Progressing slowly
Although I have not made any entries lately, I have been working on the car.

I have rebuilt one of the A-pillars, completely rust free! I am working on the other one. I have it close to completion. I used the A-pillars from the '69 parts car I have. They were in much better shape. Minor rust, but mostly I just wanted to make sure the inside portions are coated with Por-15 so as to prevent rust inside in the futrure.

I have also started work on the front valane. Its is slightly dinged up, but one of the previous owners (p.o.) had welded extensions on to it. Unfortunately they left a small space on each end where only water could get to. You gessed it, more rust. I think I'll have this piece sand blasted to clean it up before I do anything more.

Other completed peices of note are:
Gas pedal, Brake and clutch pedal-both with brand new pivot pins (thanks to a friend with a metal lathe). Various small body parts, bumper and hood mounting brackets. I could go on, but you get the picture.
All of these peices are at least stripped of all paint and rust, and most of them are coated in Por-15.

Topic: body work
Not really a lot to report since my last post.
I Purchased some Por 15 and have been prepping and coating parts to my a-pillars.

I also painted my wiper motor gloss black. Looks much better.

removal of A-pillar
Finally finished removing the interior portion of the A-pillar today. Lot of spot welds to remove.
Too much rust in there for me.

Just look at this close up of the inside.

I'm sure glad I decided to change these out instead of just hoping there was little rust inside.
Although the replacements I have were taken from another car and they have a slight amount of rust, they have cleaned up nicely and will be a welcome sight in the car.

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(Try the following at your own risk and with good ventilation)
Today I also started experimenting with Electrolytic Rust Removal. (I only wish I had a tub large enough to hold the car body). I took a 5 gallon bucket and filled it with water.

I made the water a basic solution by adding some baking soda. I used a scrap peice of metal for the cathode and atached a wire to it. I also attached a wire to a rusted part. In this case I used an extra gas pedal assembly I have which happens to be extra rusty. (Boy, I sure have a lot of that).

The rusted part and the cathode are suspended from a board into the solution. Be careful not to let the two touch. I clipped the Negative end of my battery charger to the wire on the part and positive end to the cathode.

At this point, all you need to do is add juice. If the battery charger and the solution are strong enough, you should see bubbles start rising out of the solution. Be care as this is hydrogen. When the bubbling stops, your rust should be gone.

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I don't think I have my solution strong enough, however. I'll need to get some PH+ for swimming pools to increase the strength of the solution. Either that, or my small battery charger just doesn't have the proper umph and I'll need a larger one.

Work continues
Been working on removing the inside A-pillar. My exisiting ones are completely rusted, but fortunately its just the inside portion. Drilling out all htose spot welds is kind of a pain.

I have also started thinking of how to do the interior.
Here is a drawing I worked up with a stip of walnut, matching the dash, at the top of the door.

Rev it up!
It's been a long time coming. Ive had the new battery tray for over 7 years (That's actually the last time I had any money to buy anything) and I finally removed the old one. The new sits in place just fine, but I still need to weld it in.

The old was was in worse shape than I remembered it being (shocked?). Its been since 97 that I parked the '6 for restoration. That was when I tore it completely apart. I've been through 3 moves since then and finally have the time and a bit more ambition.