As you may understand from my previous posts the body work on the car is what I focus on, so there have been no updates lately because all that happens is I dismantle parts. Then I run them through the parts washer, mark them and box them up for later retrieval. Some may think this is the easiest part, but I find that picking things apart is difficult and time consuming work. Then when I can see how it is made, putting it back together is easy. The engine+gearbox will not be washed before storage as it is my experience that an oily engine is more protected against oxidation than a cleaned one.
The bedsheet folding machine frame have been prepared for it's new duty and I'm getting close to putting the body onto it and start cutting to remove it's rigidity. It's going to be some nasty cutting of body parts going on, so you may not want to follow this.
A few months back I worried about the body not being straight, but after some planning, I don't fear that anymore. What worries me more is that more patch welding have been found. And it's covered with literally buckets of bondo. And that means my learning curve in metalshaping better be steep!
To straighten it, the plan is to put it onto the frame and then weaken the body enough that it will settle to straight by gravity. Then straightness will be re-checked and strength will be put back in. it sounds easy and if I can just figure out where the weakening have to take place, I think it will be. If not, there will just be more work than originally planned.