well merry Christmas,
I think Santa found out about my little project and swung by TopBanna and got me a sleigh full of goodies
I have about 75% of the patch panels I need. I made use of my stocking stuffer ASAP(brand new air ratchet) and started busting down/tagging and bagging bolts, spacers ect....gotta love air tools. I got a little done between family events(I only had a 2 hour window) The rust repair is going to be like a big jig saw puzzle and I found that at some point in its life someone hit or pulled on the radiator crossmember and bent it all to hell(pic below) so that will need to be replaced.
My new toy
the bad crossmember
it looks like im making a little progress
it is pretty solid......but there is rust, I mean this is VA after all