69 SC Journey

This car will be the only SC in the country that has been restored to the extent that this car is being done. I know for a fact that I could never take this much time doing mine. If this car ever goes to auction it will be the first SC to hit six figures. The work being done would never be done in any shop to the caliber of this restoration. All the hours going into this car most people could not afford to have a car done like Kevin is doing his. I applaud all the info that he is sharing with the rest of us in the Amc community. Keep up the great work Kevin as this will be the best in the county unless ya find the brand new SC the was reported stolen right out of the plant in 1969 good luck with that and I'm still looking for everyday for it

Well boys, this car ain't never going through auction I can tell you that! It will be Eric's someday Lord willing, and if not then I like picking the worthy caretaker of my cars not watching a bidding war decide it...

The journey has been long, over half a lifetime now, but I am committed to finishing this car for November so we keep pushing forward.

Dave, I'd love to have some "indentured servants" this summer, so if you'd like free room and board in Amish Country and put some labor hours in on the car just let me know!

You need to try electrolysis on some of those cast parts, for that matter, other parts. Save a ton of blasting plus it works while you do other things.

I've totally refinished a couple of heater blower motor squirrel cage fans and it would have been really tough to get done what I have without my electrolysis bucket working day and night chemically reversing the rust process for me. Pull them out, rinse and a bit of wire brush and they clean up like freshly cast parts with little to no blasting. You know that any rust at all on a part and it won't plate - maybe you've seen the plated fans I've done - total coverage. Those typically take a lot of effort to clean.

Here's a couple of examples - you can tell which part of these arms was in the bucket and which parts were not. I prefer this method as it leaves the ORIGINAL surface finish, unlike blasting typically does. 
I avoid blasting any wiper motor parts if i can at all avoid it because I can get a finish more true to the factory finish. If it's blasted, the steel surface is changed and plating will definitely turn out looking different. I've compared the parts some folks do to what I do and I can usually tell if it's been even bead blasted....... steel from a press is a whole lot smoother than steel that's been even bead blasted and the finish is totally different. So I try hard to avoid blasting or polishing or sanding surfaces where possible. Sometimes you can't, but often there are ways other than physical processing which forever changes the surface look and structure. 
I've been using electrolysis for rust removal and even some paint removal for over 25 years. 

The time, effort and detail being put forth here is truly amazing! Well done.