Go Mango Boys Project Car

[usraptor]

Been a while since I checked in on this build.  All I can say is Wow! You guys just continue to amaze me with your fabrication skills along with others.  Great work!

[GoMangoBoys]

I want to thank everyone who has made such nice comments about our work on this project.  It means a lot.

[GoMangoBoys]

Cutting and buffing is pretty much done.  Might be a few little spots that I need to touch up with the small buffer.  There are a couple of small spots that are hard to see where I will need to touch up the paint due to going thru.  There was apparently a high spot near the lower edge of the driver's door because there is a 3/16" diameter spot with no paint.  It will be easy to touch up this hard to see spot.  I also have 2 places on the edge of one rocker where there was a run when I painted the thresholds.  Then I painted over that with the basecoat/clearcoat.  When I did the cut and buff, the high spots from the run went thru.  Again, an easy spot to fix.  By easy, I mean that if it is not perfect, it won't matter because it is down low and hard to see.
I want to thank the people that helped me when I posted questions about cut and buff.  The comments were very helpful.  There was one, in particular, that was extremely helpful from @Rich G.  His comment was a simple statement that I repeated in my head and aloud many times.  "There is a fine line between perfection and disaster."  I thought this was a good way to look at it.  I tried to make sure I stayed off of that line and I know I sacrificed some perfection to not risk disaster.
I also want to thank a former member of this forum, Mike Ross.  He was extremely helpful.  He spent 2 hours of his time and paid one of his employees for more than an hour to teach me and my boy how to sand and how to buff the clear coat.  He then came to my place several times to check on my work.  He also lent me 2 buffers to get me started.  This is a man that I had never met before.  I have since bought my own and returned his.

In the end, I am thrilled with the job we did painting and buffing the car.  It is not perfect, but I knew that it wouldn't be, no matter how hard we tried.  You can't paint a car once every 5 years and be any good at it.
Re-assembly starts tomorrow.

[anlauto]

I thought it was supposed to be orange 

Just kidding...great looking job  you guys will have a great Summer cruising around 

[Dakota]

Great progress so far!   

[Mr Lee]

This is a tremendous amount of work you're doing. Very impressive. What great satisfaction you must have seeing it slowly come together one section at a time.  And now you're really at the fun part in my opinion.  Once everything is painted and clean, and assembling all restored parts onto a clean body, it really gets exciting and you don't wanna stop.


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[Mr Lee]

This is a tremendous amount of work you're doing. Very impressive. What great satisfaction you must have seeing it slowly come together one section at a time.  And now you're really at the fun part in my opinion.  Once everything is painted and clean, and assembling all restored parts onto a clean body, it really gets exciting and you don't wanna stop.


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[Mr Lee]

This is a tremendous amount of work you're doing. Very impressive. What great satisfaction you must have seeing it slowly come together one section at a time.  And now you're really at the fun part in my opinion.  Once everything is painted and clean, and assembling all restored parts onto a clean body, it really gets exciting and you don't wanna stop.


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[Mr Lee]

This is a tremendous amount of work you're doing. Very impressive. What great satisfaction you must have seeing it slowly come together one section at a time.  And now you're really at the fun part in my opinion.  Once everything is painted and clean, and you're assembling all restored parts onto a clean body, it really gets exciting and you don't wanna stop.


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[Mr Lee]

This is a tremendous amount of work you're doing. Very impressive. What great satisfaction you must have seeing it slowly come together one section at a time.  And now you're really at the fun part in my opinion.  Once everything is painted and clean, and you're assembling all restored parts onto a clean body, it really gets exciting and you don't wanna stop.


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[Rich G.]

Looks great, something to proud of knowing you did the work. Now that the major stress part is over the fun part begins. Every part installed is one step closer to the finish line!

[JS29]

I am glad Mike showed you how to do the job, You can read and get the concept,  but there is no better way to learn than an experienced person teaching you hands on.   

[Tony 73]

Great work on the buffer. 

looking forward to the jigsaw coming together.

[GoMangoBoys]

So I am WAY overdue in updating this thread.  My last posting on it was Feb 2021.  A lot has been done since then.  I just got lazy in keeping up on this diary.  I will attempt to get caught up over the next couple of weeks.
In Feb 2021, After the painting was done, we worked on restoring the dash assembly.
All the gauges were cleaned and tested.  The only thing easily accessible with a set of points that I could use to test the tach was my old Massey tractor.  The tach worked but read the wrong RPM since it is a 4 cyl.
I polished the clear lens for the gauges.
We restored the light bar.  Replaced the green / blue lenses and replaced the bulbs with green LED's.
We redid the wood grain and repainted the openings.
Using a toothpick, the lettering for the heater controls got a little silver paint touch-up.
We have the blue tooth etc radio from Vintage Auto Radio.

[Blowout]

Just read this whole thread. Amazing job and great you did it with your boy.  Now I'm looking forward to this with my boys!