need media blaster and primer in New Canaan CT area

[rockreid]

my slow project is at the point where I need to get the rust off the front fenders of my 73.5 911 Targa and prime. I've tried naval jelly and all sorts of grinder wheels but still have lots of rust on one fender, the other I haven't even touched yet. Is there a good restoration place near New Canaan CT that can address this issue and perhaps deal with my planned paint job this coming Spring? paint will be OEM light blue. Thanks

Rocky

[David McLaughlin]

The shop I work for is a little ways away from you but we've had cars brought to us from all over New England and as far away as California I believe. I work for Sublime Restorations in Rowley MA.

[rockreid]

yeah, MA is a little far from me. I would have hoped as many old classics that are in Fairfield County there would be some shop here that can help me get this project over and done.

It's a stock 73 1/2 model year 911T, not exactly a model that is worth putting $30k or $40k into to restore. Just a media blast and original color paint.

[E Sully]

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/paint-bodywork-discussion-forum/700402-body-paint-ct.html

[David McLaughlin]

Originally Posted by rockreid

yeah, MA is a little far from me. I would have hoped as many old classics that are in Fairfield County there would be some shop here that can help me get this project over and done.

I figured this might be the case but I threw ot out there just incase. I'm having BMW overdose at the shop these days and would love to see more Porsches.

[petercory]

Try American Dry Stripping in Milford (203) 876-9876. They do the work for most of the more highly respected shops in NY, CT & Mass. Gary (one of the owners) is an enthusiast himself and is great to work with.

[mattmcginn]

But we use Fusco Industries here in Plainville, CT-probably 1.5hr from New Canaan. They do all the old BMW's we work on but also did a Prodrive/Rothmans SCRS that we just finished. The use aluminum oxide.


102_0315 by SportsCar Restoration Matt McGinn, on Flickr

They have blasted numerous cars for us, and have yet to warp a panel. They won't touch a low crown panel like a roof, but are adept at working the edges/driprails etc. Really heavy factory undercoat is tough for them, especially the rubbery Porsche/BMW stuff used after the late 60's, so scraping 90 percent of it off is usually sufficient.

Earlier undercoat like that on 356's is usually fairly brittle so it comes right off with no scraping necessary.

On this car, we hand stripped the outside body panels, including the aluminum hood/doors.

Here is a pic of the underside of the fuel cell-it was significantly reinforced so no "normal" 911 looks like this here!


102_0316 by SportsCar Restoration Matt McGinn, on Flickr

The aluminum oxide leaves a fine enough surface finish that epoxy primer will lay out smoothly. Of course, body work and more body work usually follows, but you don't have to sand the surface prior to priming except lightly to remove dust possibly.