The restoration is under way. It's a '69 base car. This year's project was the entire front clip. I removed everything including subframe. Am refinishing everything before bolting together with the new engine.

All sheetmetal was blasted to bare metal. Have POR-15'ed the back side of all sheetmetal parts and most other parts.

I can't afford the body shop this year, so I'm wondering what I mightuse on the outer sheetmetal surfaces to prevent rust for a year or so. I'd like to use something that will still be easily sandable by the body man when the time comes.

I have no compressor or air gun, so I'd prefer an aerosol solution.

Any suggestions?

If your going to keep it out of the weather I would wipe it down with some metal prep and then get a can a lacquer primer and throw it on there. This would be the cheapest and easiest route for you and the bodyman in the future.

Thanks for the reply.

Yes. The car will be garaged until I'm ready for the cost of the final body/paint work.

Unless, of course, my wife gets tired of my project taking up all our garage space . . .

hey don't use lacquer primer unless it will be a lacquer paint job, it would make more work for the body man if he is using base/clear, etc. go to your local paint store and get some if it will be garaged full time use metal etch primer, but if it might see outdoor wheather use epoxy primer, this will work best with todays paints, yes lacquer primer is cheap but it is cheap for a reason!!! yes it might work for some people but why use 1970 technology on 2000 paint, anyway goodluck
Jake

sandable epoxy primer, like PPG DP-90.

PPG DP90 Black or DP40 Grey or DP48 white epoxy primer is great stuff. It's mixed 2:1 with either LF401 slow catalyst or LF402 fast catalyst.

However, if you don't want to fork out the $90 a gallon for the DP epoxy line, go with the Omni epoxy primer instead. The Omni stuff is almost half the cost and is also mixed 2:1.
MP170 black epoxy
MP175 catalyst http://www.ppg.com/refinishftpsite/docs/ob11.pdf
You might have to reduce both with a cap full of good laquer thinner if you are using less than a 1.5mm nozzle. I've been throwing in an extra cap full of laquer thinner into the DP90 and using a Sata NR95 gun with 1.3mm tip and it lays down great.

yea, he said he didnt have a compressor, or spray gun guys. I wouold go to the local paint shop and get a few cans of metal etch primer, and a few cans of the primer that will fit your job.