Dave Rich update 2/4/2019

Hi Ann,

Thank you for the most recent card!  It is crazy to see the car so close to when it was new.
I was holding off a few days on this update as I hoped to say the media blasting would be complete.  Alas, we are not there just yet as the media blaster ran out of abrasives.  This undercoating is proving very difficult as I told you on the phone.  If the weather holds, we might get finished today but it could be rain delayed. We can't risk getting the car wet at this stage.

The outside of the car and frame are stripped.  We still have about half of the floor, 25% of the back of one fender and the hood remaining.  

Here are some pictures of the process.  The metal is in very good condition with just a few additional spots of repair needed aside from some of the problem spots we already knew about.

Looking good!

A prior repair (poor by today's standards)

Firewall looks like NEW!

The floor cleaned up pretty good... -some minor pitting 

 with a few rougher areas in the toeboard area that we'll address

The Frame about halfway through blasting.

Passenger side lower fender. 

A fair amount of rust was hiding under the crud on the reverse side...

Best regards
Dave