Random task day, preparing for primer on the front half of the car.
 | Started by removing the gas tank. Tank strap nut looks fine, |
 | but the bolt sheared off. Go figure. |
 | Then, amazingly enough, the other sheared off too. |
 | Reference pic of where the lines go. |
 | Tank bottom |
 | And top. Not in bad shape, but no build sheet. Sigh, I had hoped. |
 | The floor above the tank is in pretty good shape. |
 | This body mount looks like it might have been repaired in the past with bondo or fiberglass - seems to have window screen in it. |
 | This panel might be a problem. Not sure what to do about this, I suppose the answer is "nothing" until I get new pan. |
 | "3867" was written on the firewall, looks like before paint (maybe with a crayon?) |
 | Wire-brushed the undercarriage in preparation for etch-primering. |
 | I wonder if this cut is evidence of a past repair. |
 | These holes are evidence of a future repair. |
 | Put the sandblaster back together and did one of the headlight carriers. |
 | Scraped seam sealer out of the seams on the firewall, wirebrushed the whole thing, again in preparation for etch primer. |
 | Disassembly of the heater box. |
 | All screwed-on items have been removed. This looks to be as far as it can be disassembled. |
 | View of the other side. |
Not shown, but I've sprayed the rear crossmember (which was coated with chunks of greasy dirt) with degreaser. I had already scraped a lot of the chunks off it, I should be able to get it clean before time for primer.