73 2.0L Progress Thread, Engine Teardown Options

[dlee6204]

Its that time of year again so I'd thought I'd start a progress thread to help keep me motivated. I bought this car last summer as a nicer project car for me to work on and eventually be able to drive. My goal for this summer is to repair all the rust on the car and to get it running. I'll end up painting it down the road either the original Marathon Blue Metallic or Ravenna Green. I've been collecting parts all winter so hopefully I should be good to go. I've done a little work on it already but I'll bring everyone up to date. Feel free to comment, ask questions, make suggestions, tell me what I'm doing wrong or anything else for that matter. Enjoy!

Here is the car when I first picked it up. The car came fully optioned and even came with SS heat exchangers and a running two liter engine. The car was wrecked at some point and had a crappy repair done to it but I am still trying to figure out what happened. Both the driver's front corner and the driver's rear corner had damage but the door and rear quarter seem fine. I will find out more once I start stripping some paint and bondo. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)




The interior was about a 4 on a 10 scale however the dash is crack free! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)


The rear floor pan is shot and I knew that before I bought the car. The previous owner patched the floor at some point and installed three new seat brackets over the bad metal. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) I ordered a new floor pan and a fourth seat bracket from AA today.

[dlee6204]

Well I made some big progress this weekend. I first repaired the driver's side long




I then fabricated a crossmember for the driver's side


And I added a piece for the e-brake switch


sitting in place



And last but not least... I got the floor put in! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) It is just tacked in place but I have to say I was pleased at how nicely it went in and how everything lined up. I had to do a lot of little things before putting it in like cleaning all the mating surfaces and fixing the clutch tube so that took some time.


This week I will work on finishing the firewall, rust spots around the center tunnel, adding the crossmember and the seat hinges. I am also waiting on some parts to get here so more progress to come. Enjoy!