So, I got some aircraft stripper and I started the process of "depainting" my project 69. The body was in remarkably good shape. Not too many dings, and very little surface rust. It took me 4 hours to do both quarter panels, hood, and roof. I was following this thread:
Paint Stripping 101
It's a great primer on stripping your car. The materials (aircraft stripper, razors, gloves, brush, respirator) cost me about 60 bucks, and change. Sandblasting the car would have been a few hundred.
One thing I realized is that this wasn't bad *at all*. These cars are pretty small. No reason you couldnt have a car down to bare metal in a weekend, especially if you have a helper. At any rate, here are the pics...they speak for themselves.
First layer of stripper on the hood, underneath some modified trash bags to keep it from evaporating too quickly.
Yours truly working on the scraping.
Roof during and after.
Finished roof, pre-soapy rinse.
