“Once the engine is out, the rest is easy”
I certainly wish I could tell you that is true…yes, you have a lot of room, but the prep work takes some time! Sounds like you and I are in about the same boat. I have engine out and am almost done prepping to repaint the bay. Pulling wiring took a bit of time. Nothing overly challenging, just time-consuming.
It took me weeks to clean the engine bay to the point of being ready for paint.
Yeah, that's what I was expecting too, but SF Don convinced me to send the shell to his paint guy for floor board replacement, prep, subframe renovation and paint. I figure that will save me about 6+ months of time in exchange for X hours of paying work. So I am going to finish my rocker renovation, and deliver them an empty rolling shell that is basically cleaned. They will pull the subframes and strip the bottom, replace the front floors, attach the fender and quarter panel patch panels, block the body (there are only about 3-4 small dings in the body), do the prep and paint, and do undercoating. They will also powder coat the subframes and put them back in. So, when I get it back It will basically be a clean painted car that I can then reassemble.
I have a full Carl Nelson suspension package on the shelf, so I'll probably pull off the newly coated subframes and re-install with all that new equipment (bushings, shocks, springs, camber plates, sway bars, etc.
Sending the interior and dash to LA for re-covering (My Scheel seats are already down there) later this week.
While it is at paint I plan to renovate the wire harness, and all the various trim bits, AC system heater, gauges, etc.
