Since the arrival of the car we have been hard at work. Its half 10 so I need to get to bed (so no pictures til tomorrow)
We have taken the bonnet to pieces ready to be sandblasted and for easier storage. Some of the bolts where a real pain taking off and after trying many different techniques we found the best was to spray WD-40 on the nut/bolt and then hammer in with a posi-drive screwdriver head on a ratchet then unscrew with a lot of pressure. We found a lot of fibreglass of where a previous owner had repaired a bump on the front of the car which explains why the front bullbars were missing on purchase of the car. There was minimal rust on the whole of the bonnet which is an added bonus and we didnt have to grind off any of the bolts either.
This evening we have begun taking the interior out to preserve as much of the leather and doorcards etc as we can. The next obstacle which is in our way is that of the seat runners as the rust is not allowing the seats to slide so we can't get to the front screws which hold the runners to the floor and we can't take the centre console off until the two anchors for the seatbelts have been taken off but we need to take the centre console off to get a better look of where the screws are on the runners. Catch 22 position or what?
I think this week will consist of taking the rest of the interior out and then beginning to clean up all the parts which we have taken off ready to be sent to chrome platers and zinc platers. The bonnets going to be sent off to sandblasting later this week after we've got quotes for it.
That's all for today, once I get my hands on the pictures from my dads camera (the lead for it is at his work) i'll upload them so you can see the progress in pictures.
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