SanFord got a little more love today.
I am starting on the interior, at least the back room, so I can install a mattress. Toward that end, I need to clean up the ceiling and walls for paint. So out comes the grinder and wire wheel. I'm not going to be stripping the interior down to bare metal, I just need to remove the last of the carpet and glue. I started at the back by the side door. You know, that side door that I decided to never open, because the latches were a rusted mess.
That is until I realized there was no way to get to the walls and floor in that corner without opening it.
The latch was every bit as bad as I thought it was.
Copious amounts of penetrating oil and a liberal application of a hammer and I finally got the latches to move.
This door has been leaking for a long time. I knew the floor was going to be a rusty mess, so I decided to pull the flooring up and tackle that next.
It could be worse. The proper way to fix this is cut the old out and weld in new. I'm not going to be doing that. So I cleaned it all up, coated it with Ospho, and followed that up with a rusty metal primer. The holes will be patched with sheet metal and NP1 to stop water penetration. The finish floor will be going on top of that.
While I was cleaning, I also cleaned up the rear doors and got a coat of primer on them as well.
The side door latch also made a trip through the blast cabinet for some much needed rust removal. A light coat of paint should at least slow the rust down.
I'm hoping to get most of the rear room painted tomorrow. Also, the front turn signals showed up today. They are as awesome as I thought they would be. I'd like to get them mounted as well.
More to come.