The rest of the body was completely stripped with steering, suspension, braking system and oil system bagged, tagged and boxed up.
I've posted it before, but I welded up a chassis dolly so that the shell could be moved around.
Talking with the painter, he suggested to save more money that I should strip the sound deadening stuff out of the wheel wells, engine compartment and front trunk as there is no point in paying $125/hour for someone else to do it.
A course knotted wire wheel on an angle grinder made messy but effective work.
The shell was then off to media blasting to prep for metal work.
One of the most questionable items I found was the front outer wheel bearings. Both looked like this. It would have been done deliberately I guess?????
