It's in Primer

It's been 891 days, but it is finally in primer! The hood, decklid, fenders and doors are next. I'm still trying to decide if I want to replace my driver side door or put in the time required to fix the top hinge. I also need to finish the patch in the front passenger side fender well after replacing the hinge plate.

Stripped Bare

Now that the metal work is all but done, I decided to strip the body of all it's paint. Last time I did this, I used an air powered angle grinder and a few dull grinding disks... This time a used an Easy Strip Disk. WOW what a difference, it was faster and it had better results. I still need to go back and get the rust spot off with the grinder, but that shouldn't take too long. I also need to strip the inside and some of the nooks and crannies.

Firewall

After finally finishing all the nit picky little metal work crap that needed to be done, I got around to putting a newer style firewall in the bug. The 1600 style motor will not fit with the 36HP style firewall. So, as you can see, I cut the old one out and welded one in from a '64.