Here’s one to give you nightmares. When people claim to have a “rust free California car”, even if it looks like it rolled out the factory or is some high five figure specialist restoration, just bear in mind that the S30 shell in riddled with unreachable seams, overlaps, and other features that no amount of baking, dipping, soda or other media blasting will ever get to - unless you actually open things right up. Case study: because I’m RHD converting Dixie, this evening I finally pulled the LHD bulkhead reinforcing plate off...
Think of all those spot welded seams that will never be separated normally. This is why drenching the cavities of a freshly restored and painted shell with something like Dinitrol ML and 3125 is essential. Something to soak in and get to at least some of those places. As for the above, it’s not an issue as I’m cutting that piece out to replace with the correctly pressed RHD equivalent, but makes a nice example to look at!
At least, with my little stool and the rad support behind me, I could chill out..