Huge void in time since my last update but I’ve still been plugging away the whole time. The pace was slower than planned because we unexpectedly ended up working a deal to acquire 2 more cars in exchange for finishing up a large pole barn for a friend (concrete, insulation,…). It’s taken up more time than I expected over the past 3mos or so. On top of that, the work needed on this ‘68 has been multiplying as I move along (go figure…. Lol).
The trunk floor went very well, as did the inner wheelhouse patch panel and the full outer wheelhouse. So far, most of the exterior surfaces of the car appear to have had a heavy coating of sprayable polyester filler direct to metal. Either that caused a layer of black scale rust over time, the surface was never prepped properly, or someone just simply sprayed a “converter” on existing rust. Fortunately it cleans up to good steel… it’s just been time consuming and “experiments” to find what removes it the fastest without compromising the thickness of the panels.
I’ll add pics in small groups following this post because I always have issues with pics on this site.
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