Not only are there fantasticly exciting sanding parties, occasionally there are paint removal festivities. Lacking some of the parts to continue putting the transmission and the front brakes together, I moved on to striping the paint from the back of the bonnet. It cleaned up pretty well although it became evident that there more repairs required than previously thought. First shot shows most of the paint, but not all removed as does the second. Third shows all done except to the inside of the rear stiffiners where it will need to be soda blasted.


Last just shows a shot of the prop rod so I can remember how to mre assemble. This is an early xk120 so the prop rods front and rear as well as the convertable top frame are chrome plated. Later versions had these painted. Unfortunately, almost all of the chrome plating is gone. And the entire trunk prop rod assembly is lost. If you recall from much earlier there was a strange sort of extending prop rod assembly from some unknown car installed in the trunk. It went away.