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> My rustastic build thread, restoration of my 73 1.7lt
kphimself
post Sep 19 2010, 03:32 PM
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I decided to start a build thread like so many others in the hopes of motivation and some usefull advice. I bought the car back in febuary and tinkered with it since then but due to health problems and work i was unable to do much. I now have some time to put toward it and im excited to get to work. Last week i pulled the rocker covers off to check out the rust. It turned out not to be as bad as i had thought. The longs are rusted out near the jack post, worse on the drivers side, the battery tray is mostly gone. Friday i pulled out the interior and spend the weekend making new upholstery. This is the first time i've ever attempented to do this. It didnt come out perfect but its better then what was in there and it only cost around 120 bucks which is much cheaper then what local shops whated to do it. So far i have the area around the seats done and the material cut out for the seats but i needed to take a break from it and watch some football (drinking beer and doing upholstery dont mix, welding on the other hand).


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kphimself   My rustastic build thread   Sep 19 2010, 03:32 PM
kphimself   So i tried to replace the brakes but nobody sales ...   Sep 19 2010, 04:14 PM
kg6dxn   Eric Shea will restore your callipers to a better ...   Sep 19 2010, 04:20 PM
kphimself   these ones are pretty much screwed, very rusted cy...   Sep 19 2010, 04:30 PM
abayer1969   these ones are pretty much screwed, very rusted c...   Sep 19 2010, 04:41 PM
kphimself   Thanks, one of my chief concerns is that they were...   Sep 19 2010, 04:52 PM
Valy   these ones are pretty much screwed, very rusted c...   Sep 19 2010, 04:51 PM
kphimself   these ones are pretty much screwed, very rusted ...   Sep 19 2010, 04:55 PM
rick 918-S   [quote name='Valy' post='1373028' date='Sep 19 20...   Sep 19 2010, 05:03 PM
kphimself   Do you have his contact info?   Sep 19 2010, 05:08 PM
dlee6204   Why don't you just buy a set of rebuildable co...   Sep 19 2010, 05:07 PM
kphimself   Why don't you just buy a set of rebuildable c...   Sep 19 2010, 05:11 PM
rick 918-S   [quote name='dlee6204' post='1373037' date='Sep 1...   Sep 19 2010, 05:20 PM
kphimself   Thanks, and thanks for the advice. So my plan for...   Sep 19 2010, 05:33 PM
jetboy   Eric Shea's website for teener services - http...   Sep 19 2010, 05:19 PM
scotty b   My shop is right up the road from you ( Cahrles Ci...   Sep 19 2010, 05:26 PM
kphimself   B)-->
QUOTE(scotty b @ S...   Sep 19 2010, 05:39 PM
kphimself   Got the suspension, the ball joints changed out al...   Sep 20 2010, 04:22 PM
kphimself   I pulled out the engine this afternoon. Got that ...   Sep 21 2010, 02:29 PM
Cupomeat   I pulled out the engine this afternoon. Got that...   Oct 7 2010, 01:22 PM
kphimself   Ah, one step ahead of you, i picked up a set of us...   Oct 7 2010, 08:46 PM
kphimself   well had to brake out the cut off wheel to get the...   Sep 21 2010, 05:47 PM
kphimself   I got the seats about 75% complete today. Between...   Sep 22 2010, 04:21 PM
kphimself   Does anyone know or have a picture of where the fo...   Sep 22 2010, 07:59 PM
dlee6204   Here is a picture for you. Its the yellow one. The...   Sep 22 2010, 08:07 PM
kphimself   Thanks, i found the switch as well just didn't...   Sep 22 2010, 08:10 PM
kphimself   Well got one seat finished but i'm hung up on ...   Sep 23 2010, 06:00 PM
kphimself   I was about to order paint and i just realized i d...   Sep 23 2010, 06:04 PM
kphimself   So my girlfriend just emailed me and it turns out ...   Sep 23 2010, 08:18 PM
bandjoey   :Qarl: Wow! You are doing great things for th...   Sep 23 2010, 08:32 PM
kphimself   :Qarl: Wow! You are doing great things for t...   Sep 23 2010, 08:38 PM
kphimself   Well here is a pic before i go to bed.   Sep 23 2010, 08:53 PM
kphimself   Its missing the clips so it will look alot better ...   Sep 23 2010, 08:55 PM
kphimself   I spent the morning finishing up the seats. I sta...   Sep 25 2010, 12:25 PM
kphimself   I have a windshield frame if anyone wants it. I t...   Sep 25 2010, 02:45 PM
kphimself   Well progress has come to a standstill due to poor...   Sep 29 2010, 11:32 AM
kphimself   its been a busy few days. I had to wait till mond...   Oct 6 2010, 06:20 PM
kphimself   oh almost forgot, somewhere along the north caroli...   Oct 6 2010, 06:25 PM
Cupomeat   oh almost forgot, somewhere along the north carol...   Oct 7 2010, 01:14 PM
kphimself   Well today I had a doctors appointment out of stat...   Oct 7 2010, 12:28 PM
kphimself   Today was a productive day. Found more rust as al...   Oct 8 2010, 07:01 PM
kphimself   I got that nasty rust taken care of in the engine ...   Oct 9 2010, 06:45 PM
kphimself   Well the car is braced up and ready to be put up o...   Oct 10 2010, 08:41 PM
kphimself   Rust, rust rust and more rust. I was too tired to...   Oct 12 2010, 01:57 PM
arkitect   "...sometimes when you start screwing up too ...   Oct 12 2010, 10:12 PM
kphimself   Thanks Dave, Today started off great. Got alot of...   Oct 13 2010, 12:56 PM
kphimself   The rest of the day i replaced some more rusted st...   Oct 13 2010, 07:21 PM
kphimself   Got all the work inside the long finished, had to ...   Oct 14 2010, 02:03 PM
kphimself   Well got a little motivated after dinner, im not g...   Oct 14 2010, 08:09 PM
kphimself   Well the car is back on the ground again and every...   Oct 15 2010, 08:03 PM
strawman   Keep up the good work! I know that it can some...   Oct 16 2010, 05:35 PM
kphimself   Thanks Geoff, Its starting to feel like a job so i...   Oct 16 2010, 08:18 PM
kphimself   Whoever said "hell have no fury like a woman ...   Oct 17 2010, 05:33 PM
kphimself   Yesterday started off great, car bit me in the kne...   Oct 19 2010, 02:45 PM
bembry   Jason--You're kickin' ass on this project...   Oct 19 2010, 02:55 PM
Cupomeat   :cheer: :popcorn: Great thread, great commentar...   Oct 19 2010, 02:55 PM
Jon Fernandes   Awesome progress!   Oct 19 2010, 04:47 PM
silver74insocal   :cheer: go go go!! lol great progress and ...   Oct 19 2010, 09:39 PM
kphimself   Today i got tricked, my dad told me it was going t...   Oct 20 2010, 05:36 PM
kphimself   It is one of those days where everything goes righ...   Oct 21 2010, 11:55 AM
arkitect   I like your Becks present to the german lineage ca...   Oct 21 2010, 07:25 PM
kphimself   16 days (without shaving), 32 beers, 20 plus pound...   Oct 22 2010, 02:49 PM
kphimself   Today was great, I found more rust, much like most...   Oct 23 2010, 05:33 PM
kphimself   Today is a total loss. Last night while taking a ...   Oct 24 2010, 10:29 AM
kphimself   Got back from the ER. That was a waist of time. ...   Oct 24 2010, 05:05 PM
watsonrx13   Got back from the ER. That was a waist of time. ...   Oct 25 2010, 05:02 AM
strawman   Got back from the ER. That was a waist of time....   Oct 25 2010, 11:42 PM
arkitect   Jason, Sorry to hear about it, glad there wasn...   Oct 24 2010, 09:09 PM
nathansnathan   I had a bunch of stuff come off the angle grinder ...   Oct 26 2010, 03:05 AM
Bleyseng   Yes, go to the ER of a different hospital. I had s...   Oct 26 2010, 04:13 AM
kphimself   Thanks everyone, The eye is getting better but st...   Oct 26 2010, 08:19 PM
kphimself   It has been 5 long cold months since i last worked...   Mar 31 2011, 12:42 AM
trojanhorsepower   Hi Jason, Glad to hear you are back and thinking ...   Mar 31 2011, 07:08 PM
netbanshee   Jason, You took on a (helluva, but good) project....   Mar 31 2011, 08:55 PM
PanelBilly   When you putting it back togeather be sure to ask ...   Mar 31 2011, 09:40 PM
kphimself   So i made it to my dads where the car is currently...   Apr 2 2011, 02:18 AM
arkitect   Jason, Glad to see your back attempting to work on...   Apr 2 2011, 08:08 AM
kphimself   My plans got fouled. My really awsome boss decide...   Apr 3 2011, 10:48 PM
kphimself   Well its been a very long time coming but my jack ...   Jun 13 2011, 11:10 PM
FourBlades   Great progress man! Getting it off jackstands...   Jun 14 2011, 11:57 AM
porsche_dreamer   Its lookin good. Was the plan for the original col...   Jun 14 2011, 06:53 PM
kphimself   Its lookin good. Was the plan for the original co...   Jun 14 2011, 11:19 PM
kphimself   I have not forgot about my car. I will soon be mo...   Aug 9 2011, 02:27 AM
kphimself   I decided on a color yesterday and got my primer a...   Aug 10 2011, 02:18 AM
kphimself   I finally got my car home the other night. Its be...   Jun 22 2012, 04:23 PM
kphimself   Engine compartment complete. I would love to get ...   Jun 22 2012, 07:45 PM
kphimself   I finished welding in the seat supports and kinda ...   Jun 24 2012, 07:18 PM
rick 918-S   Keep going this time :smash: :welder: :smash: :...   Jun 24 2012, 08:56 PM
kphimself   I was able to finish up the floor this week and ge...   Jun 30 2012, 06:37 AM
kphimself   I wasn't near as productive as I would of like...   Jun 30 2012, 08:51 PM
kphimself   The heat sucked again. I put the drivers door bac...   Jul 1 2012, 02:57 PM
kphimself   I'm having such a hard time picking out a colo...   Jul 1 2012, 08:31 PM
kphimself   I haven't updated much lately but I finally pa...   Sep 23 2012, 07:02 PM
jersey914   I haven't updated much lately but I finally p...   Sep 23 2012, 08:15 PM
steuspeed   Silver with black is a good choice. Keep going, it...   Sep 23 2012, 08:58 PM
kphimself   Thanks. I figured its hard to go wrong with silve...   Sep 28 2012, 06:57 AM
FourBlades   Looks good! That is a great looking color com...   Sep 28 2012, 08:45 AM
webrocket   Centric brake parts offer a complete caliper seal ...   Sep 29 2012, 08:09 AM
kphimself   Thanks for the brake advice. I finally got around...   Oct 1 2012, 07:41 PM
kphimself   Made good progress the last couple days. Paint is...   Oct 5 2012, 05:34 PM
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