Suspension is Off!

With the last suspension bolt MAPP gas torched, quickly cooled, and brute forced off, the passenger rear suspension is off, finishing the removal of the rear suspension. Throughout the process, I tried to keep suspension units as whole as possible while removing so that it would be easier to reassemble in the end. The plan is to restore individual units in smaller projects and reassemble units in the same manner as it was removed.

The handbrake line was also removed with a bit of thinking involved to get the straight clamped ends through the curved bend. The trick was to add slack to the wiring through the bend. This way the straight clamp had enough slack to go completely through one end of the bend and then pass through the second end of the bend only after completely passing the first bend.

Looking at the chassis now, I'm not sure how much metalwork needs to be done or whether I can just get away with sandblasting and painting/powdercoating. The area around the engine is in pretty good shape still bearing the original red paint, but from the middle to the rear of the car, the chassis has a good amount of surface rust and some flaking metal.

Next up: engine compression testing.