Refurbishing Oly Blue, A refresh. Not a restore |
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Refurbishing Oly Blue, A refresh. Not a restore |
RFoulds |
Aug 11 2011, 11:33 PM
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Green Teen 66 Group: Members Posts: 837 Joined: 10-August 09 From: La Quinta, CA Member No.: 10,656 Region Association: Southwest Region |
It's been a year since I bought Oly Blue. You probably recall, she was found in a garage in Texas. Stored away for more than 20 years. Wayne Dempsey was kind enough to check her out and found a very rust free original condition 1974 1.8. With only 25,000 miles. I bought her sight unseen, and she spent the last year in local shops getting a few items addressed. Now, back home, I am preparing to start a refurbishing of this beautiful young girl.
I have already redone the original wheels as we discussed here earlier, and now I removed the faded and torn stripe decals. I may replace them but have not yet decided. Here are some quick reference pics of where I am starting from (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/img.photobucket.com-10656-1313127230.1.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/img.photobucket.com-10656-1313127230.2.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/img.photobucket.com-10656-1313127230.3.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/img.photobucket.com-10656-1313127231.4.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/img.photobucket.com-10656-1313127231.5.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/img.photobucket.com-10656-1313127232.6.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/img.photobucket.com-10656-1313127232.7.jpg) More to come as work progresses!! |
RFoulds |
Sep 11 2011, 09:00 PM
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Green Teen 66 Group: Members Posts: 837 Joined: 10-August 09 From: La Quinta, CA Member No.: 10,656 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Question for you,. These are the a/c hoses running through into the front trunk. They come out of the side channel with a big wad of duct tape around the hole to protect the hoses. Should I leave it as is, the way the dealer did it, or try to clean that up sonehow, maybe with a proper rubber grommet of some sort??
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Tom_T |
Sep 12 2011, 04:16 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California |
Question for you,. These are the a/c hoses running through into the front trunk. They come out of the side channel with a big wad of duct tape around the hole to protect the hoses. Should I leave it as is, the way the dealer did it, or try to clean that up sonehow, maybe with a proper rubber grommet of some sort?? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/img.photobucket.com-10656-1315796417.1.jpg) If it were me, I'd find some proper sized grommets & do it the way the dealer should have done it. Of course, maybe they did it right & subsequent work changed it. You'll want to get or make them split grommets, otherwise you have to discharge the freon, disconnect the lines, string thru the grommets, then recharge the Freon. Ergo why somebody later working on the AC may have cut off the original grommets (if there) & replaced with duct tape. Look at the wheel well pix of Steve G's Sahara Beige 73 2L in the "The few, The rare...." nailed topic at the O&H Forum for the proper grommets set-up. BTW - your Oly 74 should go to that nailed thread too when you're done dressin' her up pretty! |
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