I emailed Eastwood just to enquire if they had shipped the Pre, and they replied that they only send items to Canada on Fridays, and as I ordered on a Friday it would be a week until they shipped, and then another 8 business days to get here (assuming customs doesn't keep it for a couple of weeks, as well, as they have done in the past). Well, I didn't want to wait that long, and so muscled down and laboriously scraped all the remaining glue-from-hell off. Altogether, this has now exposed the largest suface of original paint yet.
This view, an illustration of the amount of "orange peel" in the original factory paint. This appears to be standard throughout, even on the external panels.
The black marks on the paint are areas of surface corrosion, into which the black tar glue has flowed and hardened. It'll be left there as it appears to make a good filler. Note the galvanizing, looking like new after being hidden under glue for 50 years.
Taped and ready for paint.
Painted! Surface looks slightly dull here for some reason, but it's actually has a good gloss. Tape will come off after checking that no surface needs re-doing.
Rear was also painted. Did a very careful wet-and-dry sanding rub-down here before applying the paint, and the results are really nice, very smooth. The body wrinkles on the right hand side are not quite as obvious in real life, and in any case will be mostly hidden by the corner capping (which can just be seen lying on the bed under the plastic covers).
