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> Cary's 73 1.7 Rustoration Thread
cary
post Jun 6 2012, 10:15 PM
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Well I figured its time to start documenting the rustoration of my 1973 1.7L.
This car was bought for and used by my oldest son to drive thru 4 years of high school in Montana.
You have to realize in Montana kids can get their license at 15.
I think we only put it on the trailer twice in those 4 years.

It was bought on Ebay. I think the closing bid was $1600. So off he went with his Grandpa, the truck and the trailer.
Then I get the call. Dad they lied .............. it does have some rust.
So here's a 15 year old negotiating a Ebay deal gone sour with the owner of tow track company.
So I told him to take inventory of the parts that we could use. Then make him a offer. So after handing him 10 $100 biils it was loaded on the trailer.

So me at 55 decided that I want to rebuild this car to be my daily driver for next 15 years.
It started out to be a quick tidy up and repaint. But we all know how that goes.

I have $1400 worth of new interior that James did for me. All bagged up.
I just received my $3300 order from Restoration Design.
I have a $1600 list for Mark at 914 Rubber.
So I figure I'll have $9000 into a car that might be somewhere in the $7000 range when I'm done.
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cary   Cary's 73 1.7 Rustoration Thread   Jun 6 2012, 10:15 PM
cary   Here's were we're starting.   Jun 6 2012, 10:27 PM
cary   Here's the floor   Jun 6 2012, 10:29 PM
cary   Here's the left side longitudinal opened up...   Jun 6 2012, 10:33 PM
cary   Here's the trunk.   Jun 6 2012, 10:38 PM
cary   Here's the Hell hole.   Jun 6 2012, 10:39 PM
cary   Here's the floor pan on the rotisserie.   Jun 6 2012, 10:45 PM
wingnut86   I see some good metal here and there :) Pull Jam...   Jun 6 2012, 11:46 PM
cary   Thanks for the words of wisdom.   Jun 7 2012, 06:45 AM
cary   Well finally getting back too it. AXing and family...   Jul 23 2012, 09:37 PM
cary   Then I layed out my RD order ...............   Jul 23 2012, 09:41 PM
cary   I'm tearing into the drivers long. It's go...   Jul 23 2012, 09:51 PM
cary   Yes, I cut it open with a disc and a sawsall. I wa...   Jul 23 2012, 09:55 PM
cary   Super In-Law is building a jig to line up the four...   Jul 23 2012, 10:01 PM
cary   Did have one mishap. I tore the sun visor pad as ...   Jul 23 2012, 10:11 PM
cary   Here's Super-In Law finishing up the bottom ke...   Jul 31 2012, 06:37 AM
cary   Finally finishing up the body jig. After that ...   Aug 17 2012, 09:26 PM
cary   As I'm really beginning to disassemble the car...   Aug 21 2012, 07:02 AM
cary   Taking a time out to finish the rebuild/restoratio...   Oct 14 2012, 09:48 PM
cary   Today's plan was too put new wheels on it. Wa...   Oct 15 2012, 09:08 PM
cary   RE: Cary's 73 1.7 Rustoration Thread   Oct 15 2012, 09:09 PM
cary   Double Post :(   Oct 15 2012, 09:12 PM
cary   Well finally got back to work. Opened up the drive...   Oct 15 2012, 09:14 PM
wingnut86   Ooh, new toys! What's the plan for her? ...   Oct 15 2012, 09:15 PM
cary   Looks like its going to take some recreation. I ha...   Oct 15 2012, 09:30 PM
wingnut86   That looks like Africanised bees have taken over i...   Oct 15 2012, 09:34 PM
cary   Ooh, new toys! What's the plan for her? ...   Oct 15 2012, 09:51 PM
cary   That looks like Africanised bees have taken over ...   Oct 15 2012, 10:03 PM
cary   That looks like Africanised bees have taken over ...   Oct 16 2012, 06:11 AM
cary   Well I headed out to shop for a mid week evening s...   Oct 18 2012, 10:53 AM
cary   Just in case I do something stupid ...........   Oct 18 2012, 10:55 AM
cary   Here's what I'll need to somewhat recreate...   Oct 18 2012, 10:59 AM
cary   If you have enough weapons you can do just about a...   Oct 18 2012, 11:06 AM
cary   Here's the long all gutted. Didn't have to...   Oct 18 2012, 11:21 AM
cary   Or just mix up some JB weld and we're good to ...   Oct 18 2012, 11:24 AM
sixnotfour   West Coast Labor of Love.......I say that because ...   Oct 19 2012, 01:06 AM
cary   I know ......................... I have 2 of them....   Oct 19 2012, 05:55 AM
jersey914   Looks like a serious challenge! A bucket of ho...   Oct 19 2012, 06:51 AM
FourBlades   Nice work! They are all worth saving if you e...   Oct 19 2012, 08:00 AM
cary   It's my complete disconnect. I've managed...   Oct 19 2012, 08:23 AM
cary   Saturday morning ......................... Should...   Oct 20 2012, 08:11 AM
cary   I forgot to mention. If you want to practice paint...   Oct 20 2012, 08:30 AM
cary   Got the first coat of Ford blue on the parts washe...   Oct 20 2012, 05:02 PM
cary   Out into the light of day............... Even ...   Oct 20 2012, 05:06 PM
tscrihfield   Out into the light of day............... Even...   Oct 20 2012, 07:07 PM
cary   While I was painting Super In-Law was tinkering wi...   Oct 20 2012, 05:11 PM
cary   Did some phone work on Monday. I was hoping to cat...   Oct 23 2012, 07:12 AM
cary   Wednesday the 24th. Started the day by putting th...   Oct 24 2012, 08:18 PM
cary   Started by surveying the rust at both ends of the ...   Oct 24 2012, 08:24 PM
cary   Front end ............... Look what I found und...   Oct 24 2012, 08:27 PM
cary   Then I start the carnage ................   Oct 24 2012, 08:32 PM
cary   Getting my moneys worth from my cutting wheels.......   Oct 24 2012, 08:38 PM
cary   First I cut off the bottom .............. Still...   Oct 24 2012, 08:55 PM
cary   Then you see where the day ended ................ ...   Oct 24 2012, 09:07 PM
cary   You can see in this picture our cheater bar. B...   Oct 24 2012, 09:24 PM
cary   As you can see the car isn't liking hanging up...   Oct 24 2012, 09:27 PM
cary   Here's a shot looking into the wheelhouse. Wha...   Oct 24 2012, 09:29 PM
jersey914   I have a simple question! Because of all the s...   Oct 25 2012, 04:31 PM
cary   Good question........... We'll see when it go...   Oct 25 2012, 05:35 PM
cary   10/26/2012 Stopped by HF to pick up consumables. ...   Oct 26 2012, 10:49 PM
cary   Stopped by a garage sale and found some new lights...   Nov 7 2012, 07:41 AM
cary   Let there be light .........................   Nov 7 2012, 07:42 AM
cary   Now a guy can work at night ............. After wo...   Nov 7 2012, 07:44 AM
cary   Now back to work ..................... What ha...   Nov 7 2012, 07:50 AM
wingnut86   Wow Cary, Friends and family can no longer call i...   Nov 7 2012, 08:55 AM
cary   I'm not getting too much flash rust. They...   Nov 7 2012, 08:21 PM
cary   The more I look at that drivers long. The more I...   Nov 11 2012, 11:04 PM
cary   Here's a picture of the panel spotter being ti...   Nov 14 2012, 08:12 AM
cary   I decided an amputation is in order. Heading to th...   Nov 18 2012, 09:43 AM
cary   Well whats the going rate on a 3 1/2 hour surgery?...   Nov 18 2012, 08:21 PM
cary   Now to disconnect the firewall/hell hole ............   Nov 18 2012, 08:29 PM
cary   Here's a shot up the rear suspension long. Sho...   Nov 18 2012, 08:33 PM
cary   Now for the front end. Outside shot. Inside ...   Nov 18 2012, 08:36 PM
cary   Now 3 1/2 hours later ................   Nov 18 2012, 08:39 PM
cary   Now for the bad news. I didn't look at the pas...   Nov 18 2012, 08:52 PM
cary   So on to the floor pan removal.   Nov 18 2012, 08:55 PM
cary   Heading home .......................   Nov 18 2012, 08:57 PM
cary   Tomorrow I'll start on the passenger long. Sh...   Nov 18 2012, 10:11 PM
wingnut86   Cary, Who did you buy your spot weld drill bits f...   Nov 19 2012, 05:41 AM
cary   HF...................... http://www.harborfreight....   Nov 19 2012, 08:47 AM
cary   Well decided against moving on to the passenger lo...   Nov 19 2012, 09:23 PM
cary   So I moved on the recreating the bottom corner of ...   Nov 19 2012, 09:32 PM
cary   Here's where we start. This is going to tak...   Nov 19 2012, 09:37 PM
cary   Using some of Mark's work as a pattern. I...   Nov 19 2012, 09:41 PM
cary   First attempt with the shrinker we made the apex o...   Nov 19 2012, 09:46 PM
cary   Holiday festivities are over. So we had a couple h...   Nov 25 2012, 09:24 PM
cary   Had scheduled a short vacation to work on the car....   Nov 26 2012, 09:40 AM
Socalandy   Great work :first: makes my rust repairs look lik...   Nov 26 2012, 05:39 PM
cary   The parts washer lives. Have a small leak at the p...   Nov 26 2012, 11:06 PM
cary   I guess its going to be a Popsicle. White with blu...   Nov 26 2012, 11:23 PM
cary   Well the heater elements work great. The turntable...   Nov 27 2012, 09:16 PM
cary   Steam coming out the vent pipe.   Nov 28 2012, 10:05 PM
cary   Clean up day at the shop. Hadn't really tidied...   Nov 28 2012, 10:08 PM
cary   [i]I did finally find the oil leak in the Cad...   Nov 28 2012, 10:19 PM
cary   Well getting back to it. Removed the engine tray w...   Nov 29 2012, 10:30 PM
cary   Woke up last night and read 18 pages of "engi...   Nov 29 2012, 10:56 PM
cary   Installed the new door braces. Complete with Heim ...   Dec 3 2012, 11:09 PM
cary   With the new braces installed and dialed in. The f...   Dec 3 2012, 11:35 PM
cary   Next is the removal of the suspension console. Can...   Dec 3 2012, 11:41 PM
cary   I also chiseled off the seam sealer on the outer f...   Dec 3 2012, 11:54 PM
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