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There is just a tad bit of surface rust on this body in a few areas, from sitting in storage for over a year. I had some left over rust converter I used when I did the trunk of Cricket last year. I mixed up a bit and covered the trunk, and a few other small pieces, along with a door and part of a fender. It converts the rust to a different element, and protects. I still have more so I may just do more of the areas that has just a touch of rust.

I should start pricing stray guns and see if I can do some more protection myself. I’m unsure as to what a body shop would do other than spray it with some kind of a protecting primer. There are a couple of dings and a couple of very small cancer spots on the back quarter panels, and a bit more on one of the floor boards which will need repair. I am guessing that they will have to retouch any areas they fix that have been protected or primed. I just want to make sure that the northwest moisture doesn’t do anything to that  bare metal.

Cricket was in a parade last weekend, along with other classic cars for the group I am a member of: The Mid-Century Modern League.

The transport went well, the new body didn’t go flying down the road, nor did any of the loose sheet metal that was stuck inside. I was nervous about the whole thing, mostly because it’s a new experience, and it’s a huge project now looking at me in the garage every time I go out there. What will I be able to do myself? Not much except get estimates. I can take apart quite a few things on my other car, unscrew things etc. I’ll check into getting the “No Rust” stuff and could do that myself to treat the bare metal. I’m just going to have to work my tail off and save money and then hopefully this fall turn the cars over to a body shop and have them start it. I’m projecting next spring to have it done, so in a year. It’s going to cost me!

Here’s some photos of the new body, from it’s pick-up location, and in my garage: