With the engine bay components finished, it was time to tackle the engine bay itself. As previously noted, the damage from the battery acid spill needed special attention. Using a Simple Green solution, we cleaned, cleaned some more, cleaned even more, to remove the nearly 50yrs of memories from the engine bay and underside of the hood.

It's noteworthy that, at this point, I realized how MASSIVE the hood is on these Chargers. Decided to leave the hood in place and carefully tape the already painted top/sides of the hood and fenders.

For the acid damaged area, both on the fender and hood, and surface rust areas I used some rustoleum self etching primer.