This is a view of my garage as it is right now....pretty crowded. There is organization to this madness though.....I might be the only one who could make sense of it but it works for now.
I spent countless hours working on repairing the hood because I was having a hard time finding a good aftermarket replacement for less than several hundrend dollars. Since this is going to be a daily driver, not a show car, I decided to repair rather than replace it.
Once in a while I get a volunteer willing to help me for a few minutes. Here Caleb was very excited to help as long as he got to use the power tools......A short time later he managed to wire brush his arm which put an end to his help for the day.
Under the front hood is the storage compartment. I have begun spraying on a rubberized lining to help seal and protect the inside.
The brakes were in sad condition. The fronts I am converting to disk and the rears will be rebuilt completely new.....it will also get a new master cylinder.
Front struts, springs, ball joints, sway bar and tie rods (hanging there) are all coming out. Some will be reusable so will be cleaned up get new bushings ect. then re-installed. Ball joints will be new along with tie rod ends.
I have the hood, rear deck lid, all the fenders and doors off the car and will paint them all seperately.
The roof had alot of slight low areas....not dents (for the most part) but more like warping in the metal. here I have used a finish bondy filler to fill the low spots and even it all out. The thickest parts might be close to 1/16"....most is less. The different colors you see are from several guide coats I sprayed on to help identify to low areas.
Another picture of the trunk area with the rubberized coating.
I'm hoping to start sealing/priming it this week so I can have it in paint by the first week of Oct.
The goal is to have this car on the road by Thanksgiving.
More later....Jason
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