Bondo Bonanza: Part DUECE – Almost ready for paint.

First day of December 2024 and things are taking shape for sure!!

Update:

260 Total Hours
83 Rust Repair and Welding
177 – Til over budget

59.5 Hours panel sharpening.
117.5 – Til over budget

36 Hours prime and Bondo
81.5 – Til over budget

36 Hours prime and Bondo
45.5 – Til over budget

30 Hours – almost ready for paint.
15.5 – Til over budget

30 Hours -Last push to get the body ready to go paint

-14.5 Hours over budget.

Actual

274 total hours of bodywork.

…Almost ready for paint. What exactly does that mean? It means that I will be taking most of the interior down. I will post pictures of the fabrication here. I will grab the lights to see how I can refurb the light enclosures. You can buy new ones here if yours are too messed up. I hope I don’t have to spend too much time here, but we shall see.

Rear Tail Lights (Link Here)
Side Red Lights (Link Here)
Side Yellow Lights (Link Here)

Updates:

I talked to the boys at the shop around New Year’s, and they have “dry-fitted the seats and such”. The primary issue is fitting the side pieces into the hard top and tightening the top down. They will see if they can cut the insert to make it work with my roll bar.

Update: We have a solution for the plastic inserts that cover my scout hardtop. They are essentially finishing pieces, and since the top bolts down to the side rail, running a roll bar, the plastic inserts, and a removable hardtop Scout II is almost impossible.

Side Quest:

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