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Chris and I disassembled the car in 5 hours.
No doors, hood, deck lid. Bumpers off. Dash out. Body work took a week. Paint took a day.
There wasn't any so called metal work. We couldn't find any rust. I guess it's life in California
and Texas was gentle on the metal. As far as dings and dents there were over 50. Mostly
massaged out by my friend Craig who is a very well known in the paintless dent repair world.

Dash pad in. Then the front glass.
All of the glass is in with all new Porsche rubber. I've fought the glass vs other manufacturer seals and lost too many times.
My hands hurt from digging out 50 yo rubber from very tiny places were the new seals reside.
This would have never happened without Chris and Ed Mayo's help. I am very lucky to have had all of their many years of wisdom an arm's length away.

Off to dry ice blasting.........

I met with Jonathan on Monday and he loaded the car on his trailer. He will clean the underside of the car.
Some progress shots......
50+ years of muck is coming off.......

Did you know that 50 years of oil mixed with dirt+road grime+water = a compound that will plug pin holes in your oil tank.

I'm going to have to drain the tank and have it welded. Something about this 72 tank (copper over steel) that just looks cool. A new tank won't have this patina and they cost $1,300. Ouch.

Progress shots... Still a lot to do.

Nice ! Interesting looking wheels. Are you going to put center caps on them ?

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No center caps. https://www.group4wheels.com/

Progress Shots

Great build thread and simply gorgeous. She is getting closer to completion and do keep posting all the additional upgrades and mods.