Atom's 2 door Amazon wagon Project:Headquarters

[Juddha]

That's quite the project you've got going can't wait to see the progress.

[Atom]

Not a lot photo’ed today. I just needed a “reset” day. Had Easter morning with the kids. Cleaned the shop. Mopped. Got the hatch cut in. Pulled the grille shell. Started bodyworking the car side door jamb on the passenger side. Made dinner. Finally sitting down with a beer. Probably be asleep in about twen.............zzzzzz

[Atom]

I keep thinking “I feel like I’ve been here before”

[Atom]

Another day of block sanding. Wheeeeee...



This is what guide coat does for those of you who don’t normally do bodywork. It allows you to see sand scratches and low spots



Then you keep blocking until the black is gone



Always wear your respirator when sanding



Reprimed the roof, second embossed fender, both modified door jambs and the hood



Cut the first part of the new hood hinge V1



Oh, and Brown Bear got me. Ugh

[Atom]

First parts cut in with the new color. Went a bit out of order since I really wanted to see some color for motivation.



Process:
Sealer-



Base coat-



Clear coat-

(shown above)

Tomorrow I need to block out the roof and re-prime. Might be able to cut in some more parts by the end of the weekend.

[Atom]

I just gotta give a huge thank you to Vogue Autowerks in Kirkland, WA for letting me work on the Amazon there. I know most of you guys aren’t local to Seattle, but if you are and have a need for the services they offer, please feel good about supporting them. There’s no way I could get all this done in my driveway with the weather the way it’s been (and is supposed to be). I kind of feel bad invading their shop a bit. Mostly because everything I’m doing is dusty and messy. We all need help from others and they’ve really come through for me.

If you want to follow them,
IG: @vogueautowerks
FB: @vogueautowerks

[Atom]

Nothing new to post. Well, not much. Got the most notable dents/dings worked out of the roof and loaded it up with a couple heavy coats of high build primer so I can guide coat it and knock it back. I know it’s wavy in some spots, but I’m pretty sure the high build will eat it up.



Hoping to possibly maybe hopefully cut the first parts in this weekend. We’ll see.

[DUTCHswift]

I think the flip forward hood is much cooler. Kind of an homage to the BMW chassis underneath.

[Atom]

[Atom]

Sanded the roof with 80g to prep for bodywork (no pictures), embossed the other fender (no pictures) and sanded out some lacquer checking in the old old paint (no pictures) this AM before going to work. Then I started on the new hood hinge system. Might be sad news for some people, but I’m just designing a front tilt style hinge system. The other style was cool, but needed lots more engineering and was putting weird stresses on the hood itself. I also had a lot of figurin to do for the rear latches. Anyway, hinge work.

Template to figure clearances.



Rolling some square tube for the crossbar. I tacked then together so the radius would match.



Missed some in between pics. Try to get some more tomorrow. Short videos to come.

[Miroteknik]

Don't like the wide angle. Too much of the shop and not enough of the car you're working on. Bit closer than the "work day 5" video, would be great.

[Kalin]

I find it insane how much things you can do on your own. Legend.

[Povke]

If you are shooting with go pro, you can use a time lapse photo, and set it to 5 or 10 sec interval between photos, then the video of time lapse will bee a bit more faster, and motion will be less robotic movement, also you can remove the photos where there was no movement
For the car and craftsmanship as always legend, Keep it up.

[Atom]

[Atom]

Test in a sheet metal panel. Not very amber. A little orange gel should take care of that.