I've been working on it, just not much that can be seen. Took out a lot of the excess wiring from the passenger compartment, engine bay and so on. Removed all the stuff that would make this car any sort of luxurious like the window's, electric door lock and mechanisms, window tracks and motor, glass, all speakers and the CD player head unit, all related wiring, and had my first attempt at shaved door handles/locks. I'm deffinantly on the track to make this car a rat rod. I'm excited now since I have made up my mind on a direction to take the car in.


Started by cutting the slots out where the door handle went



Then I used this super cheap metal mesh stuff from Bondo, along with some body filler to fill in the hole.


Did the same with the hole for the antenna and the driers side door of course

and went ahead and make a quick pass with some cheap-o primer to cover the raw metal


More progress to come. I'm gonna start searching for a door popper that will work on the hatch so I can smooth that key hole out as well.