UPDATE: September 22, 2000. The project moves forward. I bought a rotating sander. Does a better job than a rectangular one. Started sanding down the roof to prime it. I also repaired the drivers floor, and had to mig weld in some new seat supports. I installed new seatbelts purchased from Andover Restraints

(www. andoauto.com). These are the same belts that would be on a 74 or later Torino. Now I feel safe driving the beast. I put in a new carpet, but I'll have to purchase a proper ACC carpet. For now it's OK the way it is.

I still have to replace the stereo, and re-wire the speakers. I'll do a little more rustproofing before it goes away for storage in October. The car drives well, and anyone wanting to undertake a restoration project such as this, it's best to find a car that can be driven. Otherwise, it's just one more piece of junk sitting on the driveway.

For the hell of it, last time I was priming the car, I had some left over primer in the gun. So, I masked off the "swoosh" of the Starsky stripe on the rear of the car by eye. I will post some pics of the result, which isn't bad at all!. Almost makes me think there's hope that this project will work out.