The starting point was good for a 20 year old car with a few kilometers behind it. The few things I wanted to get rid of while I get it painted were the skirts that I never realy liked, the tinted lights, rear panel and turn signals.
Ofc. the fist step was to strip the car as much as possible with the doors and windows still in, at the time it was very cold outside.
And at the moment I kept the bodywork on because I stored it ouside my apartment.
I was fairly pleased that I didn't find anything like kop-O-nen did on his.
The amount of insulation that I found under the backseat was fairly comical
Next step was to take out the front seats, and remaining interior pieces with the exeption of the dash.
The dash vents, heater controll and other misc pieces will be replaced by a stock black set.
At this point I drove it to the person that'll be doing the final bodywork and paint. Bumpers, lights and fenders were removed at this point.
The front fenders were welded to the skirts, and those skirts were VERY solid. You could hit them with a 3kg hammer and not make a dent.
Again, the body was in a good shape under the moldings and bumpers. Dirty as hell but what whould you expect?
Just about what you'd expect from a car this old.
At this point I started working on little things when I could only get to the car on weekends.
I started by cleaning up the rear lights. That tint was on TIGHT!.
And finaly getting my hands on that stock rear panel.
I also ended up needing a new rear bumper as the old one was rusty.
I picked up an other one along with better side moldings and some other misc. items.
While working on the body, we found that someone had welded a second wheel arch on top of the old one at the back and that had caused some rust issues. New parts are on the way. Also, the skirts are gone and new ones are just about to go on.
More on this as something post worthy happends.
what you got under the hood?
