[young enthusiest]

Originally Posted by Eagle Keeper

Y.E. you are doing a bang up job on Your restoration. Like I said, some consider restoration to just be a new coat of paint. Not You. Your going for the guts first. My hat is off to you young man. 5-10 yrs from now You'll be turning out truly amazing equipment. It's already evident in your work. My post was more directed to the geezers !! Dang klejeune ,that is one sweet ride. .

Thanks Eagle keeper! I'm just tryin to learn from constructive criticism. I can't look at klejeune's o and loader and not think that I've got to have on of those!!! In my work on my 1200 I found a way to fill all the little chips and dents in the fiberglass dash. mix up a fair amount of cold weld (or JB weld) put the blob at one end, take something flat, (a Popsicle stick for instance) and run the blob back and forth over the surface of the chips dents etc. be sure to not scrape so hard, that nothing stays. you can even fill in the heavily damaged hood rest. mine was completely broken off on the left side, and I managed to get it to look decent. let the stuff cure for a day, then use 400 paper on it to smooth it out. paint and looks real good! I realize that I am way way off topic here, so I think I'll just stop. lol