Sounds Good Terry. It will be time well spent. If you run into anything else best to just go ahead and fix it then and not let it go. No sense in doing it again later down the road.   Good luck !

If I may offer an opinion? If that panel is as busted up as you say, for me there would be 2 options.

[QUOTE=daveb12]If I may offer an opinion? If that panel is as busted up as you say, for me there would be 2 options. [/QUOTE]

O.K.,so I've heard that you have to be REALLY careful if you use a d.a. sander on a fiberglass body.Is this true?I've repaintred 2 cars in my life ,but they weren't vettes.Just curious.Some bozo repainted the one that I recently purchased from Corvette orange to some puke light green that you might see on a buick roadmonster or something.You can bet when I get to it ,it will be Corvette orange once again.Good luck with your project,lotta hard work but in the end ,when you do it yourself,very rewarding.Keep us all informed!

hecko Mark, the light green sounds bad. The good thing is you can make it go away. The D A is a good tool as long as you don't get carried away with it. Couple of things I was told and shown was with fiberglass panels you want to remember to keep the tool moving. Don't over-work one spot. Don't set the PSI too high. The one i have has a max PSI of 90 and minimum working range of 25 PSI. I used it at a setting of 45 to 55 PSI to remove surface material. Remember though, I use a chemical stripper in small sections at a time and only used the DA and electric vibrating sanders on the final primer surface. It worked out well for me. Took a long time to get the paint of and the surface ready for the epoxy sealer but, as you said it was all worth it in the end.
Good luck with yours !

The DA is a great tool, but in the wrong hands can do some serious damage. A worst case was on a 69 I bought that the P.O. had started to strip. The sander was used on the fender peaks and he flattened both of them out where the peaks were about a half inch wide.

>>>Don't "toe" the sander to get that last little spot, you'll dig a hole. Too much pressure and you create a wavy body panel.<<<
Absolutely Great advice ! I had 30 hours in the blocking work alone as I did it all myself. Prime & block, Prime & block...You know the story. But, it was
all worth it ! Just don't get in a hurry!

The guy's are right. When i stripped the old paint off, I only used the da on flat surface. Any peaks or valleys need to be done by hand, (ouch). And like Vincent said, prime & block, and repeat & maybe repeat again. Good luck & happy sanding.

block and sand block and sand and block and sand and block and sand .............ahh yes the key to beautiful paint....................just wanted to make sure that when I get to it I didn't hurt my "baby."

[QUOTE=my7T1]The guy's are right. When i stripped the old paint off, I only used the da on flat surface. Any peaks or valleys need to be done by hand, (ouch). And like Vincent said, prime & block, and repeat & maybe repeat again. Good luck & happy sanding.[/QUOTE]