More Painting

Came in, put the steering box back in so I could pull the car out of the garage. The garage is so humid that the paint wasn't fully cured yet; I'll have to touch up a few spots I nicked.

Tried the manual impact wrench on the crankshaft pulley. No go.

Then, it was pretty much more painting. Cleaned the front bulkhead and top left side floor pan. Then POR-15ed these two since they were both showing signs of corrosion. And, since there will be standing water on the bulkhead after a rain, I figured the extra protection is not a bad idea. That's pretty much it. I would have done more, but I can't do any dusty work when the paint is drying... and besides, I had a 4th 0f July BBQ to go to.

It's looking pretty. Too bad nobody will ever see it.

Man! This little bit of project creep is getting out of hand. All I was gonna do was remove the body, check for rust, change the floor pan, and put the body back on. Removing and painting engine shrouding... project creep. Painting and cleaning the chassis... project creep.

Today: 3.5 hrs. Next time: grind the welds, clean all surfaces, prime what's left, then topcoat everything that needs it. Pull the car into the garage, prop it up on stands, and POR-15 the front drums. And with that, we'll (hopefully) be done with the chassis from the floor pans forward.