Paint Stripping

All this sounds bad but the car was an original, clean, unmolested unit with no accident damage and no evidence of having any previous repairs to the body or drive train. As damage to engines can occur just from sitting for long periods, I was happy to learn that the engine had been started and run to warm it up every few months while it was sitting for the 15 years.

I spent about three day's stripping off all the chrome trim, bumpers, seats, door panels, hood lining, door glass and regulators, lights, wiring and any other bits and pieces that I could find that would come off. I left all the running gear and dash board in so that I could still drive it while doing the restoration work
The car went down to a painter who sanded the body down to bare metal and sprayed it with a "Glasurit" primer/sealer.

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