Body: Progress is the sound of a grinder.

First things first, we built an engine stand.

Rated to 1000lbs, this stand will hold any engine we can mount on it.

Short story, watch this.

For more about, what we did read on.

We got to our first day of working on the car. After stripping emblems and light fixtures, my trusty assistant got to work removing the taillight panels.

The end product of her hard work?

No hidden rust in our taillight panel.

After about an hour of grinding we were at a stop. We made some good progress though.

Right side.

Left side.

Unfortunately, we did find some not so great things on the left side.

See that white on the border of the paint? That's body filler. The sheet metal is dimpled. It's hard to see in pictures and in the video, but it's there.