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11/21/14
Bogged down with all the small things.
Its been difficult to get motivated enough to update this thread as I've been dealing with nothing but the tiniest body details such as numerous nicks, rough edges and irregularities in and around all the most overlooked of areas of the car. Again most people would never spot them but they would drive me nuts after the fact. I'm sure once its all in final paint I'll find a few more that I missed but I'll have at least reduced their numbers a bit. Here's what I've been chipping away at for the last couple of weeks; Hopefully not too boring and tedious.
Right jamb and threshold area now down to small nicks and the like. All highlighted with marker here.
Double checking the "spill way" to make sure I flushed out all the previous sanding or saw marks from the earlier block sandings. This is one of those tough transitional areas to block without causing accidental wear ridges to the opposing surface as it gets worked down. Door gap is also rough and needs truing.
Prepping hinges on the decklid for final paint.
Hinges in paint and back masked here for the black.
Shaping and cleaning the shoulder of the body plug holes.
Dremmeled out lead, putty and excess paint
I need clean lines and gaps here too.
Another detail of concern is that this "break-line"/ rolled shoulder detail around all four wheel arches is shaped and runs consistent through out.
Roof is in its final work coat here.
A great deal of time spent filling, sanding and shaping all the facets in and around the gutter and window openings.
After this final coat I still managed to overlook a few small nicks to the inner face of the gutter.
as much as it pains me I'm slowly widening the forward door gaps to account for final paint thickness. This steel ruler is just the right thickness and is my guide.
Back filling shaping mistakes; rounded the shoulder a bit too much here.
Same story here so a bit of redo as its going.
You can also see the swatch of filler along the inner surface of the gutter trying to eliminate more irregularities in the old lead.
All the major surfaces are complete and have been for sometime but as you can see I have a ton of little "pissy" stuff to address all of which eats up a session pretty quickly.
Getting areas like deck lid and its jamb opening in a fully completed stage helps to keep it going.
A lot of jumping around but its getting closer to final paint. One day soon I'll run out of things to sand.
Thanks for looking through all of this! Justin
Bogged down with all the small things.
Its been difficult to get motivated enough to update this thread as I've been dealing with nothing but the tiniest body details such as numerous nicks, rough edges and irregularities in and around all the most overlooked of areas of the car. Again most people would never spot them but they would drive me nuts after the fact. I'm sure once its all in final paint I'll find a few more that I missed but I'll have at least reduced their numbers a bit. Here's what I've been chipping away at for the last couple of weeks; Hopefully not too boring and tedious.
Right jamb and threshold area now down to small nicks and the like. All highlighted with marker here.
Double checking the "spill way" to make sure I flushed out all the previous sanding or saw marks from the earlier block sandings. This is one of those tough transitional areas to block without causing accidental wear ridges to the opposing surface as it gets worked down. Door gap is also rough and needs truing.
Prepping hinges on the decklid for final paint.
Hinges in paint and back masked here for the black.
Shaping and cleaning the shoulder of the body plug holes.
Dremmeled out lead, putty and excess paint
I need clean lines and gaps here too.
Another detail of concern is that this "break-line"/ rolled shoulder detail around all four wheel arches is shaped and runs consistent through out.
Roof is in its final work coat here.
A great deal of time spent filling, sanding and shaping all the facets in and around the gutter and window openings.
After this final coat I still managed to overlook a few small nicks to the inner face of the gutter.
as much as it pains me I'm slowly widening the forward door gaps to account for final paint thickness. This steel ruler is just the right thickness and is my guide.
Back filling shaping mistakes; rounded the shoulder a bit too much here.
Same story here so a bit of redo as its going.
You can also see the swatch of filler along the inner surface of the gutter trying to eliminate more irregularities in the old lead.All the major surfaces are complete and have been for sometime but as you can see I have a ton of little "pissy" stuff to address all of which eats up a session pretty quickly.
Getting areas like deck lid and its jamb opening in a fully completed stage helps to keep it going.
A lot of jumping around but its getting closer to final paint. One day soon I'll run out of things to sand.
Thanks for looking through all of this! Justin
. Do you have a "clean" room for the build up once paint is complete?
. That chassis and bodywork is now superb I realise its still probably years away from the road but tell me will it not worry you to drive it when the time comes?
. It had the most random selection of spare parts I've ever seen assembled into a 356. I wish we had cared more about preserving chassis numbers for reference back then. The number would have been on that billing, but that file is long gone.
everything's going to change. 
I'm under no illusions, I do want it to be as perfect as I can make it in the beginning but eventually a chip or nick or even several will happen over time. Actually there is a part of me that is looking forward to an established settled in look to this restoration. After several years have passed with hopefully no rust bubbles or pealing this restoration will take on real sense of aged legitimacy and quality. Knowing what I do now there is nothing I trust less these days than a freshly painted 356. 
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