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Keep it up, you are doing a really great job with it. Probably will be less remaining than at the factory before priming and painting 43 years ago!
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The factory didn't put any primer or paint the inside of the trunk. Just bare metal, the only paint that made its way to the inside was over spray around a few holes between the frame and the skin.
I'm planning use an epoxy primer on the inside. Don't plan on any top coat, since it will not be visible or exposed to sunlight. With all of the rust removed from the seam and a good coat of epoxy primer there should be no more rusting from the inside out.
I spend most of the weekend treating the lip on the other side of the lid, that is the side that is visible with the trunk open. If took several sessions with naval jelly but finally all of the rust of the lip came off.
Near the end of the day today I re-cleaned the inner side of the bracing in preparation for one more treatment of naval jelly. After this it should be ready for primmer.
I got around to putting the rest of the insulation in the roof today. The roof is covered with a coating of Lizardskin Ceramic, followed by Eastwood's version of dynamat, then covered with a jute like substance with metal foil on one side. Bang on the outside of the roof and you don't hear anything inside.
I crossed over to the dark side today
Welding door edges ! ! !
There is no way to make this gap at the top of the door better without screwing up something else. If you make the gap go away, the crease at the lower part of the door and fender don't align. This gap at the top is 5/16". The rest of the door is set to 3/16" gap.
So I started welding the edge to take the gap out. I still have some work to do on the welded edge. But this is the stopping point for today. The welded edge is flush with the fender, which raised the edge slightly. There will be a little filler needed to bridge the new edge with the rest of the door. This area of the door is slightly low and curves down. I had about 1/16" of filler to fill the factory flaws in this area before working on the edge.
