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| cary |
  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
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Got a couple new IR Die... Jan 1 2016, 11:03 PM 76-914 Those would be great for welding in tight spots wi... Jan 2 2016, 09:25 AM DirtyCossack It's question time again...
I was looking at ... Jan 3 2016, 09:20 AM cary Eastwood sprayer and hoses. I attach it directly t... Jan 3 2016, 10:04 AM J P Stein OK, now we've seen Mr. Fixit mode. Today is a ... Jan 3 2016, 10:28 AM cary JP the snow surprised the crap out of me too ....... Jan 3 2016, 10:56 AM J P Stein
JP the snow surprised the crap out of me too ...... Jan 3 2016, 11:16 AM DirtyCossack Awesome! Thank you. I think I've found my ... Jan 3 2016, 11:10 AM cary Finished up the parts washer filter install. Solve... Jan 4 2016, 08:14 PM cary Then went on to extracting my first parts off the ... Jan 4 2016, 08:20 PM cary Then on to pulling the harness from the front trun... Jan 4 2016, 08:23 PM cary Hand brake handle #2. Out of the parts car
I put ... Jan 4 2016, 10:16 PM cary Finally get back to working on the rustoration.
St... Jan 5 2016, 08:49 PM cary Super In Law set about fitting the Tangerine Racin... Jan 5 2016, 09:02 PM cary I set about pulling the cables in the engine compa... Jan 5 2016, 09:06 PM cary Front trunk ready to go.
Jan 5 2016, 09:16 PM cary Here a some reference shots of the fresh air vent ... Jan 5 2016, 09:22 PM cary We finished up the right suspension ear reinforcem... Jan 6 2016, 09:38 PM cary So after lunch, even though its only 40 degrees we... Jan 6 2016, 10:04 PM cary If your going to try and blast with a HF blaster. ... Jan 6 2016, 10:19 PM Andyrew Some great looking progress! Jan 6 2016, 11:34 PM cary First order of the day.
Appointment for Dad's ... Jan 7 2016, 08:57 PM cary After the oil change. I added a +1.50 cheater lens... Jan 7 2016, 10:20 PM cary Friday 01/08
Day started foggy and cold. Once aga... Jan 9 2016, 09:25 AM cary Here's what she looked like after it was all t... Jan 9 2016, 09:35 AM cary Sun came out around 11am. So I decided with the in... Jan 9 2016, 10:10 AM cary Started the day stopping off at the auto paint sto... Jan 11 2016, 11:39 PM cary Rainy day, so no bead blasting ......... :angry: ... Jan 11 2016, 11:47 PM cary While I was working out in the cold. Super In Law ... Jan 12 2016, 12:19 AM cary Back out in the cold I go .....................
F... Jan 12 2016, 11:20 PM cary We dug thru all the left doors. They all have some... Jan 12 2016, 11:37 PM cary The opening should give me enough room to remove t... Jan 12 2016, 11:41 PM cary Took Wednesday off.
Started Thursday by meeting ... Jan 15 2016, 10:48 AM cary Was hoping that we'd get a break in the rain. ... Jan 15 2016, 10:35 PM cary Now on to welding in the spot weld cutter holes wi... Jan 15 2016, 10:47 PM cary Found another issue with the left door. I found a ... Jan 17 2016, 07:35 PM cary Looks like we'll have a small break in the PDX... Jan 19 2016, 09:15 AM cary Looks like we'll have another break in the wea... Jan 20 2016, 11:08 PM cary Get back from lunch and push her outside.
Got R... Jan 20 2016, 11:15 PM cary Oh yeah ................ the rain started at 2:45.... Jan 20 2016, 11:32 PM worn
Oh yeah ................ the rain started at 2:45... Jan 21 2016, 11:59 AM DirtyCossack
It has been subzero all the past week after a mi... Jan 21 2016, 07:37 PM saigon71 Your attention to detail is superb! :beer2: ... Jan 21 2016, 02:14 PM Cairo94507 Terrific documentation and work. :trophy: Jan 21 2016, 03:21 PM cary Thanks for the words of encouragement ............... Jan 21 2016, 06:49 PM cary Beautiful day here is PDX.
Super In Law went to w... Jan 22 2016, 09:42 PM cary I think we'll start the day by switching to th... Jan 23 2016, 09:30 AM cary Here's the tubes we fabricated for the heater ... Jan 23 2016, 10:39 PM cary Finished up the door patches. Had trouble with the... Jan 23 2016, 10:52 PM PlantMan
Finished up the door patches. Had trouble with th... Feb 3 2016, 02:45 PM cary Here is my assortment of different types/shapes of... Jan 23 2016, 10:54 PM cary On to the next task ................
After bead bl... Jan 24 2016, 11:14 AM cary Took a time out ..................
1. Bought some... Jan 29 2016, 10:59 AM cary I've been under the weather the last couple da... Jan 31 2016, 08:55 AM cary Another word of wisdom for those just getting into... Jan 31 2016, 09:00 AM cary After the rotisserie was finished I went after the... Jan 31 2016, 09:43 AM cary Decided to seal up the inside of the OSPHO'd d... Feb 2 2016, 09:31 AM cary New season of Tool Whore ...............
Nike Hyd... Feb 2 2016, 09:18 PM Andyrew 22ga is about the same as HVAC ducting...
Its a... Feb 3 2016, 02:50 PM cary What Andyrew said .................
As for the jo... Feb 3 2016, 08:46 PM cary * Switched doors on the engine stand and sprayed i... Feb 4 2016, 10:18 AM cary Now to the other side ................
Cut out th... Feb 4 2016, 10:25 AM cary On to the tow hook.
I was bound and determined no... Feb 4 2016, 10:36 AM cary Patch might be a bit over sized. But that will mak... Feb 4 2016, 11:10 PM cary Now time to install the toe hook. Used the Clecos ... Feb 4 2016, 11:17 PM raynekat :beer1:
Looking great there Mate!
Have an IPA... Feb 4 2016, 11:36 PM cary My middle son texted me yesterday and asked what I... Feb 6 2016, 12:29 PM cary But as I began to work on the seam sealer in the g... Feb 6 2016, 01:03 PM cary Here's the cut out piece that I'll use as ... Feb 6 2016, 01:29 PM cary We start the week with a beautiful day here in PDX... Feb 9 2016, 10:16 AM cary So the surgery begins. Kind of a tough spot to wor... Feb 9 2016, 10:36 AM cary I finished removing the seam sealer in the gas tan... Feb 9 2016, 10:25 PM cary * Ran downtown to buy 5 new wheels for my rolling ... Feb 11 2016, 12:56 AM cary * Rolled the car outside as soon we got organized ... Feb 12 2016, 09:58 AM bigkensteele Great work! :sawzall: :welder:
Good luck w... Feb 12 2016, 04:37 PM cary The patch next to the master cylinder went in with... Feb 12 2016, 10:23 PM cary I decided that bigger was better when it came to p... Feb 12 2016, 10:39 PM cary Here's the next area slated for surgery after ... Feb 14 2016, 11:22 AM cary Yesterday was spent on my 911. I was getting it re... Feb 16 2016, 11:03 PM cary On to the windshield frame rust .......... Started... Feb 17 2016, 09:02 PM cary Now on to welding in the patch. I'm always par... Feb 17 2016, 09:33 PM cary But most of the day was spent housekeeping. First ... Feb 17 2016, 10:12 PM Jacob Thank you for taking the time to post all of the p... Feb 17 2016, 10:45 PM cary Spent the day finishing up the housekeeping.
1. Go... Feb 18 2016, 10:34 PM cary Finished up the right side of the windshield frame... Feb 20 2016, 11:41 PM cary Then we had a break in our record rainfall .......... Feb 20 2016, 11:45 PM cary Super In Law was working on the patch for the left... Feb 21 2016, 12:02 AM cary I did get the small short left pipe brazed in. I h... Feb 22 2016, 09:46 PM  |
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