Aaron's 76 Type LT Project

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So I've been prepping the newly installed floor pans so I can coat them (inside with Rust Encapsulator and outside with SPI epoxy primer). I was hoping to get the epoxy sprayed while I had 4 days off, but didn't work out that way (what's new). They floor pans had some rust on both sides from my sweat (thanks to the Houston weather), so pulled out the right angle grinder, die grinder and today the sand blaster to get those pesky areas. I decided to go ahead and blast the trunk while I was in blasting mode. Will toss pics up of the trunk before and after tomorrow.

I really pushed myself today and for a few hours afterward felt like total crap - probably got a mild heat stroke or something. I really wanted to get the blasting done though, which I did. Once I weld in some e-brake and hose retainer brackets, I can officially spray with epoxy primer. So have that to look forward to.

Obligatory pic of the underside with the nice, new, clean floor pans. Thanks for looking!

7-11-2010

Well, spent the weekend fixing little areas before I eventually spray the underside. I applied one coat of Rust Encapsulator on the trunk just to get it coated with something. I will eventually apply some type of trunk splatter paint, but not until much, much later.



As you can see in the above pic, I had to cut an area out of the trunk floor. I hadn't planned on doing that, but after closer inspection it was clear that I had to remove the bumper brace to replace the trunk floor underneath. It was pretty badly rusted.

What I saw initially





What I ended up cutting out



Here is the bumper brace cleaned up some. I will need to sand blast it. It's pitted on one side, but still has good metal. I might reinforce it or even replace it with new metal, won't be sure until I sand blast it.