72 TA : New Project

**njsteve** · #1 10-31-2005, 01:35 AM

Today I stripped the upper cowl area. It had several layers of fisheyed glossy black paint on it, so it had to go. I masked off the original caulking and used chemical stripper very sparingly. I then washed it all down with water followed by mineral spirits. The metal is surpisingly nice underneath. Once I get the cowl done I will finally be getting close to reattaching the subframe and drivetrain to the body.

**njsteve** · #2 10-31-2005, 01:42 AM

Here's the cowl tag area. Original rivets are intact. There was a small plug of caulking in both rivet holes. I removed it so it wouldn't retain any of the chemical stripper. I used an old toothbrush once the stripper did its work: no wire bristle brushes here, didn't want to damage the soft metal tag.

**Salvatore** · #3 10-31-2005, 05:05 AM

Lookin good. Amazing how nice some of that 30 some year old metal is. Cowl area looks like fresh metal. Sam

**njsteve** · #4 10-31-2005, 06:02 AM

Being a Northern boy myself, I can tell you there's nothing like a car from a non-salt state like California.

**Salvatore** · #5 10-31-2005, 06:37 AM

How true that is!

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