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.

I made some mounts for the exhaust heat shield. The old mounts rusted off. They still need to be welded but that is it. I’ll get a pic when everything is installed.

Pipe:

Shield:

Mounts:

The front end is now completely installed.

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

The motor is basically ready to start. One of the A/C hard lines needs a pin hole to be repaired to get it charged. I replaced all the o-rings in the system. The entire engine bay is together. I need to get a battery still. The brake system is also ready to do the final bleeding. The cooland will need all the air out of the system but we need to start it first. I need to do the bushings in the front end still.

Updated pics after getting a good chunk of the parts installed:

He used a single stage paint under the hood so no clear. It is best not to clear because clear will yellow over time under the hood.

Pics of the engine compartment painted (on the lift so I couldn’t get a good overall pic):

Someone on RX-7 club asked about the damage to the front and the reason for the removal so I took pics. I figured I would post them here as well.

Damage right were it was cut at rear coil hole:

left frame rail damage:

right frame rail damage:

right corner:

The filling is nearly done on the front end.