Onward.
Sanded the majority of the passenger quarter and door, leaving behind only the non-bodyfillered sections.
Also pulled the trunk lid and rear bumper and found more hack-job body work. The PO must have blasted or stitch welded without pausing, because there's a serious warp in the rear deck filler panel.
The 3/4" bondo sculpture artistry on the rear valence corners was impressive. Blue ribbon.
The spares for the truck happened to be out.
Pulled the trunk torsion bars, driver door and quarter glass, and a lot of miscellaneous bits as I did my once-over to make sure everything is removed in advance if media blast.
I did take a minute to organize; can't think straight if parts and tools are strewn about. Glass is packed and window mechanisms are carefully labeled and diagramed so I can put this back together:
It doesn't look like much, but the door and trunk lid represent about 5 hours of continuous sanding with the 3M strip discs and 80 grit on the DA. For the hood, it's the first time the steel has seen light in 45 years:
I've seen this damage on other Charger hoods before:
Trunk isn't too bad with the same hack rust repair; it will be patched:
Handy at the end of the day, the integrated b-body beer holder:
David