After a little cleaning with the pressure washer and scrubbing a bit here she is in all her glory... just a little spit and polish.... well maybe a little more than that!! And I thought the car was WHITE!!!

After cleaning out the piles of bird droppings and crude this what was left.. There was a rubber matt that seemed to hold the moisture and rotted out parts of the rear floors.. Check out the RESTOMOD pages for an update on the floor pans.

The fellow that had the convertible before me had these buckets stored in a spot to protect them. THEY LOOK PRETTY GOOD EH?. I understand that they are from a falcon due to the emblem on the seatback.

Just a little touchup and she should be ready to GO!. YA RIGHT ...!

I know this looks bad, but most of the rust you see is primarily surface, although I did have to replace a little of the floor sheet metal... I am in the process now of scrubbing all the loose rust and coating with zero-rust.

This shot of the trunk doesnt look to bad eh.. just a little rust in the top of the gas tank and a little patching of the sheet metal. Have a close look at the top of the fender....this is going to need some serious attention.

What amazed me what how pristine the underbody on the car is... . Goes to show you that there wasnt much salt used on the roads in those days..THANK GOODNESS!!

Here is the pile of interior pieces salvaged during the cleanup... I will have some patterns at least to go by when the interior goes back in.

Here is a photo from the collection I took during the stripping of the front of the car As you can see there isnt much left on this END!

I thought the removal of the windshield was going to be tricky.... Here she is all cleaned up ready for the stripper....

For the past month or so I have been taking pieces of the car.. there is barely a bolt left on her I think Now where did that piece come from?

I took out the quarter panel glass assemblies intact as well.. JUST HOPE I CAN GET them BACK TOGETHER!

I have come to know this cleaning device intimately in the last few months... With a little GLASS bead she can sure clean parts.

Here is the sample of the cleaning the bead blast cabinet can do! Not to bad for a carpenter eh?

I was wondering why the door on the fresh air vent wouldnt move.. well have a close look The mice were using this area as a burial grounds I think.....

I am going to have to do some fancy fabricating to get this back to near original As you can see not only the quarter is cut but also the end of the rocker... MAN!