Chassis welding & Paint stripping...

 

Tab the welder, looking over the chassis.

Even these small pinholes, will need reinforcing

Tab was showing how these small holes grow quickly

This was the most significant rust hole

Over to Chris' paint shop to check on the body

He had it stripped to bare fiberglass (note the seam)

Front right fender repair...held up nicely!  Very minor.

Right rear bumper area

Trunk lock area (note small cirular "bump" area surrounding the lock mechanism).  It often gets sanded down smooth by body shops, but we'll retain the original look.

Funny that there's some orange paint around the front driver headlight area??

Rear cross-member was originally attached to the chassis with rivets

Key lock mechanism is a #8965

We had an NCRS member (Gary B.) produce a 'test key' and we confirmed it worked.

Sandblasting complete

 

The sandblasted chassis

Issue on the driver side/rear shock mount vicinity (approx. 3"x2")

small holes showed up on passenger/top

Close-up of previous photo

Battery tray (w/ prev. fiberglass repairs)

We received the new battery tray replacement (to be welded on)

Rearmost portions of Chassis (should have 4 holes)

Appears there may have been some prev. fiberglass repair. The two forward holes on both driver/passenger rails need repaired.

Front crossmember looks solid

All the other parts have been sandblasted.

Finally! Ready for sandblasting...

 

Cleaning up the backing plates...

Transmission support

Removing the last stripped/broken bolt

Disassembly of the steering drag link

A-Arm cleanup

Draining the rear end

Struggling with the rear wheel bearing retainers.  Very rusted.

And unfortunately, a few studs for the rear axle housing are bent, thus preventing the rear diff. to be removed.  Grrrr.  We're gonna have Barry (our rear-end guy) take a look.

Parking brake components for sand blaster

Rear crossmember

All the parts to be sandblasted...

Sandblaster drop-off of chassis and parts