Paint shop update

I visited my car tonight to see it's progress. All major body work has been done. Just a few more holes need to be welded shut. The hood and trunk lid need to be sanded down, and then it's headed for the paint booth.

Surprisingly, very little rust was found. As they kept telling me at the shop, "The car is clean, top and bottom". All the normal spots you expect, like the areas under the windshield and rear window trim were clean as a whistle. The only places they found bad were the bottom drivers door, and a spot under the rear spoiler. That wasn't surprising, as the spoiler wasn't bolted down as normal, but somebody in the past glued it to the trunk lid, allowing it to trap moisture.

Here's some pics.

Lower trim removed and holes welded shut and sanded

trunk lid sanded down to bare metal where the glued spoiler was located

Rear trunk panel pulled out. It was almost 1.5 inches pushed in at the top, from many years of folks leaning over and into the trunk. Now the trunk latches easily.

Patch welded in corner where one of the US federalized light/markers was removed
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When they cleaned and degreased the car, they lost all of the notes I had written on the car. Here he's making a note to fill the mirror holes.