Day 2

After bringing home a bunch of smaller truck parts, I trialed a few different rust removers - CLR, naval jelly and chemical etch. The naval jelly seemed to do the trick on dissolving the first layer or two of rust, but didn't get it completely clean. The CLR did practically nothing, even on the very very lightly rusted things - such as my key. The chemical etch is sitting on my hood molding as we speak and I won't know how that turns out until tomorrow. However, I did manage to round up an extra set of hands today to help me get the doors & hood off. Thanks to cousin John for his muscles! With the exception of one stubborn bolt, everything came off with ease. The passenger side door is still on though, because of that one stubborn bolt. I hit it with some WD40 and I'm hoping that will do the trick when I go to give it some strength again tomorrow. Say a prayer! The paint stripper worked nicely on the hood. Will definitely need another day to get it sanded. Back to work tomorrow and hoping for some time this weekend to get back into the garage!