2nd April 2017: On to the teardown. Aim was to remove all of the exterior panels to get first sight of the task.
Started with the front end, easy to get the wings and doors off although a couple of hidden screws and many were seized so the drill took a hammering. Dash came out fairly easily and the car doesn't really look like a car anymore!
As expected the sills, floors and bottom of the A & B posts have not faired well during the years in the US and some very dodgy bodges have been deployed to cover up the rot in the sills and bottom of the B posts. A definite death trap even at the time the "repairs" were originally made - however they are now gone and what's left exposed.
Some quick shots of the right sill, all coming out along with the floor. Not sure how best to tackle this yet although it wont be difficult as most of the metal has already detached itself in any case!
The boot has taken a pasting too but the car has given me the fuel take which is intact and sound - a wash out of the old fuel and clean up will do the job.
A new boot floor and side boxes required.
All this took no more than a days effort. The next step I think is to extract the engine and gearbox for storage. At that stage with the engine out maybe another days effort might get me to mounting the car to the rotisserie stage.
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