Saturday, March 31, 2007

Full Car Shots

I noticed that I have alot of pictures of parts of the car, but no full car shots.

So, here you go.

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and one more

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Tom and Jerry

The other week the weather was soo nice, that I got the urge to rip into the center of the car. Do some interior work, mostly cleaning, but it needed to be done.

I ripped out the headliner to find 2 garbage bags full of padding- filling and a tenant who had been there long before me.

In my “about me” page, i talk about a dead cat that i found in the trunk - but in this car, I found his friend. Kind of a Tom and Jerry kind of thing.

I like to think that he is waving to me.

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Rust Issues

Well, as I started to rip into the interior I also got around the under side of the car. What I found is an extensive amount of rot. Rust repair will be needed everywhere. Take a look at the inner rocker panels, outer rocker panels, rear section of the floors, kick panel areas as well and body mounting points.

I will need to get some square tubing to help support the car when it comes time to tackle this stuff.

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Disk Brakes

I finally got the uprights installed, though not completely done, however, this is a big step. I got the new spindles, rotors, calipers and hoses sorted out just last night and rough fitted together.

Look for more pictures soon.

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