so about this de-wooding thing...lol

its way more of a task then i thought.. but it will be done.. another thing im kinda skeptical about is the trim pieces. they are clipped in right?? so if i took it off.. id have to get all the little wholes welded up... anyway to go around this? i was thinking about just painting the trim pieces the same color as the car for now.... any ideas??

 

oh,if you must

Some leave the trim on,like others do when they remove vinyl roofing,and just paint the area the same color as the rest of the car.Sometimes they paint the trim,sometimes they don't.Sometimes they paint the part that had woodie brown,so it still looks kind of like woodie.Others paint it a contrasting color.Like black on white cars,or gold on blue cars.And the trim is still part of the overall picture.I even saw one example where the owner put the multi-color swirly sparkly graphics where the woodie used to be,and the trim framed it.

 

i just dont know if it would look good with contrasting colors. i mean i could paint it black easy... but still dont know if that would look ok or not. because all the "wood" on the trim peeled off anyway so they are basically just white.. on a blue car:confused: so..

 

uh-oh spaghettios! If you think you must,take off the woodie and the trim.I know of no miracle hole plugger stuff(bondo might do,but once again,that's up to you),welding and grinding and sanding seems to be the only way.Getting the new paint to match the old paint may be an exercise in futility.Even if you get paint that's officially the same,the paint on the car is going to be well aged.You may have to paint the whole thing. But,once it's over and done with,it should be worth the effort...And,if you go the bondo route,it'll only be in the itty-bitty little holes,not on huge body panels.

 

but that will definitely crack. have to weld um up.. owell. i might just paint them black fro now...

 

ok, i, in no way advocate de-wooding your wagon. but if you must, you have two other options... there is a bondo that has metal in it. also there is JB stik from jb weld i would think the jb stik would work best with least mess. i fixed the frame on a truck with that stuff once.

 

Don't forget lead to fill in the holes, true old school body work.

The wood trim is aluminum under the vinyl and can be polished out to a mirror finish, just another thought.

 

I don't advocate the removal of wood on a woody either. But it's been done...with a lot of work in filling, sanding and painting. To me...if you must do it...that is the only way. I think the wood looks better than taking it off and leaving the residual pieces for all to see that it was once a woody but is no more. Me? I'd do it right or not at all. Or I would have bought a non woody.

 

I Second that Silver!

 

haha i know i know! i felt bad for doing it... but im turning it into an ss. i got the driver side completely stripped... it almost brought tears to my eyes... lol

 

If I had to do it again, I'd use something like this:



with the trim from a 1983 Fox Mercury Marquis.

But I like it on my Squire.

 

dang.. that would look pretty slick if you think about it. thanks for the idea stormin'

 

heres with the driver side off. its kinda dark.. but i thihnk it looks better imho

 

You know where you can get that? I used to work for a large aircraft refurbishing company. Some of the kitchen doors and cargo bays used stainless steel with patterns. I'd look for the companies that make it for the fancy RV's. The real metal is a lot easier than the vinyl, and you can wash it. It comes in all kinds of finishes and textures - high gloss polished to nearly non-glare (satin).

You can get the vinyl sheet/roll from automotive upholstery vendors who make the repro door panels that had the chrome insert panels, but it wouldn't take the outdoor abuse.

 

rule #1...."Never touch another mans wood"....