I’m only able to get out to work on the car a few hours per day.  Sunday, I started to make the first pass of removing the sealant from the A/C box using a scraper & heat gun.

Before:

After heat gun – initial pass:

I did make some progress:

Ordered a larger screw driver for the hood bolts on the cowl area.  They are about 3/4″ and this screw driver’s tip is 1/2″ – so I am hoping to make a dent in that Wednesday and see how it works!

Doubt I will get out to work on the car tomorrow as I will need to roof rake and shovel the snow from today’s storm…  Hopefully I can get out there on Wednesday!

Started cleaning and wiping down the firewall – Recall that the car was from Arizona – there was a lot of sand to remove.

Before:

Before:

After:

Need to take the heat gun and turpentine to remove the gunk from the other side where the A/C box was and still more wiping down to do before removing the paint.

Got a little work done on the firewall the other day.  There was still a little stripping down of parts to do on it.  The hood adjustment bolts were stuck, so I started spraying them to help loosen them up.  Also ordered a new wide tip screw driver to use on these.  Hope to get some more garage time in this weekend!

Got out to the garage tonight.  Took the car off of the Rotisserie and moved it to give me access to the firewall so I can begin cleaning and stripping the dash/cowl/firewall area:

Made some room to move around:

Will re-mount the rotisserie to the bumper mounts when I start on the street side of the floor:

For now, plenty of room to move around – can’t get much lower with the rotisserie.  I am looking at a new lift though.

Now to remove any remaining items, clean and strip.