The doors from the donor Grande were in great to replace the original doors which the shell were in very poor shape.

Here Winston Haye of Winston's Enviroblast is using baking soda under high pressure to remove the paint baring the original virgin Ford sheet metal.  While the cost to blast with Soda is higher, unlike sand-blasting, soda does not create the heat that occurs when using sand.   Heat is a killer to external car panels as the heat causes the larger expanses of metal such as roof, hood, trunk doors etc, to warp.

I also located a replacement trunk lid so that is adjacent to the door being blasted.   The Ram Air cleaner is visible in the background.  The soda did a great job of removing the paint and cleaning it up for restoration.  

photo May 4, 2007
 

The Grande door had some previous body work where the pull holes were not closed.  Here Steve inspects his welding repair work.   

photo May 10, 2007

The quarter panels are on and the doors remounted.  Work can now progress on the floor.

photo May 21, 2007

The drivers side floor pan has been cut out in areas that were badly rusted.  New panels will be installed shortly

photo May 21, 2007