| Started by installing the body mount bushings on the driver's side.. except for this one, up front.. I could not get the bolt to start, it just sits and spins without catching at all. To get to the cage nut, I could either cut another hole in the floor or remove the front clip. I wasn't really ready to take the clip off yet, but it beats cutting the floor. |
| Of course, started by removing the hood. It came off with absolutely no trouble at all. |
| Hinges gave no problem either. |
| Many bolts came out easily. |
| Many did not (circled) |
| but the ones that needed to come out to remove the front clip as a unit did. The radiator support bolts sheared off, conveniently enough. |
| Here's the car with no clip. Remarkably little rust. |
| The cowl is in remarkably good shape, it needs cleaned up and some sanding to get rid of the rust, but there's no rust holes to worry about. |
| Same on the sides. |
I whacked my thumb today, twice.. I'm giving even odds on whether the nail will fall off. It hurts, but I hope to get out there tomorrow and remove the nuts that are spinning so I can disassemble the clip.