Got it prepped for paint. I sprayed a little of the driver's door, roof, and the first part of the rear quarter panel last night, and it came out pretty nice, so I'm gonna go with this.
Don't worry, I'm actually prepping the surfaces, lol. I've scuffed with brillo, cleaned with degreaser, etc. It's not bad paint, other than it doesn't lay down "wet" so you can't see what you've already covered easily. I should have dusted with a primer so I could see what I was covering, but I don't want to see-through the paint... Maybe I'll just put a bunch more lights in the garage and maybe I can see it better...
Anyway, car looks like this right now:
Hopefully I'll have the fender and the rest of the body paint done tonight, after I paint the office/playroom in my house like I told my wife I would before I bought the car. So, gonna get the paint to do the car at the same time as I get the paint for the office.
Picking up a stainless exhaust and straight through muffler tonight, it's cheaper than having a shop bend up a muffler/axle-back piece for me. So, yeah, more money I didn't expect to spend, but it's not bad.
I got some other ancillary bits, like a front traction bar, solid engine mounts, fuel lines, and a new throttle body to hopefully fix the "throttle sticks closed" issue I'm having. It seems like it's the TPS side that's binding, so $53 on eBay and I got a TB with sensors on it. Woo.
I bought BMTune, because they're running a 40% discount right now, and I've got what seems like it might be a run-able basemap. It is actually actively being developed, so it's got some legs-up on crome. I'll get to play with the tune later this week. I'm hoping to have everything running decently well by the 24th of July, so I can bring this thing to a car show. I've still gotta get those wheels finished though, so that doesn't leave much time. We'll see...
More updates as they happen.