The theoretical halfway point (I gave myself a month to finish this), but we’ll see how it turns out in the end. The engine bay won’t be stripped; we wouldn’t have had enough time, plus some of the work required could have been too much for us to handle — like rerouting the fuel and brake lines. After all, our technical consultant deserves our respect and we would not want to over work him. As a result, brown packing paper in hand, it’s time to start packing things up. We’ll finish stripping at the chassis beams level.

We painted under the rear bumper, more as a precaution, since not much was going on there:

All the welds and intersections were treated with polyurethane sealant:

• Impreza
• Gd
• Sti
• Rust Diaries