Still early days and a very busy work schedule has made it difficult to devote time to the project. I finally picked up the Z from the frame shop, some minor straightening was required to the sub frame and A pillar, no other issues arising except the rear subframe bolts were (way) over torqued at some point and required some heat and persuasion to remove. The deconstruction continues with the door mechanisms, glass, headliner, diff and subframe to go. I plan to leave the car as a roller as long as possible until it's ready to go out for media blading then body and paint. In the meantime I built a 3' x 5' Evaporust solution tank to address the trunk lid and bottoms of the doors. Neither is rusty however media blasting can't access deep in the seams or behind the trunk cross members where the panel didn't receive paint so I want to address these areas. I sent the hood out for chemical dipping followed by phosphating and epoxy primer which turned out well however in the process the dum dum body putty installed by the factory between the cross bracing and the sheet metal to eliminate rattling and provide a cushion and stability to the sheet metal is lost on the process and has to be replaced. The temporary Evapo tank I built is nominally larger than required and took 15 gallons to fill to the level you in the photo. Even then, to ensure full coverage the trunk lid will need to be flipped after 24 hours in the solution. Next is the bottom of the doors.
On the frame machine:
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Trunk lid in the Evaporust bath:
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On the frame machine:
Trunk lid in the Evaporust bath:
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