Rapom's Rocket - just another Duster build thread

Whoo Hoo!!! The automotive Gods smiled upon me today and I hit the Trifecta: 1st the weather was perfect, 2nd I had time to myself today and 3rd I got my sorry a.. out to the shop and made some progress on the car. I feel reinvigorated.

Pic 1 - Got both sides of the cowl behind the splash shields treated and painted.
Pic 2 - Put the 1st of two coats of undercoating into the rear wheel wells. Still have to attach a trunk floor pan to the back of the arches so I left a strip uncoated. I will apply a second heavy coat and blend in those areas when the floor is in.
Pic 3- Finished trimming the filler panel between the hood and cowl induction scoop. Then welded and smoothed the opening all the way around and put a coat of primer on it for some protection. Also seam sealed the panel to the hood on the interior side.
Pic 4 - I used some small sheet metal screws to clamp the scoop and hood skin together to see if there were going to be any issues before welding. Fit was actually quite good all the way around.

I think the next set of goals will be to install the trans onto the engine and put the whole shooting match (K, engine, trans, front suspension, power steering) onto my skate and slide it under the car. Then I can start working on the "stuff that needs done" list like oil filter location, completing the engine wiring harness, make lines for the power steering cooler, locate the steering coupler and drill the shaft for the cross pin, make up some grounding cables and so on and so forth.... But first I've got to get my steering box rebuilt by Firmfeel and finally make a damn decision on what Torsion Bar to run.