My 1987 Two Door Crown Victoria AKA THE BROWN BLOB

[Lincolnmania]

nice!
you can join the "my vic two door is the color of a mini cooper" club
toms vic is painted in mini cooper artic white

[Grand Marquis GT]

Mini does have really cool colors.

[P72Ford]

Good choice Dave, that color will really pop in the sunlight.

[insomniac391]

your such a tease

[87gtVIC]

Thanks everyone.

Last week I sanded down all of the plastic bumper trims (waiting for the special primer for them) and tomorrow I will began blocking out the car's primer wet with 400 grit sand paper. I plan to at least get the roof, door window frames, hood and trunk lid done leaving me with just the header panel and the entire sides of the car to block out. I foresee a huge mess and very white dry hands in my future. But I'll tell ya wet sanding the primer sure makes the car smooth as a babies bottom.

[1990LTD]

I'm stoked to see this thing. When is P-day?

[Pesty351]

I'm stoked to see this thing. When is P-day?

Its right after O-day.

[87gtVIC]

No idea. I expect it to be a while though

[87gtVIC]

This morning at 6:30 i went out and began wet sanding the car. The hood, roof, trunk, and door window frames are now super smooth (as smooth as 400 grit can smooth things) and is ready for paint! But still have to block out the rest of the car. My hands are super dry my feet are wet and my jaw hurts for some strange reason, but the car looks nice and smooth, feels nice and smooth and is nice and clean after I washed it. Now to eat something and relax.

[91grandmarquis]

This morning at 6:30 i went out and began wet sanding the car. The hood, roof, trunk, and door window frames are now super smooth (as smooth as 400 grit can smooth things) and is ready for paint! But still have to block out the rest of the car. My hands are super dry my feet are wet and my jaw hurts for some strange reason, but the car looks nice and smooth, feels nice and smooth and is nice and clean after I washed it. Now to eat something and relax.

Awesome, I did that to my car too. Took me a solid week between work and school and makes an awful mess, but it is all worth it.

[85crownHPP]

... and my jaw hurts for some strange reason...

You might be clenching your teeth - its easy to do subconsciously while doing strenuous/tedious things... I usually stick my tounge out a little so i don't

[87gtVIC]

Hehe that is very close..since you brought it up I will let it be known that it is because I stick my lower jaw out while doing strenuous tasks. I am a freak! Wait till people see me with my tongue out!

I see I have a couple spots I missed but no biggie......Well some pics

Trunk:



Roof:





Hood:



And just a shot of the paint that will be covered up when a top is put back on:

[91grandmarquis]

Nice, this car is going to put mine to shame.

[86VickyLX]

http://www.grandmarq.net/vb/showpost...&postcount=431

I have a question, how did you determine the fuse for each of the wires? I'm asking because there's not a real number conversion from fuseable links to maxi fuses (that I know of). I plan on doing this on my car. Since I'm tired of the fuseable links, and my starter solenoid is so cluttered. I would appreciate your help. /Thread Jack.

[87gtVIC]

I have a question, how did you determine the fuse for each of the wires? I'm asking because there's not a real number conversion from fuseable links to maxi fuses (that I know of). I plan on doing this on my car. Since I'm tired of the fuseable links, and my starter solenoid is so cluttered. I would appreciate your help. /Thread Jack.

From the post you just quoted:

With the diagram in my possession I was then able to figure out what wires should be protected by what fuses. I used the fusible link rule to help me in this manner. The fusible link rule states that if you are using a 14 gauge wire then a 18 gauge fuse link is to be used. Simply put “use a fuse link four gauges smaller.” Knowing this allowed me to determine the wire gauge of all the circuits and from that I was able to figure out how much max amperage a particular wire gauge can handle, and I chose the correct fuse from there.

I think i looked up conversion charts once i found out the actual gauges of the wires. The conversion charts told me how much amps a particular gauge can handle so I fused accordingly.