Optimus Prime - The '68 Coupe
01-25-2011, 10:17 PM
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Mr. Kelly was right!
My high school biology teacher used to say "There's never time to do it right, but there's always time to do it over" well Mr. Kelly was right.
With those words reverberating in my head I decided to grow a pair and remove the rear quarter extensions. Better late than never right? All that stood between me and them being off, were 3 bolts on the inside of the trunk and 1 phillips screw on the bottom on the outside.
Removing them allows us to examine the Amazing Goop that was used to plug up the trim holes, not bad actually, you can see how it rolled up like some toothpaste, but it's held on solid. I will shoot those when I spray the doors.
Question though, the back side seems like it has a groove for a rubber gasket, I wonder if mine are missing that piece and weather it's worth getting for the reassembly I would think so?
With those words reverberating in my head I decided to grow a pair and remove the rear quarter extensions. Better late than never right? All that stood between me and them being off, were 3 bolts on the inside of the trunk and 1 phillips screw on the bottom on the outside.
Removing them allows us to examine the Amazing Goop that was used to plug up the trim holes, not bad actually, you can see how it rolled up like some toothpaste, but it's held on solid. I will shoot those when I spray the doors.
Question though, the back side seems like it has a groove for a rubber gasket, I wonder if mine are missing that piece and weather it's worth getting for the reassembly I would think so?
01-27-2011, 09:12 PM
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HALFTIME
Phase 1 - The Rusted Roof - COMPLETED
Phase 2 - The Trunk and Rear End - COMPLETED
Intermission: So you gotta ask, what's up with that stupid "Optimus Prime" title? Who's Optimus Prime? Well some of you may be too young to remember, other's too old, but to the rest of us Miami Vice, The A Team, and ... [wait for it] ... Transformer watching 80's generation, Optimus Prime was one bad @ss dude! He was an 18 wheeler semi truck that could change to a robot, yeah you heard me. LOL Those of you who know what I'm talking about give this post a bump, those of you who may have owned Optimus, two bumps, LOL
i like this picture of Optimus because he's all dirty looking kinda like my car started out not to mention he's blue and needs a paint job, I think his real color is red
Phase 2 - The Trunk and Rear End - COMPLETED
Intermission: So you gotta ask, what's up with that stupid "Optimus Prime" title? Who's Optimus Prime? Well some of you may be too young to remember, other's too old, but to the rest of us Miami Vice, The A Team, and ... [wait for it] ... Transformer watching 80's generation, Optimus Prime was one bad @ss dude! He was an 18 wheeler semi truck that could change to a robot, yeah you heard me. LOL Those of you who know what I'm talking about give this post a bump, those of you who may have owned Optimus, two bumps, LOL
i like this picture of Optimus because he's all dirty looking kinda like my car started out not to mention he's blue and needs a paint job, I think his real color is red
