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Subject: DCI BBQ this Saturday (Long reply)
From: camron at worldaccessnet.com (Camron D. Crouse)
Date: Thu Apr 5 22:51:22 2007
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Answers strewn throughout:

Lance LaPrarie wrote:
> Was the blue tape on there to keep from burning an edge? 

I had to blend in on the c-pillar after wetsanding/polishing a couple 
spots a bit thin.

Also, what's
> the story on the last image? You have a fender with some cancer? Looks 
> kind of beat. Granted it would be covered by the flare so it really 
> doesn't matter. Still, looks like it got eaten pretty good.

This poor car is sort of a black cat with nine lives... it had been 
resprayed at least once (and probably wrecked) prior to me acquiring it 
in 2001. A few pics posted by the previous owner can be found on pg. 6 
of the .org 16V photo gallery,
<http://www.scirocco.org/photos/16v/ww-black1.jpg>
<http://www.scirocco.org/photos/16v/ww-black2.jpg>
<http://www.scirocco.org/photos/16v/ww-black3.jpg>

I had the car less than a year before getting sandwiched at a stop.  I 
would have preferred to part the car at the time but my wife wouldn't 
let me rip apart the car in her garage, hehe.  The damage was borderline 
enough to get a shop to fix it, even though it was declared a total loss 
as far as insurance was concerned.

The East coast rust had already poked through in a couple spots when I 
originally had taken delivery of the car, so I had the body shop "take 
care" of them.  They had the car maybe two months, and it looked pretty 
good... for a while.  About a year later a funny-looking spot developed 
on the hood.  Then the clearcoat started to peel off in that spot, soon 
followed by the rest of the hood. The bodyshop was no longer in 
business, the owner nowhere to be found. The following year the whole 
car was showing symptoms of the clearcoat dandruff, and the rust was 
coming back, too. I couldn't stand to be seen in it anymore, and there 
was no way I could justify spending thousands on a new paint job on a 
rebuilt car!

Then last summer Rick Kellner posted a link here on the list to "The $50 
Paint Job" thread on Moparts.com
<http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=2331682&page=3&fpart=1&vc=1>
So I got inspired to paint my own damn car!
The thread continues to this day!
<http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=2655425&page=3&fpart=71&vc=1>

Father-in-law welded in new sheetmetal after I sanded off all the 
failing paint and cut out all the rust (rear wheel arches, particularly 
pass. side where some body damage had been, rear hatch at base of glass, 
and pass side rear quarter just aft of the B-pillar at the base of that 
glass too)  Good thing I have the 16V bodykit to cover much of that area 
with the rear wheel arch.  The pic you saw is just one of the first 
passes with body filler, so it's substantially better looking now, thank 
goodness!
I used Brightside Polyurethane, a single stage marine paint. The hood 
was my original test piece, done with a roller! The rest I sprayed from 
a cheapo Costco HVLP kit, and it looks "pretty good".  I painted in 
"checkerboard" fashion (roof/wiper/cowling/fenders, then masked those 
off and painted the opposite panels - doors/quarters, back) due to 
working conditions - dirty undersized garage, insufficient air supply 
for a big gun, etc.
>  
> You do the motor bay too?

Naw, couldn't justify a total resto on a car once-totaled... plus, I 
knew I couldn't make the car look any worse than it did when I got 
started! A perfect guinea pig!

>  
> One of the many things I'm going to do on mine is keep the white but do 
> a tight pearl. That way I'll keep the same color but add a little depth. 
> There is no real rust to speak of on my car which is incredible for a 
> car that has 240k on the clock. Anyone that has seen it knows what I'm 
> talking about. The body has some dings and dents but is overall pretty 
> straight. It was bodywork free until an DWO lady backed into it while it 
> was parked. So much for my virgin body. But hey, it worked out ok, while 
> it was in the shop and they had the paint mixed I had my euro plate 
> bracket, euro bumpers, eurolight backing plates and the kamei trim 
> spoiler painted. So it worked out ok but still kind of lame to pollute 
> it with bodywork.
>  
> Your paint looks hot. Brave man to go black. Tough to have them turn out 
> right with a working mans budget. Unless your a painter at a good shop.

Thanks for the kind words, though pictures only show so much. I need to 
get it out into the sun to really go over everything.
You are right, black is unrelenting, and wetsand scratches have been the 
bane of my existence for months as I try to work them out, only to burn 
thru the  paint "again!"  Have always wanted the "perfect black 
Scirocco" and this won't be it either, but should be a good 3-5 footer!

>  
> Anyway, hats off to you sir. Very nice ride. Can't wait to see it on the 
> road. Maybe Waterwagens?  I'll be dragging and showing this year.
>  
> Hope to see all that can make it show this year. Would be nice to have 
> another decent Rocco showing this year. There were a ton of them last 
> year. Got to have more this year than last. WaterWagens is in July.

I'll keep that in mind for the summer.  I've never been to a VW show, 
but I'd sure like to win that "9 lives" category!

- Camron from Vancouver, WA USA
    '86.5 Black 16V 2.0L

>  
>  
> On 4/4/07, *Camron D. Crouse* <camron@worldaccessnet.com 
> <mailto:camron@worldaccessnet.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Lance LaPrarie wrote:
>      > http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3082269&page=1
>     <http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3082269&page=1>
>      >
>      > Hope to have some Rocco's up there. I'll be there around noon.
>     Hope some of
>      > you can take the time to show up. 
>      >
>      > Hope to see a decent rocco turnout.
>      >
>      > Peace
> 
> 
>     Would love to "turn out," but...
> 
>     < http://scirocco.dyn.dhs.org/vw/list/Camron/IMG_5133.JPG>
>     <http://scirocco.dyn.dhs.org/vw/list/Camron/IMG_5135.JPG>
> 
>     At least it's come a long way from
> 
>     <http://scirocco.dyn.dhs.org/vw/list/Camron/IMG_0552.JPG>
>     <http://scirocco.dyn.dhs.org/vw/list/Camron/IMG_3982.JPG
>     <http://scirocco.dyn.dhs.org/vw/list/Camron/IMG_3982.JPG>>
> 
>     Except for a couple touch-ups, the body is all painted, wetsanded, and
>     polished.  Once it's all put back together,  I can get it out into the
>     sun and go over it with a fine-toothed comb.  Just on a wild goose
>     chase
>     for metric fasteners and doo-dads, now.
> 
>     - Camron from Vancouver, WA USA
>        '86.5 Black 16V 2.0L
>

References:
- DCI BBQ this Saturday (Washington, Canada, Oregon content)
  - From: sciroccojunky at gmail.com (Lance LaPrarie)
- DCI BBQ this Saturday (Washington, Canada, Oregon content)
  - From: camron at worldaccessnet.com (Camron D. Crouse)
- DCI BBQ this Saturday (Washington, Canada, Oregon content)
  - From: sciroccojunky at gmail.com (Lance LaPrarie)

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