5 hours ago, wheee! said:

And I suppose you don't see a baby holding it's fathers thumb in this one?

Not until I read your  text! Tell me that is not on your arm.

, it's a quite famous net pic...

Hahaha!! No, I had never seen that one.

Oy, So someone actually has that on their arm? It's only funny because it's not me!!

Obviously...

Loaded up a fresh bucket of grit and did some more blasting last night. Things went A LOT better with fresh grit. No dust and better blasting.

I have the car in its upright position now and I am literally standing in the engine bay so I can blast all the lower areas in there. I'll spin the frame sideways again soon and do the upper portions. I'd say I'm almost half done.... Maybe!

New paint scheme picked out...

I think a urethane would do nicely with that scheme…...

Wish I had more to post. Lately I have been getting a couple nights a week in the garage with the media blaster. Progress is slow but steady. Right now the engine compartment is almost done. Still have a lot of nooks and crannies to get to and I will have to flip the car a few more times to get them all.

After the engine bay, I am going to do the nose section of the car, then move to the door frames and windshield ledge and A pillars. The inner cowl looks challenging but it will be done too. I will NOT be blasting any flat sheet metal. No desire to warp any panels.

After that, I have the interior and hatch to do. That will be a long job I think. I will probably spend almost as much time vacuuming and blowing out all the media after I'm done too!

Hang in there! You're doing greaat! BTW, i'm still finding media in my car

Finished the engine bay last night! Still lots to go but a productive evening anyways!

Wheel housings look better too.

Both pictures are from before I started the night and the room filled with dust... It will indeed take a while to purge the car of media after I'm done...

More progress albeit slow. Door frames are done along with inner cowling and windshield moulding. Taillight area still to do along with the interior. Feels like I am getting closer to being done with the media blasting. At least of the frame. I will blast a few larger parts while I have the tent setup. The new tranny for one and the front crossmember come to mind.

Oh well. I'm in no rush I guess!

Edited January 27, 20169 yr by wheee!

Got inspired by my last post and blasted the tranny and the taillight panel tonight!