Archive for December, 2009
The Lost Company, Studebaker
Submitted by Mikes Show-N-Shine Blog
When I was a young boy, there was a car company called Studebaker. Remember the Golden Hawk? How about the sleek and powerful Avanti? That was only two of the many makes and models they made. I remember a man saying, oh, maybe 40 years ago “When they start thinking of [...]
Black & Decker ReadyWrench
Submitted by Auto Restoration 101 Blog
Here’s a tool that would be a great addition in your tool box or a great Christmas gift for someone. Black & Decker has come up with this socket wrench tool called the ReadyWrench. It fits sixteen different sizes, eight SAE sizes and eight metric.
The ReadyWrench would be great to [...]
Rust Terminator
Submitted by Auto Restoration 101 Blog
The guys at Rust Terminator sent to me a gallon of this stuff to tryout and post the results for you to see. Rust Terminator is a liquid rust remover. What’s really great is that it’s biodegradable, non-toxic, non-flammable and environmentally safe. It also has a very low odor. [...]
Mustang Pool Table-Hot Hot Hot.
Submitted by Mikes Show-N-Shine Blog
I just can’t believe it. Be still my heart!!! There is a new company out there that has blown me away! What really amazes me is that they are brand new and no doubt have many ideas in their minds of future products.
Let’s look at a picture of what this brilliant [...]
1949 Mercury Convertible Restoration Part 56
Submitted by Auto Restoration 101 Blog
The block sanding and priming process now begins. For the first step, we are sanding with 180 grit.
For a good video about how block sanding is done watch HERE
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Pre-Plating Preparations Part 4
Submitted by Auto Restoration 101 Blog
The bumper is now coated with the first layer of copper. The copper plating is comparable to the primer used in painting. It can be sanded or polished to prepare the part for more coats of copper, or nickel and the chrome.
This post is courtesy of Hot Rods
So we have [...]
1949 Mercury Convertible Restoration Part 55
Submitted by Auto Restoration 101 Blog
The body work is all finished on the car. We now have the car sprayed with primer so that we can start the block sanding process to get the body painted.
We sprayed on three coats of filler primer. We will start out block sanding it with 180 grit, then spray [...]
