72 TA : New Project - Page 30

Camaroinaz · #**291** 01-17-2007, 02:39 AM

Steve - Not a problem. If you prefer, I can actually go to the yard and see what they have. It is only about 20 minutes away from where I am at. I can check over the fenders and pick the best one, see what the price would be and go from there. I had not heard about problems with them, as they have been okay to deal with in person. Let me know if you want me to take a look at what they have in person.

**Dave Rifkin** · #**292** 02-26-2007, 04:41 AM

This thread's been kind of quiet lately; anything new going on with the TA Steve?

**njsteve** · #**293** 02-26-2007, 05:40 AM

I've really been waiting for my body man to move forward on the front sheet metal so I can get the rest of the body to him. We have been looking for a donor driver's side fender for that patch panel section we need, to no avail so far. I would really like to get the car on the road this year.

I'm running out of things I can do to the car at this point. I spent the past few weeks identifying and locating the correct ECS (Electronic Spark Control) temperature sender for the passenger side cylinder head. With some help from the guys at the Performance Years forum I was able to identify the part as AC Delco #6490384. 1972 was a strange year as they used the 3 prong sender unit but only connected two of the three prongs to the wiring harness. I ended up lucking into one of these senders on ebay. I found an NOS one for $30 and snapped it right up.

**njsteve** · #**294** 02-27-2007, 02:43 AM

My bodyman (ENOCH) was listening.

He emailed me these photos of the progress on the hood, which he and his crew stripped by hand the last few days. Luckily it is very straight and rust free. Other than a possible warpage issue from the original carb/engine bay fire it seems to have survived the ordeal relatively unscathed. We're still looking for a driver's side fender to cut up for a patch panel in case anyone has one from a 70 to 81 Firebird laying around.

**njsteve** · #**295** 03-01-2007, 05:44 AM

More progress from ENOCH's shop. He has the passenger fender, hood and door in epoxy primer as of this afternoon.

**micky69396** · #**296** 03-01-2007, 05:56 AM

I have a fender, not sure what side though. I'll let you know.

**Bill Pritchard** · #**297** 03-01-2007, 04:53 PM

Steve,

Pardon my ignorance, but why would they strip the underside of the hood by hand? That seems to me like it would be incredibly labor intensive, as compared to some form of blasting or chemical stripping.

**njsteve** · #**298** 03-01-2007, 10:33 PM

Chemical/media stripping will dissolve/destroy all the original sealer that is between the two panels. There is no way to replace that sealer. In a double panel piece of body work like a hood, the lack of support that removing the sealer creates will result in the panels vibrating against each other and eventually buckling/denting/dinging up the top painted surface.

**SuperNovaSS** · #**299** 03-02-2007, 03:51 AM

Plastic blasting will destroy the sealer that quickly?

Jason

**micky69396** · #**300** 03-02-2007, 04:57 AM

I have had several of these T/A hoods done with plastic media with no issues at all. I cant imagine the time it would take to strip that. No finger tips left either...lol.

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