Boring bits and bobs Body

Now for the deck lid.

This is the deck lid that came with this body, however it has the plain jane galaxie 500 trim and not the galaxie 500 XL trim. Plus it's a complete Bondo bucket. Sure it can be fixed and altered but in the interest of saving time, I have some other possibilities.

It's going to be a disaster scene if that deck lid is stripped.

This is the deck lid from the genuine galaxie 500 XL. It's a bit beat up, but I really do not see too much filler on this.

Now I have brand new F O R D letters for the back, but I do not have the XL spear. I will have to go on a hunt for that or make one. However the one thing I noticed is the key lock is not recessed as in the other deck lids.

The key lock sits directly atop the flat rear panel. I checked the inside and I can see no evidence there ever was a recess. Now this is odd because, well here's two more '66 deck lids.

Here's the '66 LTD and the key is recessed.

Here's the spare '66 gal 500 parts car and it's recessed. I'm half tempted to use this deck lid. I shall have to return to the mother ship to give this more thought.

I stripped the roof and removed all the noticeable dents with the hammer, dolly and spoon.

So I had a think about this and I'm going to try something somewhat unorthodox. I am going to use POR15 as primer sealer for the entire body shell and I'm brushing it on. There's method to this madness. In brushing it on I can really get it in the seams around the windows, sides, etc. It's better the paint creeps into the seams and prevents water/oxygen from getting in. I'll give the POR15 a light sanding before primer, colour and clear.

To be continued