1975 Gran Torino

Restoration Project

From Start to Finish

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The Project Begins
Phase 1 – Page 4

As you can see in the first picture, the previous owner had made a very crude repair. I started grinding hoping to salvage some of it, but it became obvious very quickly that I needed to remove it all. As with the other side, after removing all the rust with a wire wheel. I primered the entire bottom with Dupli-Color primer that chemically turns rust into primer. I taped the hole from the underside and generously applied fiberglass reinforced bondo. After filing and sanding it down I applied a coat of normal bondo, sanded and filed it down and applied a second thin coat of bondo. After final sanding the bondo it was primed and final painted.


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