Man, spare time has been few and far between this year. I made some spare time and took a day off from work to get in some Trans Am time.
Today's task was simple: Clean, paint, and undercoat the rear frame and trunk floor before I can get a gas tank back in the car.
If you've been following this thread, I was concerned with the rear frame area. This is why:


I thought for sure the frame was going to be compromised. I mean, look at that!
So, I hit it with a wire wheel and poked around...


Somehow, the frame and where it mounts to the tail end of the car were ok. I thought for sure that when I hit it with the wheel, it would just crumble, but no! The inner tail panel has some holes, but it's not structural so I should be fine.



I painted the rear frame up to the wheel wells and the trunk floor with Rust Bullet. It was my first time using it, and I like it better than POR15. During the application process, some of it ended up on my skin and, unlike POR15, it came off with some light scrubbing. That's a plus right there.



After the Rust Bullet dried for a few hours, I hit it with a coat of rubberized undercoating. That looks a lot better now, huh?
But as we know, rust never sleeps. Before I pulled my gas tank, I thought I smelled raw gas, like there was a leak somewhere. As I posted earlier, there were some pin holes in the sender. Thinking that might have been the culprit, and seeing I had the wire wheel out, I hit the tank in some trouble spots. And yup, a hole!

I dropped off the other tank at a friend's to get the vent line tacked back onto the tank, so once I get that back, up it goes and the car will run again.
Progress!!!