More Rear Body Work

11-2-2011 - Dan has just about finished dressing up the rear lower body panels that had suffered substantial rust damage.  After a little more sanding, he'll be ready to reprime this area.

11-23-2011  And now, Dan has started stripping both the hood pieces and the rumble seat cover (lid???).  The previous owner had started painting the car back in the 1960's and we are removing that paint as I don't care for the color or the type of paint.  He used old fashioned nitrocellulose lacquer and was painting the car black and bright yellow.  The good news is that this paint protected these pieces and the sheet metal appears to be in very good shape.

Dan has painted the floor panel shown above, using a two-part polyurethane paint.  The side you see here is the side that faces down!  It will be visible to anyone willing to crawl under the car.  You can click on this image to see it full size.  You had to see what condition this panel was in to start with to fully appreciate what Dan has accomplished.  I feel very grateful to have both Dan and Deron working on this car.  They are both extremely talented craftsmen.