Next update to my progress

Well, I have done some more tear down. Actually the car is now stripped of pretty much every thing. It is amazing how much is actually coming out of such a small car. Eventually I will be putting the car on some sort of jig that will allow me to rotate it onto it's side.
From there, I can remove all the undercoating and start installing the floor patches. Speaking of patches, I have made the first floor patch with a hammer mold, here is a pic of what it looked like.

Now I just have to cut out the rear floor and weld this one in. The front floor is going to be tricky because it has way more curves in it and it will take more time to beat it into place properly to get a good result.

I have also decided to replace all the undercoating with box liner. It is going to be a tedious job but in the end it will make for a longer lasting result should the windows leak again and the road grime do it best to promote rust. Once the floors are done and the underside along with the inner chassis is coated in box liner I will have to strip all the body panels. I have explored every thing from dipping the car to sand blasting it and finally after the research I have decided  to go with aircraft stripper. The body metal is too thin to dip as well as sand blast so the only viable option is going to be using aircraft stripper on each panel. It's a good thing the panels are not to big or it would take forever. (kind of glad I am not into Cadillac's)

I have also been able to get my hands on a fiberglass hood. This should save me a bunch of money by not having to deal with a rusty hood and now I can sell my hood patch to recover some of the cost. If any one is looking for a hood patch let me know and we can make a deal.


Well that's about it for now, I suppose my next entry will be when I have my rotation jig done and my floor boards in place. If any one has some advise on some of the things I am going to attempt in the next few months please let me now. Avoiding pitfalls is a good thing.