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| Literati914 |
 Apr 8 2026, 03:13 PM
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Advanced Member  Group: Members Posts: 2,261 Joined: 16-November 06 From: Dallas, TX Member No.: 7,222 Region Association: Southwest Region  |
Couple months back I bought a Phoenix Red 1.7L '73 that I planned to do a "quick resto/refresh" on. The idea was to get it back on the road as a very descent driver, no rotisserie work or complete strip down for repaint. Mainly wanted to make it structurally and mechanically sound. I've been working on it and snapping a few pic as I go, so I thought I'd go ahead and post a thread about it here.
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| Literati914 |
Apr 8 2026, 04:24 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,261 Joined: 16-November 06 From: Dallas, TX Member No.: 7,222 Region Association: Southwest Region |
There was a repair at the lower firewall area at the "cables" area, done by a previous owner. Usually when I see this, it's poorly done and in terrible shape but on this car, the repair is very solid. I cleaned it up real good, primed, sealed and top coated it.
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Literati914 Recommisioning a '73 Driver Project Apr 8 2026, 03:13 PM
Literati914 Basic Appearance:
First of all, it obviously need... Apr 8 2026, 03:33 PM Literati914 Obvious Issues:
Leaning right rear wheel and a ri... Apr 8 2026, 03:54 PM
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Obvious Issues:
Leaning right rear wheel and a r... Apr 8 2026, 06:11 PM Literati914 Then it was on to the riveted license late that wa... Apr 8 2026, 03:59 PM Literati914 Repairs Apr 8 2026, 04:06 PM Literati914 Engine Compartment:
The hell-hole is in great cond... Apr 8 2026, 04:14 PM Literati914 ..and the replacement tray Apr 8 2026, 04:16 PM Literati914 I also, weld/reinforced the engine lid brackets un... Apr 8 2026, 04:18 PM Literati914 Then I turned my attention to the floors:
I remove... Apr 8 2026, 04:33 PM Literati914 more examples - Apr 8 2026, 04:35 PM Literati914 Finally I added two coats of Chassis Saver rust pr... Apr 8 2026, 04:38 PM Literati914 I re-installed the cleaned up and re-sprayed trail... Apr 8 2026, 04:46 PM seanpaulmc Good on you for bringing another one back! So ... Apr 8 2026, 05:19 PM Literati914
Good on you for bringing another one back! So... Apr 8 2026, 05:42 PM Literati914
New ear is great, how did you manage the "co... Apr 8 2026, 07:30 PM Literati914 Here's the other rocker, I did work on the rec... Apr 8 2026, 07:34 PM Literati914 The car was missing it's trunk torsion rods an... Apr 8 2026, 07:38 PM Literati914 I currently got the nose up to work on fuel tank e... Apr 8 2026, 07:42 PM dtmehall it doesn't look like a creeper would work on t... Apr 8 2026, 07:47 PM Literati914
it doesn't look like a creeper would work on ... Apr 8 2026, 08:29 PM dtmehall :(
use lot's of voltaren! Apr 8 2026, 08:34 PM Literati914 I pulled the old original fuel lines and bent up s... Apr 8 2026, 09:12 PM Literati914 Installed Apr 8 2026, 09:13 PM |
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