It’s been a while since I’ve written about the car. A lot has happened since then.
Back on Apr 22, 2014 the car was taken off to the sandblasting/body shop.
Took the sand blasters a while longer then anticipated but a few weeks later, I think they did a great job. Only found a few minor issues:
Bought my first impact wrench which is exciting. I dunno why I never had one before. Makes life so much easier and was able to easily break apart the front brake assembly. Also found that my dash pad is a bit worn so will need to get that repaired
Tore my seats apart, bought a new rear tail light housing, painted it up and then dropped it in the grass. 
Other then that, I’ve been doing lots of random little changes, etc. I’ve torn the steering column apart and working on getting that back up and running.