Day 88 - 6/8/12

Today we clean up the damage we caused on the roof (literally). The rear window needs a little more feather grinding to be smooth with the body and the sail panels are examined and ground a little. We also begin to sand, grind and work the roof skin that will eventually be covered up with vinyl. We're getting there!

If you look closely, we drew a sharpie line across the rivet holes across the trunk filler panel that we spliced into. This is where the molding went and will go again that covers the seam between the vinyl and painted surface. This is a point of reference, of what we can and will grind up to. 

Lots of rust from years of buildup and moisture that found its way in-between the vinyl and the sail panel.

The rust got extremely close to the visible paint line and this is a challenge we will have to continue to face.

You can see the original gray primer on the roof from when the body was dipped so many years ago.

We clean it all off however, to prepare for a clean surface to prime for the second time in its life.