5 degrees outside? No problem! More soda blasting, wire brushing, sanding. Note I'm staying away from the cowl piece for now, as it will have to be repaired.
Blasted passenger's side door jam.
Just the first coat of primer
AND..... DRUMROLL..... THIS IS MY CAT IN A BAG
Sorry that had nothing to do with the car but it was cute!
Hey guys -- quick update on some work on cleaning up the front end.
Harbor Freight had a great deal on a 21 gallon, 2.5 horsepower air compressor for $169. Runs everything I need, air gun, sander and I can soda blast for about 60 seconds then wait a minute for it to recover.
De-greased and soda blasted intake manifold.
Valve Covers
Front end. This is a factory A/C car (just like Dean's Impala), I removed all of the A/C set up so I can get to the frame. I'll probably eventually get the A/C rebuilt but it's not a priority at this point. Everything that's in primer has been a combination of soda blasted, wire brushed, sanded, and de-greased. I also took off the inner fender -- it will have to be replaced. The driver's side inner fender isn't bad at all and I think I'll be able to salvage that one.
After the front end is cleaned to the best of my ability, we are going to pull the motor, degrease and clean it up. After it's clean we will install the new camshaft, lifters, timing chain, and pushrods.
A big thank you to Cortney's parents who let me borrow this sweet tent. Now I can work on her whenever I want and 99% of the weathers stays off. (It does have a back I just haven't put it on yet)
I've been cleaning a lot of the engine parts and will post those soon!
