Body: How this is going to go.

I thought with us starting to strip our body down, now would be a good time to lay the process out so that we make sure not to forget anything.

Step 1. Strip our chassis down to bare metal. This includes the interior. Step one is the longest step. The interior needs to be dry-iced. All paint and body filler needs to be stripped. The engine bay needs to be stripped of all the now unnecessary lines and hoses.

Step 2. Welding. Repair the holes in the floor boards. Plug the antenna hole. Fix the fender liner and remove the battery tray. Weld shut any holes in the firewall that are no longer needed. Fix the seat brackets.

Step 3. Repair any major dents as best as possible. If we can't make it perfect, we'll use body filler to make it smooth later.

Step 4. Remove hood. Remove fenders. Remove front lower valances and grill. Remove doors. Remove hatch. If any of those parts are damaged beyond repair, replace with fiberglass if possible.

Step 5. Clean metal with acid. Lay down 1-2 coats of rust encapsulating etching primer. This will adhere to the bare metal. The interior will get a rust encapsulation primer as well, but a much thicker coating to help with noise.

Step 6. Body filler for any dents that weren't made perfect during step 3. Body filler will adhere better to the primer.

Step 7. 1 more coat of primer over the car over the body filler. Maybe 2 if needed.

Step 8a. Light sand the primer and lay down color. All door jambs, interior under the carpet and the engine bay will all be the same color.

Step 8b. Light sand and color again. Depending on the paint and the color we will have to sand between coats and we might need a clear coat.

Step 9. Reinstall painted fenders, doors, hood and hatch.

That's pretty much it. Interior can then go together, and assembling the engine bay is it's own ball of work.