I spent some time pulling the rest of the stereo stuff out and removing some interior bits so I can get to the body cavities. Then I tackled the rear beam. It came off my Merkur easy as pie. Even with a full pressure impact gun this bugger was rusted on tight. After cursing a lot I got the rear beam and diff etc off.

This car lived in a cold climate where there was lots of salt. Whomever bought it did not get it undercoated. From diff forward it's clean. From the diff back, it's going to take my welding skills to save this chassis. As you can see from the pics the rear beam was one hard corner from snapping off. WTF. Some 7000 rpm wire wheel action along with welding, rust converter, and some heat gun scraping and I'll have it paintable and sealable soon.








HOLY CRAP



Not too bad looking forward....