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A skim coat of filler on the passenger side quarter all sanded. Then some more epoxy. It's starting to look pretty good. Then a few coats of High Build primer. And more sanding. Went all the way to 400 grit. Time for 2 coats of epoxy and on to the next. Still laughing at myself...

While I was painting the quarter panels I decided to get some primer and paint on a few of the new rear suspension parts. Some mildly more durable rear spring shackles. A little paint on the new upper shock mounts for the rear. With a little luck I'll be spending some quality...

Drivers side ready for some more primer. I managed to get the passengers side sanded down. I have repairs to make to the wheel well, a small spot behind the door, and the rest of the bolt holes for the original tire carrier. Patch panned trimmed close to fitting. Final fitted...

It's a miller 211 MIG if I remember correctly. Someday I'd like to get a tig welder but I keep spending money on other things... I did get a little bit of warpage at the one corner. Which gave me a chance to practice with some hammer and dolly work.

Started on some of the body work on the upper wheel well. Old rusty metal removed. New piece clamped in place and ready for cutting and welding. Cut and tacked. Welded in. Cleaned up again. Now for some primer and filler. Then sand and repeat a few times.

A little pallet of goodies showed up for me at work. Too bad I'm not quite ready to put them in yet.

I'll see if I rearrange some things and free up that morning.

That's what I did last time too. Just wanted to try straightening it out since it was not rusty. Wasn't too time consuming.

Started doing a little body work. The drivers rocker panel and door are a little dinged up and pushed in so I was debating between just cutting it out and replacing it with a leftover patch panel I've had for awhile. But, I decided to try and straighten it out first. Figured it is solid and...

I have done the 1980-86 and the 1992-96 ones. And they aren't as bad as it looks. Just remember to unhook the cable for the shift position on the steering column before you drop or remove it. Also the cable for hvac temp door. It's time consuming but not to difficult.

Found a little spare time the other day and got out the wire wheel, sandblaster, and sander out and cleaned up the rear axle. Then some primer and paint.

Did a little more work on the dash. The foam seal on the vents was just about non existent. So I found some D shaped weatherstripping and used it to seal the vent connections. I also painted the bracket that holds the drivers side of the dash and the steering column up. Just used some...

We just use the good old enamel percolator either on the fire or a stove. It's been the only method we have used. The wife bought a french press a year or two back and we have yet to take it with or try it out.

Air compressors defiantly come in handy. I just upgraded to an 80 gallon industrial compressor about a year ago. Used to have a little craftsmen 20-30 gal that did ok for small projects. It's nice now I never have to wait for the compressor to catch up. Just make sure you get one that is up...

Now it was time to return it to the original color. First I scrubbed it all with a special soap that has some grit in it and helps to remove a leftover junk that would mess up the new coating. Then you spray it down with a wax and grease remover at wipe it down until clean. Right before you...

I cleaned as much of the old crappy pain of the dash as I could. I also did the glove box, and a few other lower parts that go on the dash. I scrubbed them with a cleaning solvent that is used for cleaning up automotive paints. I had a few spots on the dash that I needed to fix before...

I got the cage wiped down and primered with some PPG black epoxy. And then I sprayed it with the same color as we are going to do the body. I'm using a charcoal/gray color with a mix of pearls containing blue, violet, and red. So far so good. We'll see how good it is...

Cut out some tabs to mount the shoulder belt for the rear seat belts to the cage if we have the top off. The tabs in place. Then I spend about 4 hours sanding the cage. Now its all cleaned up and wiped down. Now to find the spare time to get some primer and paint on it.

Started working on cleaning up the dash. I used a little paint solvent on rags to clean the spray paint the previous owner had put on it. It took a fair bit of scrubbing but I got most of it cleaned off and ready to get it returned to closer to it's original color. I still have some...

I carry a streamlight strion hl rechargeable. It's showing some wear but I use it a lot at work.