Once the body was attached to the rotisserie, the inside and undercarriage where sanded using scuff pads and 220 grit sandpaper. It was then wheeled outside, where it was thoroughly blown out and vaccumed out.
Special attention was paid to the area where the rocker panel meets the rear outer wheel well. Originally the factory had left a holes where water leaked inside. Refer to the bottom of Page 6.
In the first picture above you can see where my mask line was for the rocker guard. With that established it was a simple matter of masking the rest of the body off.
Though not pictured the next step was to seal the underside, which I did by spraying some reduced DP50LF non-sanding epoxy primer. This I let set overnight so that I did not have to worry about the primer shrinking after it was painted.
The rocker guard of choice was 3M Rocker Schutz. This required a special gun. The 3M guns cost about $75. The cheap repo guns cost $16. Guess which one I bought ? The next 3 pictures above show the undercarriage after application of three coats of Rocker Schutz. It took 2 full cans to do the job.
After allowing a good half hour for the Rocker Schutz to dry, I painted over it. Yah! Color! This took up about 1 & 1/2 quarts of basecoat.
With the body setting on the cart I made earlier, I removed the body from the rotisserie and lowered the body/cart till the cart was a couple feet from the floor. This gave me the perfect height for painting the inside.
I decided not to paint the firewall at the same time as the interior, to avoid overspray issues. So I masked over all of the holes on the firewall. Then after a couple hours, I had the body fully masked. I tend to used old newspapers to mask with. It's funny that every once in a while I'll find an article that catches my eye and I stop to read it.
You may notice that I painted the interior with the two heater doors open. The factory originally painted them with the doors closed. I didn't want to do it that way because When the doors are opened you will be able to see the unpainted spots. It should be noted the the doors are also supposed to have a foam gasket seal glued to them. The original seal was deteriorated down to nothing. When it comes time to put the interior in, I'll make some new foam gaskets.
I used less than a pint of paint on the firewall and gas filler.
As before I primed the inside with epoxy primer and let it dry overnight.
In the pictures you may notice that I masked off the hinge pivots. I decided that I wanted them to have a clean look so that you can see the detail of the parts and be able to read the head markings on the bolts.
To ensure that I had enough paint to do the job, I bought another quart of paint (at $125 per quart). The quart was dumped in to the original gallon can and mixed with that paint I had left. This helps in the event that the new quart is a different shade then the original color.
I used most of the quart to paint the inside of the bonnet and the bellypan.
Next up, the outside.
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