Day 3

Well this is how it sits, completely taken apart.

Pile O' parts

Dash is on the left, my dad really needs to clean out his garage.

 Decided to do some rust exploration today, went out and got some dry ice.

For those who don't know, on this car (and most other cars) have tar ALL OVER the floor, it's used as a sealer / rust preventer.

bad part is this shit hides the rust that comes up from the underside.. i decided to take it all off and have a look, with my shoulder being messed up i cant really do any heavy work so this is the next best thing, all it took me was a small hand chisel, i didnt even need a hammer.

I let the dry ice sit for about 30-45 mins so it cools everything down to below 0

Did all of this by hand and got tired..

Hell yeah mother fucker EZ-mode, why didnt i think of this earlier!


Note the frost build up on the seat rails in this picture and the next, i was freezing my ass off doing this.

After digging around i didn't see any rust on the transmission tunnel, only the floors / frame rails this is really good news since the total amount of rusted floors is about 2.5 square feet of sheet met

Time to cover up the metal, gonna use this stuff called "microspheres" its a filler and volumizer for weight reduction of paints and puddies etc. Some people use it for model airplanes and things like that. For me however, i will be using the other added bonus of this stuff, Sound deadening. It works amazing for that, all i need to do is prime the surface and brush it on mixed up with some type of paint. 

Microspheres are actually what is used in the product called "lizard skin" its marketed as such, a strong light weight brush on or spray on paint that has sound deadening characteristics, problem is its expensive.. 149$ for the "gun" you need to spray it with, plus the cost of the paint itself.. i believe its about 100$ a gallon.  

After i apply my primer and microsphere infused paint, i will go over it again with truck bedliner spray for a uniform rough, strong finish. I'm not sure if i will carpet this car, i think i might keep it completely gutted since it is not going to be a show car.