With the basic bodywork done, it’s time to get some primer on the body – at least on the areas that have either been sanded or have had filler applied. Dave shoots some PPG K 36 Prima Acrylic Primer Surfacer. This will begin to give you a visual indication of how things are going. Up to this point, with all the sanded fiberglass areas and body filler areas forming a kind of patchwork, you have to work more by feel than anything else. An experienced hand like Dave’s can detect highs, lows and crowning this way. I try and have some feel for it but not enough. That’s why Dave is doing it.

The car is still assembled at this point, so off it goes into the booth. After the affected areas are in primer, the car will come apart and we’re going to get going on the frame and take it to finished paint so that chassis assembly can begin. After that, we’ll get back to the body. You’ll see in the photos below that not everthing will be treated to primer. Why put on more material than you have to? Material is expensive and after the body is blocked in the next stage, everything will be covered (and covered…)

Note: We’re not going to cover the nitty gritty of what grades of paper are being used, etc. These details can be found in “Connery’s Corner” which is available from the Canadian Rodder main page.