Senior Project Log

Directions: During the Senior Project you will keep an up-to-date record of the effort, problems, solutions, results, and time you have spent working on your paper and
project. This log will be a part of the Portfolio that you will turn in before your presentation. Your log will be checked four times throughout the course of the year.
There will be two parts to your log entries. The first part will pertain to the facts regarding your project. The second part will be a reflective writing on your feelings
about the project. You must use complete sentences in the reflective section. IMPORTANT: There are four due dates for these logs; however, begin a new log each time
you complete ten hours on your project.

Project: Restoration of 1968 Polara

By: Nathan Clegg & Charles Ramsey
Date:

Time Spent:

Accomplished? This should be brief and may include writing, note

taking, designing, constructing, planning, taking classes, interviewing,
contacting sources, volunteering, reading, purchasing materials

What resources did you use?

People? Print? Online?

10/3

120 minutes Disassembled the hood, doors, trunk lid,

fenders, and many other part of the front end.

Our instructor

10/4

120 minutes Starter sanding on the hood with 80 grit

sanding paper with a Dual Action sander (air
tool)
120 minutes Sanded on the doors with 80 grit sanding paper
with a long board sander. (air tool)

Our instructor

120 minutes Grinded down around the area the holes are
located with an angle grinder.

Instructor

120 minutes Welded the holes shut

Instructor

10/5

10/6

10/7

10/13

DA Sander (80 grit

paper)
Our instructor

Long Board (80 grit

120 minutes Sanded down to bare metal and found holes in paper)
Instructor
the sheet metal.
Long board

Angle grinder

Welder
10/14

120 minutes Grinding down the welds with the angle grinder Instructor
Angle grinder

10/17

120 minutes Spread heavy filler putty over the area is

grinded on

10/18

120 minutes Let the filler dry, and sand it down with 80 grit
even with the rest of the area around it.

10/19

120 minutes Sanded down with 180, then 320 till smooth.

Instructer
Putty spreader
Instructor
Long Board Sander (80
grit)
Instructor
Hand sanding block and
paper

Reflective Entry
1.

Explain what you did during this log period. The length of this section will depend on the amount of time you have spent on the
project during this period of time. If you spent ten hours during this time, this section should be multiple paragraphs
Well, there is much to reflect on but there isnt. Im basically fixing every problem there is with the car, to
have it run like it did when it was brand new. So far weve taken off the hood and sanded down to metal, as
well as the doors, trunk lid, and fenders. On the doors both fully sanded, one has a few holes which were
welded, filled, and sanded.

2. What problems have you encountered so far?

We have encountered rust holes

3. Were you able to solve them? If not, why not?

yes

4. What are your feelings or thoughts about the project at this time?
It was easy
Interesting and fun

5. Have you had any successes, or have you learned something new?
Yes I have, and yes I have learned how to weld.