1972 Scamp "Smokey" - Saved From Wildfire
It was a busy weekend. Lastly, I did the worst part of the project yet....removing the undercoating for the subframe connectors. It SUCKED. That undercoating singlehandedly saved this car, which I'm thankful for. But OMG, this crap was 1/2" thick in parts. It must have been built on a Monday. I used an air chisel on its lowest setting to remove the thickest parts. Then I used an air needle gun to removed the junk in the corners and radiuses. Lastly I hit it with a Dewalt twisted wire wheel to get it down to bare metal.
It got EVERYWHERE. My entire garage has a layer of dust on everything. Thank goodness I had a full face mask on because God knows what Detroit was putting in that coating back then. Gross! So happy that's over with. I'm celebrating with a beer.
It was a busy weekend. Lastly, I did the worst part of the project yet....removing the undercoating for the subframe connectors. It SUCKED. That undercoating singlehandedly saved this car, which I'm thankful for. But OMG, this crap was 1/2" thick in parts. It must have been built on a Monday. I used an air chisel on its lowest setting to remove the thickest parts. Then I used an air needle gun to removed the junk in the corners and radiuses. Lastly I hit it with a Dewalt twisted wire wheel to get it down to bare metal.
It got EVERYWHERE. My entire garage has a layer of dust on everything. Thank goodness I had a full face mask on because God knows what Detroit was putting in that coating back then. Gross! So happy that's over with. I'm celebrating with a beer.
