DEDICATION

This blog is dedicated to the restoration of the Austin Healey 3000...among the most desirable of all British sports cars.

Monday, January 30, 2012

DIRT AND GREASE REMOVAL

Cleaning a car underneath is usually an incredibly difficult task, however, with the car on the rotisserie, it was only a morning's work.  We sprayed the car with a degreaser first, let it stand for a half hour and pressure washed the entire car twice.  Surprisingly, after pressure washing the car underneath, most of the newly exposed surfaces were still coated with red paint.  Usually, a British car this age is severely rusted.  There are probably no repairs needed underneath.
While we were pressure washing, we also cleaned the differential.  Now it can be cleaned and painted much  easier.  
The sandblasting process will begin tomorrow.  Hopefully, by the end of the week, the frame will be in primer and the welding can begin.

Tom McCurry



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