While frame was out for sandblast I cleaned all of the old undercoat from the body

 I used this Roto-Strip tool on my drill to remove the old undercoat, it worked excellent and made short work of the job.

 I applied a coat of Por-15 for a hard glassy smooth protective base coat.

 The entire bottom of the body was rust free...Nice!

Removed the body from the chassis. Removed the front and rear axle and then drilled all of the factory cold rivets from the suspension mounting points.

Removed the engine and transmission and donated to local high school. Front axle sold for $50.00 and other items went on ebay.

Removed floorboard, toe board, made a scribe line on the frame to notate where the front axle was located then removed the trunk lid and rear fenders.

The next step was to disassemble the car down to the bare frame.

 With help from my Daughter we removed the front end body parts.

Removing the anti-roll bar assembly to accommodate engine/transmission removal.

First Project: Dash Board Sheetmetal

 The dash was actually in pretty good shape.

Several holes were drilled under the original radio control head area. The size lead me to believe they were probably for toggle switches. I believe this car did not originally come with a radio because there was no evidence of antenna mounting holes on the cowl and a radio delete cover bearing the Plymouth logo was in the pile of parts that came with the car. You can see in the photo above a light spot on the dash where the delete cover was covering the radio control holes and the two mounting holes for it on each side of where the frequency indicator would have been.

After sand blasting the dash I welded up all of the unwanted holes and ground them smooth. It took very little hammer and dolly work to get everything back to it's original shape. The three large holes I left untouched in the photo above are for the windshield regulator (top center), the cigarette lighter and ashtray (bottom left and right) which I would later use for air conditioning vents.

Title Transfer and Registration

Before I invested any time or money in the car I wanted to assure the car was legally recognized as my property. I did not want to invest then later find out there was a problem with title transfer so the day after I brought the car home I took the paperwork to my local Department of Motor Vehicles (DNV). Sure enough there was a problem; the car had not been registered for so long that it had fallen out of the State database. This meant I would need to have the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) verified by the Highway Patrol before the title I had in my possession could be considered valid and the car could once again be registered in the State database.  I found out there was only one Officer in my area that did VIN verifications. He was located in a neighboring town so I made an appointment with the Officer and arranged to take that day off from work. I loaded the car back on the trailer and transported it to the Highway Patrol office where the inspection facility was located. After I arrived I was instructed to park behind a gated area and leave my truck, trailer and Plymouth and come back in two and a half hours. When I returned the Officer told me the numbers checked out ok and gave me a signed inspection form. The following day I returned to the DMV and successfully transferred and registered the Plymouth in my name.