Call me the Kaiser, because I'm on a roll.

The heat has not slowed me down that much. Made some great progress on the interior.

Went from this....

To this.

Scraped about 20lbs of tar and wool insulation.What you see is 5 minutes of grinding away from bare metal.

Next step is to cut those small holes out and weld in a new sheet. I'm going to use the front bumper that I took off as a panel. Recycling in the purest form. Don't mind the three round holes, those are supposed to be there.

I also took a wire wheel to the frame and firewall on the battery tray hole area. Happy to report that the frame is in very good shape. I think I'm going to clean it up and weld in a piece o sheet metal in from the bottom. Haven't decided the best way to tackle it yet.

Progress update!

Progress is slow, but it's progress none the less.

Lower bumper, side bumpers, grille and bumper supports are off and gone. Aftermarket front air dam will replace all of that.

Vehicle is on stands, wheels are off, right headlight is out.

Left headlight is still stuck in.

Windshield is out and disposed of, was heavily cracked. Dashboard is out.

Rear windshield is out and set aside. Quarter windows are out, one was broken during removal.

Engine bay about 90% stripped. Only needs brake and clutch cylinders removed. Also started on my rust hole. Entire engine bay and dashboard wiring harness has been removed from vehicle. Wires were very cracked and falling apart. Vehicle will need to be rewired for the new engine anyway so it's not that much more work to rewire the dash and cabin.

My rust hole is looking good, but still needs some touching up before a new panel is cut and formed.

So. We're getting there. Need to remove the hood, patch the engine bay rust hole and I can probably primer the engine bay.