New project 1956 bel air in 2 weeks

Just came into BEL RED AUTO REBUILD and have 2 weeks...the boss says.

The paint is lifting in all area's , so we will take it down to metal and get it cleaned up for epoxy .The body is very solid and really a clean car overall.

 

This could be good, but first.......WHO are you? INTRO maybe? DD

 

two weeks....full repaint? How many guys will that take? Very ambitious

 

is it at the everett location?

 

Sorry guys ...My name is Bj I run the lynnwood shop where this fine car is at now. We have many projects in progress but this is the most important one of them all .Bel Red auto rebuild has 3 locations .
Bellevue,Lynnwood,Everett .We have been around for more then 30 years but our shops up north have been open for 2 years as of now .


we have 3 guys on it right now and might need about 10 ...lol

 

day 2 front end done and doors done ....now going to the qtr's and rear end.

 

Hood and Trunk lid almost done being srtripped and car is also ready to be stripped ....

 

Wow more lke 15 unless you have t.v.magic lol.. Nice job by the way!

 

lol, i know we could use the extra help....The car is a very solid car though ....NOT A GROUND UP THANK GOD.

 

Wow lookin good love them 56 chevys...

 

Day 3 ...Trunk and hood done and stripping the car now.

 

Car looks familiar, Got any idea if it was painted in Renton in the late 70s/early 80s?

 

How are you stripping the car? Just sanding, or using some kind of chemical stripper?

Ambitious project, i hope it goes well.

 

Dangit. Double post.

 

Not sure where the car is from .. but its stripped with a big hog sander ( 40 grit )lol

 

Clean car, bag the tires man!

 

Nice ,i did a full repaint on my 56 "150" a few years ago ,but it took me more like 3 months.I was working solo on it though and had to replace the outer rockers and redo alot of poor body work at the same time .It was a damn shame cuz it was a real nice base /clear finish otherwise ...

 

Nice car and nice job love those 56's I have a 56 150 2 door that needs same attention.

 

Its a fun project and we will bag the tires

 

The car might have been painted in Renton back then? any info would be great

 

The car has had some work done but a damn clean car though .

 

The back panel is the worst,but can be fixed and moving forward

 

Are you going to cut out all those brazed in panels and repair it the right way or does the owner want a "quickie" ?

 

looking good .
cant wait to see the end result

 

We are at the end of day 3 and the car is in epoxy .




Here is the hood getting filler work done.

 

My '48 fPontiac convert has brazed patches, done in '78 when all I had was a brazing tip and lot's of ambition. I figured that was fixing it right, compared to the pop-rivet patches it had when I got it. It's still wearing the same paint, no bubbling over the patch panels after 31 years. Considering how rusty the car was when I got in '74, when it was then 26 years old, I feel pretty confident that my "quickie" patch panel job is more "permanent" than "quickie", 'cause I'm not planning on re-doing the car anytime soon!

Brian

 

The brazed area's are in good shape so we will clean them up and move forward . This car is in great shape and just needs a fresh paint job due to issues with the paint job done many years ago.

 

The trunk lid is ready for prime and now working on the hood .

 

I'd say it is a decent car...but damn clean car? To me, it is decent because it has had rust and been patched up. Will be nice when it is done I'm sure.