1409 Bodywork & Paint

[lanciahf]

Thought I would share the progress on my Scorpion. Mission creep galore, this all started with a crack in the floor pan. Anyway one thing led to another and I decided to get the car painted. So I stripped the car, removed the glass. The body itself was not rusty just a lot of previous accident damage. The drivers side was horrible, passenger side pretty good. Three layers of paint, lots of bondo...

Kevin Stein out of PA is doing the work and he loves Italian cars. Admin, if the posts are too long free feel to delete the thread.


The exterior of engine lid before

And the inside of the lid before sanding.

Chem stripping the remaining inner paint and around the cooling slats

Sanding it all clean inside

Black epoxy sealer / primer

Before sanding the 2 flying buttresses

Still some paint in the crevices and edges

Stripping and sanding clean inside

The front hood exterior, before sanding

Sanding it clean

Sanding inside the hood

Black epoxy primer on the undersides, insides

Cleaning under the hood, blowing out the cavities

A closer look at the hood hinge area. Splits will need to be welded up

The right side door inner and jamb, before sanding

Right door exterior

After drying, the pieces were flipped and epoxy seal the exterior

Epoxy sealer, hood underside

The 2 panels were then primed w/ 2k urethane primer

Sanding the right door exterior, stripping paint out of the crevices, door handle pocket, etc.

Cleaning, stripping and sanding the inner parts of right side door

Epoxy sealer, inside

Before starting on the left side door

After sanding the exterior of driver’s door, removing remaining filler
finding the old slide hammer holes from prior damage

The door is quite wavy in some areas, although a nice solid panel

The driver’s door window frame is splitting from door box, will need weld repair

Insides cleaned up, jambs sanded

Epoxy sealer insides of left door

Right door exterior sanded clean

Black epoxy sealer on right door exterior.
Still in need of bodywork, dented and prior weld repair areas.

 

[lanciahf]

Right door. Epoxy primer was block sanded

All Metal in some areas

Grinding the areas of larger dents

Using uni-spotter stud pins to pull the dents

Cleaning the repair areas after pulling out the deeper dents

Straightening next with All Metal

Then body filler, thin as possible

Sanded smooth

The left side door, sanded and grinding areas in need of repairs

Many holes had been drilled throughout left doorskin from prior slide-hammer

Cleaning and working the metal

The right door after body repairs, back in black epoxy sealer

Working the metal and continuing to straighten the old dents and slide-hammer areas

Uni-spotter pins, pulling the deeper dents

Removed the pins and continue sanding smooth

From prior repairs, the front edge of the door was splitting from the door box

Rear bottom edge of driver’s door was missing it’s corner, somehow

From prior collision/ repair, note the old weld repairs by the lower door hinge mounting area

Ready to weld up the holes and the edge issues

All holes, split edges welded up and ground flush

All Metal over all the weld repair areas

Then body filler

Working the middle body line

Getting ready for primer

Epoxy sealer

Both doors ready for the Slick Sand primer

Slick Sand sprayable polyester filler/ primer, both doors, 2-3 coats

 

[lanciahf]

Arriving at the shop on the trailer

Some pix before bringing inside

Right side doesn’t look as rough as the left

Before digging in, checking out the work needed

Rear body panel prior collision damage/ repairs

Not only loaded with the old slide hammer holes, but much collision damage remained

Sanding the left quarter. It was waffled & in very wavy, rough shape

Lower on the quarter, dents were never pulled, or were over-pulled

Sanding the right quarter, which doesn’t look as bad

Sanding & cleaning up the rear left side

This area of the left quarter rear edge and jamb was pushed in considerably and the body line off.
Note the kinked pinch weld

Cleaning up the rear panel, preparing to straighten and weld up the holes

A look under the rear left side

There is some frame damage from the collision which may need to be fixed for bumper alignment

Pulling out the pushed in corner

Welding up the holes

Grinding the welds

Hammer dolly straightening out the rear panel and light mounting flanges

Next, coating repair areas with All Metal

Before welding up the quarter holes it needed straightening
Note the large dents at the leading edge

Down lower on the left quarter

Grinding the quarter, preparing to weld up the holes and straighten the metal

The left rocker was crushed and puncture, by prior collision or someone may had jacked the car up
Note the body wave in the quarter line

Using the Uni-spotter pins to pull and work the metal

Pulling out the crushed rocker

Sanding the All Metal and shaping rear contours

Pulling more dents

Welding up the left quarter panel holes

Wedling up the rocker panel holes and puncture

Grinding the welds

Repairs continue with All Metal

Looking at the left fender, before.
Plenty of slide hammer holes and remaining collision damage

Sanding the All Metal

The front of left fender, ,ore holes

Grinding the damaged areas, left fender

Straightening the quarter continues with body filler

Welding up the fender holes

Working the front edge of left quarter to jamb body lines

Noting bends and sanding needed in wheel lip

Before cleaning up the rest of the left rocker
Note the body filler at the bottom

Left fender work

Cleaning the rocker

More fender holes being welded up

Grinding welds

Fender wheel lip repairs, starting with All Metal

Working on the rocker

Straightening continues with body filler

Sanding the filler, tapping any high spots, then repeat

Shaping the fender arch

Almost ready for the Slick Sand primer

Sanding in the left door jamb, upper flanges

Hinges were removed and left jamb being sanded and cleaned

Blowing off, wiping down. Ready for the next step

Covered and masked for primer

First the epoxy primer was applied

After curing, 3 coats of Slick Sand sprayable polyester primer/ filler

 

[Dr.Jeff]

Great pics. Excellent work. I've always felt body and paint is about 90% of a restoration.

 

[RJ80]

Wonderful! How many hours would you say are in this job by now?

 

[lanciahf]

I'll try to go through the invoices tonight. Luckily the passenger side is no where as bad as the drivers side.

 

[think jedi]

Wow...you have the patience of a saint. No way would I tackle that. What did you decide for the color?

tJ

 

[lanciahf]

I like the original metallic blue but will probably get the original Orangy red,
#151

 

[lanciahf]

Kevin has given me three invoices since I dropped off the car in August. So far he is up to 145 hours.

 

[RJ80]

Kevin has given me three invoices since I dropped off the car in August. So far he is up to 145 hours.

The results will be worth it, I'm sure. I'm about to come up on some hard paint decisions myself, I'll probably also be going with the orange-tinged Corsa Red 123. I believe it's the factory color on 037 Stradale models and I love how vibrant it is, along with being just that much different from more common shades of red. Rosso Dino, which has even more orange in it, has always been one of my favorite Ferrari colors.

 

[lanciahf]

My car had three layers of paint or 5 including primer.
Factory Primer
Original Gold,
Black Primer
Ugly dark red.
Lastly a nice yellow color but the paint job was horrid, I mean horrendous. Maybe one of those $99.99 Maaco specials.

 

[think jedi]

I like orangy-red. If you're not going for yellow again, that's a great choice!

tJ

 

[motoTrooper]

Why oh why is this not a Youtube channel?! Great photos of the progress, thanks for posting

 

[Pete Whitstone]

The results will be worth it, I'm sure. I'm about to come up on some hard paint decisions myself, I'll probably also be going with the orange-tinged Corsa Red 123. I believe it's the factory color on 037 Stradale models and I love how vibrant it is, along with being just that much different from more common shades of red. Rosso Dino, which has even more orange in it, has always been one of my favorite Ferrari colors.

The info I have shows the paint code for the 037 Stradale as 285, Rosso Vivo. Not positive it's correct, it's just the info I have.

 

[lanciahf]

Why oh why is this not a Youtube channel?! Great photos of the progress, thanks for posting

Funny, mostly me

1. Muttering under my breath on why I bought this thing
2. I should have bought Mark's perfect scorpion.
3. Why does every painter in New Jersey run for the hills when I start every conversation with "I have this old car...."

 

[Chad C.]

That is truly epic, way to persevere there!

Body & paint are absolutely the biggest part in terms of time and subsequent money spent. Sanding these cars is said to be akin to sanding a beer can, and I can't help but agree. I didn't have much in the way of dents or rust, but the shape of these cars is not very exact. The sanding block always tells the tale. The panels look like they have more filler on them than they do, as they are a mm or two off here and there which gets normalized by the lightweight skim filler. Lots of work/time.

Mine is on hold until my young one returns to school...

 

[CnC79X19]

My favorite place in the world, dusty but smells like a candy floss cart. Super bang up job, keep posting. Can't wait to see the final car

 

[lanciahf]

Spring Update, thank God that antenna hole is gone.

Kevin's Comments Below

Getting ready for the roof & right side bodywork
Masking off the insides

A look at the lower quarter and rocker before sanding

The antenna hole, before closing up

RT fender

RT rocker

The front roof panel, sitting on the roof opening/ jamb

Before sanding in the roof jamb

Masking off the engine bay, sanding engine bay jambs

Cleaning up the right rocker panel

Along the bottom of the windshield opening, lined with holes and pitting

Sanding the right side

Cleaning up the windshield opening

The bent up metal around antenna hole was straightened out and a circular patch fabricated

Antenna hole patch welded in and ground flush

There were a series of holes (old molding holes?) which had been welded up
Areas were ground smooth and All Metal applied

Cleaning up inside the right rear wheel well and underside of rocker

Along the wheel lip on the right quarter had body damage

All Metal over the antenna hole repair area

Grinding any rust on the lower rocker

Masking off and sanding in the roof jamb

RT lowers sanded clean. Some dings along bottom

Cleaning up under the fender/ bumper mounting area

RT door hinges were removed and door jamb sanded

After wire brushing the pitting in windshield frame
Rust Blast rust converter was applied

All holes and pitting filled with panel bonding adhesive

Pulling the dents on right quarter wheel lip

Sanding the windshield frame repairs and surrounding areas

Front roof section, before sanding

After sanding the All Metal, bodywork continues with filler

Inside of front roof section

Bodywork to smooth out & close gaps on the mounting flanges

Bodywork continues around windshield frame and antenna hole/ cowl

Sanding exterior of the roof panels

Bodywork to smooth out top rear mounting flange and fiberglass pin holes

Sanding and smoothing the insides a bit

Black epoxy sealer/ primer undersides

Sanding the filler, ¼, rocker, fender, cowl, etc.

Glazing putty

The quarter/ sail panel has an open pocket area, which was sanded, masked, etch primed

Also, the front right fender extension (bumper, headlight nose mounting area

Black trim coat

Finishing up the bodywork

Cleaning up, masking up for primer

Detail sanding in the door jamb, also some bodywork inner fender pitting

Windshield frame repairs completed

Ready for primer

Black epoxy primer

2-3 coats of Slick Sand sprayable polyester primer/ filler

Guide coated and unmasked

 

[motoTrooper]

Such complete and great photo documentation, the result will be stellar

 

[Rupunzell]

Remarkable what was hidden by paint, then to see all that get properly repaired.
Now curious about the history of# 1409.


Bernice