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Re: 1980 Chevy Van 20
vaNsquared #769821 January 18th 2021 12:24 am
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It turns out the leaky sealant in the drip rail was also the only thing holding the roof skin to the vehicle.
With the drip rails clear, lifted the the roof to treat the otherwise inaccessible rust.
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Plenty of rusty flakes

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A section cleaned up with a wire wheel. Thankfully the structural areas were still sound.

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Here is the roof and drip channel ready to be made into a POR-15 sandwich

With everything done, rusty roof areas were:
wire brushed
vacuumed
degreased with simple green
rinsed,
treated with POR-15 metal prep or Ospho.
rinsed again
left to dry
drip channel painted with POR-15
roof skin refitted
painted top of roof flange with POR-15
sealed with a good quality seam sealer.

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Re: 1980 Chevy Van 20
vaNsquared #771338 February 13th 2021 12:13 pm
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More updates
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Here's the roof in primer. Cleaned up the paint some too.

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Re: 1980 Chevy Van 20
vaNsquared #771342 February 13th 2021 1:01 pm
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Welcome. Keep posting pictures of the progress.

Re: 1980 Chevy Van 20
vaNsquared #771345 February 13th 2021 8:34 pm
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Keep the pics comming!


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Re: 1980 Chevy Van 20
vaNsquared #771362 February 13th 2021 10:14 pm
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Coming along pretty nice. Keep up the good work and keep us posted.


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Re: 1980 Chevy Van 20
vaNsquared #771363 February 13th 2021 10:16 pm
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Can't wait to get off work and check out the pics. Lots of stuff gets blocked at work.

Re: 1980 Chevy Van 20
vaNsquared #771461 February 16th 2021 10:27 am
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Welcome from N.Y.C.....Wow air conditioned seats! smile


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Re: 1980 Chevy Van 20
vaNsquared #771577 February 17th 2021 10:17 pm
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Looking good. I will keep an eye out for some seats for you.


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Re: 1980 Chevy Van 20
vaNsquared #772181 March 03rd 2021 12:31 am
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love reading about the projects, its getting me in the mood to start on mine.


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