My First Build Thread, and a long time comin' Options

[skeates]

So...technically I started this restoration a month ago, but now it has a thread (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

A little history...This was my first car. I picked it up for $1200 back in high school and had it towed home with mice in the glove box and hoses going to no where in the engine compartment! My dad and I had it up and running off and on for three years before I shipped off to southern California for college. It has sat in the 'rents driveway for 5 years now (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) waiting for the restoration that it deserves

Well...now that I'm edumacated and have a "real" job (and also have moved back to Northern California) my pockets are slightly deeper than in high school and the build has commenced!



So far I have stripped it to a tub, built me a rotisserie and washed off about 30 years of road grime and PO molestation. Along the way I even made a new friend! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

[skeates]

Hello all – I’ve been in lurking mode for a while (I guess two years is a while…) but have slowly made progress on my project. Thanks Rick for the response - I seem to have missed it until just now! When I ran into the door gap issues work essentially stopped until I got the car off of the rotisserie and down to Sac. I was very relieved to find that once the car was off the rotisserie the door gap problem disappeared! I even took it by a Porsche Restoration shop in West Sac and they took a loot at it for me. I know that without putting it onto a rack with the precise measurements I’ll never know how close (or far off I really am), but the door gaps are lining up now and every measurement I can take seems to be within spec and symmetric to within a couple 32nds of an inch…so, I’ve pressed onwards and hope to be a bit more diligent at posting my progress.

Since bringing the car down I have made some “upgrades” to the bracing on the car – again paying very close attention to the dimensions and all the measurements were symmetrical from driver to passenger side. Now I have a dolly that attaches at all of the suspension points and braces in each of the doors:



I’ve also made the following progress on the car:

- Replaced passenger and driver floor pans (both rusted pretty bad)
- Replaced the rear trunk floor pan
- Disassembled rear suspension consoles
- Got all suspension parts powder coated
- Drilled holes for the front through body sway bar
- Seam welded the rear suspension consoles
- Decided to go the Suby motor + Transmission route
- Removed rear trunk firewall section to weld inside seams and make room for Suby motor
- Plumed the coolant lines through where the heater tubes used to be (more on this later)
- Inspected the driver’s side long for rust (only surface stuff found!)
- Ordered lots of parts…with many more left to be ordered.

I've got pictures of everything listed above, but since my laptop battery is dying fast here I'll have to post them tomorrow.