 and no more Econolines made... market blunder. The last new 2014 econoline to go to a vanner - DEADLAST How many mid ford vans can 1 man own? Don't ask stupid questions... My chopped mid ford will be painted black till they make a darker color. Grind to Grind... Hot metal will abound the land... IceAge II 'The MeltDown' My 3D printer will produce a life size 1969 mid ford in 2031... Wait and see...
| | | Re: chop top early dodge | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 4,460 pooh-bah | pooh-bah Joined: May 2006 Posts: 4,460 | Im sure it will stay out of the rain, what i think he means is if the body work is going to crack, better to crack primer than thousands of dollars worth of paint. better on something like this that was chopped many years ago and subjected to the abuse of drag racing to give it a few miles to shake it all down before painting it.
2003 Grand Caravan Member Vanatics Van Club-Spfld, IL Member Florida Van Council Member Central Florida Vans,-Orlando, FL | | | Re: chop top early dodge | Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 7,662 Likes: 2 carpal tunnel | carpal tunnel Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 7,662 Likes: 2 | Actually the newer 2k primers have a sealer built into them. I ran this type of primer for close to 5 years on my Early. With no ill effects.The van NEVER saw the inside of a garage. I am hearing the feds are getting ready to make ALL professional shops go to water born paints with in the year. ........Wookee
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| | | Re: chop top early dodge | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 4,460 pooh-bah | pooh-bah Joined: May 2006 Posts: 4,460 | Ive used that primer before, and a few other similar brands. Good stuff.
2003 Grand Caravan Member Vanatics Van Club-Spfld, IL Member Florida Van Council Member Central Florida Vans,-Orlando, FL | | | Re: chop top early dodge | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,398 old hand | old hand Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,398 | Technology has certainly changed the rules of the game. For me it has been way too many years of being away from the trade so I have lost touch with the products that are available. I read somewhere on here where a vanner planned to remove the filler that he had applied so he could prime the metal first, then do the filler work. Back in the day people would have excused this idea but maybe with the materials available today this is an acceptable practice. Live and learn.
| | | Re: chop top early dodge | Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 7,662 Likes: 2 carpal tunnel | carpal tunnel Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 7,662 Likes: 2 | Not really sure why any one would remove filler then apply primer.??????? Most fillers still need good bare metal to adhere well to the steel.... There might be some thing out there I have not stumbled across yet
........Wookee
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| | | Re: chop top early dodge | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,398 old hand | old hand Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,398 | That was the way that I was taught. The cleaner the metal better your chances of a permanent repair. I'll see if I can find where I read it. | | |
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