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Struggled with rusty bolts but managed to get all 5 front and 7 rear bolts off. Brought the top to a local paint shop who declined to take a full restoration but would take parts, with an 8 week wait I'll have time to get it running... maybe.

Color: Whitecap White 902.


Got it back from the local shop, only the metal work done and almost full price charged. Disappointed but at least the metal work is "mostly" done.

Stripped it down with rust and paint remover discs, the ones from harbor freight worked as well as those from eastwood, half the price. This was really messy, not sure I'll do much more like this.  Coated it in eastwood rust converter and will spray it with epoxy primer (2x from eastwood) after 2 days.



Five layers of paint. 


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