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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
Cairo94507   Cary - Congrats on your son's success and your...   Sep 24 2016, 06:48 PM
cary   Cary - Congrats on your son's success and you...   Oct 28 2016, 09:10 AM
cary   At Rothsport I'm putting a new suspension on a...   Sep 30 2016, 05:11 AM
cary   After the work on Mark's car I set about going...   Sep 30 2016, 06:58 AM
cary   Picked up another 1.7 engine core in King City yes...   Oct 3 2016, 08:28 AM
falcor75   Cary, put that wood splitter up higher for a bette...   Oct 3 2016, 11:26 PM
cary   Mats we were just talking about that ................   Oct 3 2016, 11:39 PM
falcor75   Mats we were just talking about that ...............   Oct 4 2016, 12:54 AM
cary   Super In Law is back to work. He cut open the work...   Oct 7 2016, 08:37 PM
altitude411   :Qarl: <<< Super InLaw :first:   Oct 7 2016, 08:49 PM
cary   After my week at Rothsport I decided it's time...   Oct 14 2016, 09:04 AM
cary   When I feel like I can take a break I'll get m...   Oct 21 2016, 08:00 AM
worn   When I feel like I can take a break I'll get ...   Oct 21 2016, 08:23 AM
914_teener   When I feel like I can take a break I'll get ...   Oct 28 2016, 09:10 AM
cary   Super In Law update : Took a newfangled stress te...   Oct 21 2016, 08:05 AM
cary   After Super In Law finishes the big screen install...   Oct 22 2016, 12:11 PM
cary   Tool Whore : Adding a couple pieces of equipment t...   Oct 25 2016, 09:17 PM
raynekat   Car nerd!   Oct 25 2016, 11:16 PM
zambezi   I passed a bar on the way to work this morning   Oct 28 2016, 01:05 PM
cary   Got my new computer monitor hung from the ceiling ...   Oct 28 2016, 10:08 PM
cary   After reading the thread about building an engine ...   Oct 29 2016, 08:16 AM
cary   Super In Law went to work on the parts washer. He ...   Oct 29 2016, 08:10 PM
cary   Just thought I'd add a little tidbit that I...   Oct 29 2016, 09:14 PM
cary   As suspected. 115v motor wired up 220v. I'm me...   Nov 3 2016, 06:58 AM
cary   Great Day ................... 1. Parts washer was...   Nov 3 2016, 08:09 PM
76-914   That steering rack looks great Cary. What soap or ...   Nov 3 2016, 08:42 PM
cary   Hotsy detergent. But it did go thru the bead blast...   Nov 3 2016, 10:10 PM
cary   All the steering rack cores have been washed. I do...   Nov 4 2016, 08:37 PM
cary   Super In Law work : You guys would have loved thi...   Nov 5 2016, 07:53 AM
cary   Short day on Saturday. 1. We put the 911 away for ...   Nov 6 2016, 08:53 AM
cary   Did find the brushes at McMaster Carr.   Nov 6 2016, 11:12 AM
cary   Taking a day off from welding and grinding ..........   Nov 12 2016, 12:39 AM
cary   When I arrived at the shop Saturday am I found ano...   Nov 13 2016, 09:43 AM
BillC   When I arrived at the shop Saturday am I found an...   Nov 13 2016, 09:55 AM
cary   Your right. We did forget to replace the vent with...   Nov 13 2016, 10:35 AM
cary   The new turntable motor for the parts washer final...   Nov 17 2016, 08:14 PM
Mikey914   Cary, The 1st test fit rack I did, I was able to d...   Nov 18 2016, 09:43 PM
cary   The brushes showed up from McMaster Carr last week...   Nov 18 2016, 11:06 PM
cary   1. I think the glass beads leave to open/rough...   Dec 2 2016, 10:54 PM
cary   While I'm working on Doug's car and giving...   Nov 20 2016, 12:51 AM
cary   Black Friday at the shop ....................... ...   Nov 25 2016, 10:07 PM
cary   Looking ahead to changing out the jack points on D...   Nov 28 2016, 08:59 AM
mb911   Looking ahead to changing out the jack points on ...   Nov 28 2016, 11:10 AM
cary   Right angle drill adapter? Ben, That's one ...   Nov 28 2016, 10:12 PM
76-914   Right angle drill adapter? Ben, That's one...   Dec 4 2016, 08:47 AM
cary   The Milwaukie may be a little more tool than you...   Dec 4 2016, 06:54 PM
76-914   [quote name='76-914' post='2430173' date='De...   Dec 4 2016, 08:06 PM
JoeDees   Looking ahead to changing out the jack points on ...   Nov 28 2016, 12:11 PM
worn   Looking ahead to changing out the jack points on ...   Dec 6 2016, 10:51 AM
cary   Finally found some crushed plastic to clean the st...   Nov 28 2016, 10:46 PM
cary   Loaded the glass beads into the blaster. They gave...   Dec 3 2016, 11:33 PM
mepstein   Loaded the glass beads into the blaster. They gav...   Dec 4 2016, 09:06 AM
altitude411   Cary, is the difference in the racks an early/late...   Dec 4 2016, 03:48 AM
cary   Cary, is the difference in the racks an early/lat...   Dec 4 2016, 09:04 AM
cary   That's what I thought you had. :lol4: :lol...   Dec 4 2016, 08:45 PM
PlantMan   Cary, I watched a recent video on YouTube of a guy...   Dec 5 2016, 12:13 AM
cary   I have one, but I think it will be too short. So I...   Dec 5 2016, 09:15 AM
mb911   Dyna file?   Dec 5 2016, 05:00 PM
cary   I'm thinking this might be the one ..............   Dec 6 2016, 12:35 AM
cary   Hmmmmm...... Another twist. I have an extended len...   Dec 6 2016, 02:46 PM
cary   Doug's car is on the rotisserie so it's ti...   Dec 11 2016, 09:05 AM
cary   I went with Worn's suggestion of using an exte...   Dec 11 2016, 09:26 AM
cary   Installing a Front Arch Fill In from Tuthill Racin...   Dec 12 2016, 10:01 PM
cary   Sunday Morning Episode of Dad's Garage ..........   Dec 18 2016, 06:03 PM
76-914   You can't take too many tools for a mobile rep...   Dec 19 2016, 10:34 AM
cary   It's my at home/AX tool box. It will probably ...   Dec 20 2016, 07:34 AM
cary   Things are kind of quite so I'd thought post a...   Dec 21 2016, 11:13 PM
cary   Undercover .................... At this point th...   Dec 25 2016, 09:27 AM
cary   This coming week at Rothsport. Rental car heads to...   Dec 25 2016, 09:36 AM
cary   Lull between Christmas day events. :santa: I tho...   Dec 25 2016, 03:12 PM
jmitro   I thought I'd add some insight into the issues...   Dec 28 2016, 11:47 AM
BillC   Have you considered trying some dry ice? You put ...   Dec 25 2016, 05:04 PM
cary   Rothsport had sent one out to the ice blaster in t...   Dec 26 2016, 08:54 AM
BillC   Rothsport had sent one out to the ice blaster in ...   Dec 26 2016, 11:50 AM
cary   Bill we saw that too. But we couldn't find any...   Dec 28 2016, 08:43 AM
cary   https://www.excellence-mag.com/resources/events/33...   Dec 28 2016, 08:49 AM
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altitude411   Tool pimp... :thumbsup:   Jan 10 2017, 11:56 PM
cary   Whoa ..................... Really quiet.   Jan 12 2017, 08:01 PM
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