Suspension Mounts!

I've been out of town for various reasons for a while now.  That hasn't stopped me from trying to get items ordered and working on this project when I get time off and on.  Had a whole lot of parts show up recently and installed them to check fitment.

Sunny Southern California

Years ago when I could only dream of getting to rebuild a Celica I found a website that offered fiberglass and carbon fiber panels for these cars (and others).  Now that I'm working on this project I dug that site back up and found the owner in California.

Still Moving Forward

I bet y'all thought this project went the way of the do-do, huh?  Welp, not exactly!  I'm still working through this thing.  Trying to figure out a few processes and talking to other people to get their skills involved!

Turning into something new

As I'm searching for body panels for this thing, I figured I might as well start in on parts and pieces where I could.  I'd already tackled the steering gear box, so figured I'd go for the steering column next.

I can has mini blaster!

I setup my own personal blasting space!  Read on to find out more!

Having a Blast!

I was finally able to sort out some stuff with this project and get it moving forward again.  Media blasting is complete, and I even got a couple other things done while I was waiting for the work to be completed.  View all of it and the aftermath ahead!

But Wait! Before it can be blasted....

Soooo.. called up the blasting company to validate some information prior to dropping the misses off out there.  Turns out, as I had suspected, that the sand blasting process won't do much for removing the undercoating on the car.  Since that stuff is made of a rubber substance, blasting a media at it just kind of bounces off.  Using the required force to remove it can damage the metal.  Here's what I did to get rid of it..