Thanks for the comments on sandblasting & strip discs. I went the cheap route & bought a 40LB pressure blaster at HF this morning.It took me 2 hours to put the darn thing together, the directions stink and the threads on the fittings were terrible. :mad:I used about 100 yards of Teflon tape & hope it seals up OK. If it works anywhere near as good as I hope it will, it will be a good price to pay for what I need done. Going to take it to a friends body shop this weekend so I can use his industrial compressor. cool
got a little more done on the ROOF after getting the blaster. I think I FINALLY got the last mouse nest out from above the back glass between the inner & outer back panel. smile Thankfully no rust there either.
I have put off replacing the roof because it is a big job and I didn't know what I was going to find. The drivers side windshield post is rusted because it was stuffed full of mouse nest/crap, but I have a section of post I can splice in. Everything else is pretty much surface rust.

1957 Chevrolet 1/2-ton Stepside LB in the Gallery
My Photobucket shots

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