Originally Posted by MS Fowler

For what its worth, the time I've invested to this point is just about 45 hours. In that time, I've removed all trim, and glass, ( except windshield), gutted the doors, romoved the seats, removed the sliding roof and weatherseals. All the paint has been chemically stripped ( except the bottom of the doors where the lower body cladding will go--I left the original paint there. The body has been almost completely sanded and treated with phosphoric acid to eleiminate/prevent rust. I figure another 10 hours and I will be ready to shoot primer---Your mileage may vary