Making quick progress!
The hatch took a bit more time that I expected. The donor hatch was a car without a spoiler so the holes for the Formula spoiled needed to be added to it. I saved the old hatch just for the purpose of using it as a template. I ground the edges of the hatch sheet metal until the skin was separating from the shell. The old hatch was well beyond repair as you can see. Crusty in there.
Laid out the holes, drilled a pilot hole, and used a step bit to make the hole 7/16" which is the size on the original hatch. I used a 1-1/8" hole saw on the inside of the hatch to make the needed access holes for the nuts that hold the spoiler to the hatch.
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I had to widen one hole a hair to get it to sit evenly on the hatch.
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Once all that work was done, the hatch and the header were sprayed with epoxy. I am really starting to get the hang of spraying this stuff.
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Just when I was finishing up, I opened the paint gun to see how much paint was left. Put the lid back on and walked across the garage. Then noticed the cap wasn't on securely and I dripped all over my freshly epoxied hatch.
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Oh well... I'll sand it down next weekend and respray as needed. I'll do the hood at the same time.
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