Author Archives: Chris
Front Angled Braces and Body Seams
Rear Wheel Well Rust
The car is back up on the lift so we can finish the underside. The rust in the rear fender wells is worse than we originally thought. He started tapping the rust (what we thought was just a couple of quarter size holes) with a very small hamer and the hose started getting bigger.
The upper front corner of the wheel well on the passenger side:
This section isn’t bad on this side.
The upper front corner of the wheel well on the driver side:
That lighter colored material behind the rust is actually paper on the inside of the car.
Windshield Installed
Windshield Ready for Install
The rust around the windshield is fixed finally.
I took this pic before he painted the beige. He had two rust holes to fix and it was basically bubbling rust all the way around the frame. He painted two coats of primer and two coats of beige. There is no way this will rust again.
The windshield will go in today.
Car Started Up
Salvage Yard Run
Exhaust Heat Shield Part 1
Front Suspension Finished
Front Suspension Started
I installed the strut rod/sway mounts. I still need to pull the control arms and replace those bushings. Once I do that I can finish the suspension. The strut rod mounts, etc. were sandblasted, primed, and painted with Eastwood Extreme Chassis Black.
http://www.eastwood.com/ew-extreme-chassis-black-primer-aerosol-14-oz.html
http://www.eastwood.com/ew-extreme-chassis-black-satin-aerosol-14-oz.html