Category Archives: Restoration

Two paint problems on top of the front fenders… First, I managed to drop something and leave a large chip on top of the fender. Applied some touch up paint with a small brush which stuck up. When I tried … Continue reading →

The title of the previous post Light at the End of the Tunnel? was prescient. Yup, the light was an oncoming train. Polishing the paint left a lot of pig tails – small loops gouged in the paint. I kept … Continue reading →

After admiring the newly chromed trim in I’ll Be Chrome For Christmas it was time to get back to the paint job mentioned in Back in Black! As the old observation notes, the light at the end of the tunnel … Continue reading →

To the tune of I’ll be Home for Christmas. Yes, I went there! While I was at the paint shop picking up the Imperial – documented in Back in Black! – I got a call from Librandi’s Plating that the … Continue reading →

Major development – the Imperial is back from paint! And it looks great! After all the body work I had done the car was sprayed with a sealer, three coats of black basecoat, and three coats of clear coat. Normally … Continue reading →

With the boat running right after the previous article on Flat Mercury we can move back to getting the Imperial ready for paint. The doorcards – the covering on the doors inside the car – needed to be removed to … Continue reading →

With the body work “finished” (more on that later…) in Wrangling Rust it was time to perfect the surface. In other words, spray on several heavy coats of high build primer and sand down the whole car with sanding blocks … Continue reading →

After several weeks of travel it was back to the Imperial. First job: remove that nasty “patch” mentioned in the previous article I’m a Stripper… The pop rivets drilled out easily, but for some reason the flange on the bottom … Continue reading →