In the spring of 2003 the first order of business was a thorough power wash, both outside and under the hood. Here, my son Austin (6 yrs.) shows me how it's done...
Of course, being the show-off he is, he had to prove he could pull the old drive train all by himself too...
After gutting most of the interior we applied some Eastwood Rust Encapsulator I had laying around to portions of the floor pans. The floors were rust free (surprisingly) but the factory paint/primer had dried in spots in a very unusual manner. If water were to sit long, they would have rusted. Just a little extra measure of security.
Since any work beyond this would be "beneath" Austin. I was on my own from here on out.
Disassembly continued in preparation for soda blasting the engine compartment and other key areas. I also removed old primer and bondo to find out what was underneath. Some of it was hideous, which you will soon see...
The mobile soda-blasting dude showed up and cleaned up the engine compartment, core support, rockers, and portions of the fenders lickedy-split. Note the lack of eye protection. I also wanted him to strip the inner structure of the hood (only) so as not to warp the outer skin. Still warped it. Looks like I would have to order that bolt-on fiberglass hood with Six-Pack scoop from AAR in Florida after all. Darn.
The guy also managed to dump a few gallons of compressor oil from his ancient truck on my driveway in the process, thanks.
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