The weather here this weekend was lovely, and I had a few problems with the Camaro that needed sorting before I could work on the ’55. With it done and dusted, and being boiling hot from working on the drive in the sun I went in the garage and started sanding down the rest of the window moldings. I had Poppy and Tommy in and out of the garage messing about too so it was a lot slower going than it should have been. Poppy wanted to sand stuff down, so she sanded the workbench while I bare metalled everything. There were a few dents and dings that needed filling, and the cowl vent needed a few skims to get rid of some low spots, but apart from that it all went well. On Sunday I finished sanding it down, with both kids taking it in turns to pull the trigger on the DA sander.

I had forgotten the transmission inspection cover when I did the rest of the car, and this had a thick layer of underseal on which I set about with a hammer and chisel to shift. With the worst of it off, a heat gun and a wash with thinners got the rest off ready to sand it. I had a quick tidy up and hung up the big parts and laid the rest out ready to paint. My mate John popped in on the way back from a car show in his Ford Pop which is looking good. When he left for home I mixed up some etch and poured it in my cheap gun to shoot it. It’s nowhere near as good as my Devilbiss, but is fine for primer. Some of the old paint which I had sanded smooth on two of the trims crazed and will have to be redone, and I found another trim I’d forgotten, but apart from that all painless. Nice to be back on it again.