wow...... this has to be a $20-30,000 restoration.

 

Wow I really wish I could save my car this way

 

And I thought the sandblasting pics looked good (well, they did, but...), these pics look even better!

Joe sent over some pics of the underside and engine bay after their coat of epoxy. The remaining metal work for the underside is in progress, patching up any areas revealed by the sandblasting, as seen in the last pic. It should also straighten out that nagging question for anyone who was wondering why the doors and fenders were still on, since it might have been hard to tell that the rest of the car's body hadn't been sandblasted, since the paint is (or rather used to be) silver-ish.

The plan is to bring the underside to 100% completion including all metal work, epoxy and the "truck bed liner"-style super-tough undercoating. Then, do the same process on all the suspension parts including the rear axel, control arms, etc... Reassemble the suspension and take the car off the rotisserie, back onto its wheels.

From there the doors and fenders will be removed and blasted/painted separately, and the rest of the body will get the full treatment.

For now, enjoy some incredibly awesome pictures of the underside, engine bay and floors. If anyone was wondering why I was spending so much on this project, these pictures should speak a thousand words of explanation. If they don't, nothing I could say would ever convince you otherwise.

 

I should also mention Jon, that the underside will not be recieving a "truck bed liner" type undercoating, it will be receiving *acutal* truck bed liner. Domion Sure Seal product. Very tough, and although its a different formulation then what was put on Tony's car years ago its just as good - you can ask his thoughts on its durability

EDIT: BTW in the first pic of that last post you can see the little old frame puller I used on the rockers

 

Nice work Joe....as usual, See ya in a few weeks