97 #00034 Restoration

[RTW DC2R]

Doors were probably the most frustrating thing about cleaning up my car lol

[DHtypeR]

Doors were probably the most frustrating thing about cleaning up my car lol

Yea, it was very time consuming labeling and organizing all the parts.

[DHtypeR]

It’s been awhile since i posted. So here’s some shots of the interior stripped down. The floor looks bad but most of it is just surface rust.

[DHtypeR]

When you go to buy floor mats and come home with a few more parts!

[aklackner]

Very excited to see this start taking shape!

From similar experience with the floor pan on 01-0386, an angle grinder with a Dewalt knotted wire wheel was the quickest way to get it cleaned up, like a magic eraser.

I tried navel jelly and all sorts of other different methods. With navel jelly I got pretty good initial results but a day or 2 later the small pin points seemed to come back since you have to wash the naval jelly out then try to dry it but the metal remains exposed to the air so sort of starts to flash immediately.

Do you know how you’ll coat?
I’ve been impressed with rust bullet automotive, it bonded well and gives me extra confidence any little pin points I may not have gotten 100% are at least sealed away from air contact. If you do go with something like rust bullet, I highly recommend etching (check out “metal blast) first and make sure to keep coats thin or it will get these little air bubbles as it cures where it builds any thickness or runs.

[DHtypeR]

I’m not sure what I am going to use just yet but I’ll definitely look into the rust bullet product. Thanks for the tips

[coolhandluke]

Holy mackerel! That looks like quite a haul! I look forward to updates as you wrench.

[DHtypeR]

Yea, I got Lucky the guy I bought the parts from sold his ITR a few years ago and this is all the parts he had left over. Some of the parts are used but everything is in pretty good condition.

[DHtypeR]

I did a quick cleaning and the car cleaned up pretty good considering.

[coolhandluke]

Whoa, that looks daunting and fun, all at the same time.