TOPIC: Amphicar is blasted!

Amphicar is blasted! 14 years 1 week ago #22842

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What a relief it is to have this back into the shop. The body panels were soda blasted, any rust was removed with crushed glass. The floor and frame were sand blasted. The guy who did this did a great job. There is no paint, dirt or rust on the entire car. It is warming up in the shop and will get an epoxy primer tomorrow.

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Re:Amphicar is blasted! 14 years 1 week ago #22843

classicfins Offline Contributing Member Posts: 755 Karma: 26 Thank you received: 0	Looking good! First time I've seen the innards of one of these. Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re:Amphicar is blasted! 14 years 1 week ago #22858

herters59 Offline Contributing Member Posts: 263 Karma: 101 Thank you received: 12	What a top notch resto there. With every thing blasted clean it will be so much nicer to work on. With all the paint and rust gone was there any hidden damage you could not see before? Great pictures. D Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re:Amphicar is blasted! 14 years 1 week ago #22864

john-gibson Offline Contributing Member Posts: 4014 Karma: 324 Thank you received: 0	nice job!! thats definatly the way to do it,a compleate resto. its worth it i have seen those go for a whole lot of money,great job,and its looking great,john Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re:Amphicar is blasted! 14 years 1 week ago #22866

TNLark35 Offline Contributing Member Posts: 125 Karma: 3 Thank you received: 0	Wow! Keep the pictures coming, Ive always been intrigued by those little cars. Ive never seen the insides of one either! Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re:Amphicar is blasted! 14 years 1 week ago #22908

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The man who did the blasting told me before he started , " when I'm done with it you will know what you have". When I picked it up he admitted that it was even in better shape than he thought it would be. There are a couple very little spots I didn't know about. None larger than a pea. I'm very glad with the little amount of rust it had. It was in California for most of it's life and stored indoors.