And now to play catch up on the rest of the restoration pics from this project (I dragged my feet for the last few months transferring pictures to a new computer.....).
After finishing up the chassis, drivetrain and the metal work along the bottom lower edge of the car, it was time to strip it and get into the bodywork. After wanting to throw my Eastwood blaster across the backyard a few times and the thought of having to remove the crazy amount of stuff buttered up all over the outside of this car, I decided to have a Mobil Blast-A-Way come to the house and do it. Money well spent....
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Turns out it was hit in the back.....but no worries. Nothing 1/2" of body filler couldn't level out.
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The guys were nervous to continue blasting the removable door panels since they didn't have any support so they stopped after the top layers of paint and I agreed to remove the rest with a grinder to be on the safe side.
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They were there most of the day cutting through the million pounds of paint and filler that was on this car. Which didn't make any sense since the car was pretty solid. Why they plastered this much mud on the car to level out the hack repairs I can't understand.
After it was done:
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And this was some of the after effects.....
This was what was left in the corner just from the parts. Between the blast media, filler and paint.......I raked out 2-wheelbarrows full of crap out of the crass!
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