Sounds good. I am hoping that this stuff does well on my firewall and if so, I will use it on the rest of the exterior. I am not looking for a show car, this is an all weather driver car for my Father-in-Law.



Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

I have 2 water traps before the rubber line/hose begins and I have another water trap right before the tank. There is about 60 feet of 1/2" metal pipe before the 2nd trap, and there is about 50 feet of rubber hose before the 3rd trap. I have never had any moisture problems before. I paint all the time with an HVLP gun and get plenty of dry air. I think the sand blaster tank had sat UNOPENED all winter long and what with repeated heating/cooling cycles in my uninsulated garage there was condensing in the tank. I also noticed that the sand valve is pretty small (IMO). Don't know now to remedy that since the bottom of the tank looked like a small threaded opening too. I guess when you have a big tank like that the issue is going to be the "funnel" where all that sand has to hit a valve at some point.Maybe I can get back into that thing this week.

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

I use Summit Urethane restoration shop paint for our race cars. It works great; I always add fish eye to it.. California is getting to be a pain to buy paint unless you want to put clear over it which I don't like to do so mail order has become my life line....Good Luck 

56 Vic, B'Ville 200 MPH Club Member, So Cal.

Does your compressor have a water trap or water separator? Your compressor can be the source of moisture especially in high humidity.


~DJ~ AKA "Bleach"
1956 Ford Fairlane Town Sedan 30K original miles

Alrighty back to work on the old Fairlane (after our first whirlwind week at school). I cleaned up the interior a bit and removed the dash and quite a bit of hardware. I already have a painted dash and painted trim pieces ready to install, just wanted to get all of this removed to make the firewall work easier. I also have plans to put in the clutch/brake pedal assembly that I have ready to go. On the list are quite a few grommets, a new wiring harness, and various pieces of anti-rattle/anti-squeak pieces. I am also going to replace the carpet.    I also pressure washed the firewall and front end trying to degrease it... wasn't too successful there. I need a steam cleaner - anyone got one to loan out? After it dried I broke out the sandblaster but it did not work too well. The sandblaster is a decent one I got from Tractor Supply a few years back. Of course I was blasting in 90 degree weather and high humidity so that did not help, but my air getting to the tank was dry. I think the tank itself had some condensation in it working against me. I turned it over and put my flashlight through the hole to see the valve. On the interior of the tank at the bottom there were some "runs" of water leading to the valve. If you guys got any tips on sandblasting in hot weather I am all ears! I only got a little bit done on the firewall and had hoped to do a lot more today before being pulled off on another wifey project to make an antique headboard for my oldest daughter's bedroom. Maybe I will put up some photos of that project too. It is being made from a turn of the century door and vintage trim that is about 6" wide. She wants me to make "homemade" crown molding - haha, we will see how that turns out. I did order the Ford Wimbledon White for 66-69 Mustangs from Eastwood yesterday. Hopefully I can get this firewall painted (and maybe the hood hinges) before weather sets in.

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

Frank - shows how ignorant I am, until Brian phoned me from there to let me know he was stationed there I had NO IDEA we had a naval base outside of Chicago! Brian is a good kid and has turned a major corner in his life. He went from suicidal to being quite confident in himself as an individual. A lot of time, PRAYER, and sweat went into that boy and we are proud of him. He is supposed to see me at Christmas time when he gets extended leave.Crazy thing is... he told me wanted to go on SUB duty and was trying to find some way to be an engineer on one of the nuclear subs we've got!



Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

Probably the base Caled "Great Lakes" which is actually in North Chicago or Waukegan, Il. It's the basic training site for most of the Navy. I was there a few short years ago (50! )

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

I did have one of our graduating seniors over to the house one afternoon because he was a troubled kid, had some issues, his mom couldn't handle him, yada, yada, yada... the boy helped me with some disassembly and I taught him to use a few tools, etc. We actually had a great time, he learned some things, and fast forward to today he is proudly serving in our US Navy based somewhere outside Chicago (one of the Great Lakes maybe?). Anyway, he lost one of my good 3/8" sockets THAT I STILL CANNOT FIND... I guess it is some box of parts or somewhere in the garage. I laugh about it each time I talk to him.

Yep - the old vice grips. Surprisingly they stayed in such good shape. I guess the car really never was driven in wet weather making the difference.

@Meandean - lol - my dad was same way!

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

The vice grip photo reminded me of growing up just a little bit on the rural (not redneck, just rural) side.My father was not big on fixing things around the house and all projects he started seemed to fizzle out before they were finished.Our kitchen sink had plastic/bakelite type handles over the ribbed valves.  At some point the one for the cold water broke or stripped so for years we could only get hot water out of the kitchen sink.  Eventually he stuck a pair of vice grips onto the valve and viola', we could turn the cold water on again!   Only 1/2 a revolution before the vice grips hit the wall so not a lot of flow, but definitely an improvement!

Found it myself Daniel.  Thanks.  Good call on the vice grips - "it was a teenager".  I'm still looking for a 9/16" wrench that was used somewhere but there hasn't been a teenager around here for almost 15 years!



Mark

1956 Mercury M100
1955 Ford Fairlane Club Sedan
Delta, British Columbia