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RoadGlue
post Nov 26 2017, 11:40 PM
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On to rebuilding the targa top. Spraying the front and rear bumpers, rocker panels and top this week. Seals and perlon have been ordered.

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post Nov 27 2017, 12:28 AM
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Go Randy go! Looks great!
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post Nov 27 2017, 12:46 AM
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After this weekend, you're going to be set for parts! Great Work Randy!
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post Dec 1 2017, 11:02 AM
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While I know the body needs work (and it does!), I still thought I'd go ahead and paint the black bits as I had to repaint the rear bumper as it came in needing a bunch of work.

I always hold my breath when pulling rocker panels, but thankfully they look the same as they did when I had them off ten or so years ago.

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post Dec 1 2017, 11:03 AM
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As you can see, I have my entire garage and gravity on a rotisserie.
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post Dec 1 2017, 11:04 AM
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Spent a number at my pop's place the other night starting the body work.

I'll be back out there this afternoon and hopefully we'll be able to shoot everything either today or tomorrow.

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post Dec 1 2017, 11:07 AM
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Found a high quality 4 gauge battery cable that's the right length -

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Re-manufactured 911 in. Appears to be both a new solenoid and motor. Was prepared to keep sending them back until I got a good one, but this looks like it's going to be fine.

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post Dec 1 2017, 11:11 AM
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Pulled off the ill-fitting Triad (or Triad-clone?) and compared it to the size of the Bursch. The Bursch must be half the weight. I'm not a big fan of the sound, so I plan on swapping the muffler part out with a Magnaflow and slightly larger out pipe, you know, for street cred! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)

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post Dec 1 2017, 11:12 AM
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Found my rear valance in my rafters too last night. Now that I've ditched the Triad I can actually use it, so I'll be taking that to my pop's for paint today as well.
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post Dec 1 2017, 11:14 AM
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Everything lined up perfectly, which is waaaay better than what was going on with the Triad. I was worried my HE's might be bent, but no issues here now. I just need some more 8mm washers before I can wrap up the install.

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Garold came through with my right-angle drive. Thanks buddy!

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post Dec 4 2017, 03:22 PM
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Left work early on Friday and continued on with paint prep. Was able to get the bumpers, rockers, rear valance and other misc bits sprayed.

Used Eastwood's epoxy primer and their single stage urethane topcoat in satin black. My dad's garage is a dirty, dusty mess, but I'm happy with how everything turned out. Not show quality, but it's a huge bump up from where the parts were at. My rockers were pretty bent, so when I paint the car I may opt to get a new set from RD.

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post Dec 4 2017, 03:23 PM
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I really don't see myself having the patience to do the bodywork on my whole car. Just doesn't seem like something I'd enjoy. Prefer working with the mechanical bits.
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post Dec 4 2017, 03:28 PM
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Spent the entire day Sunday wrenching on the car in hopes of firing her up in the afternoon. My trusty friend Jon came back and helped me knock down my checklist.

However when it came time to fire her up I ended up fighting with my ignition switch. Only getting intermittent signal to the starter solenoid and it appears the switch has gone bad again. Replaced it about ten years ago after Glenn Stazak (GMS) and I had it fail on us while bopping around Mendocino.

New switch ordered along with a new Pertronix III as I let the smoke out of mine in a big way. My old ignition harness from Bowlsby unfortunately has had the stripes wear off enough to where I mixed them up and appear to have nuked my old sensor.

Sigh.

Also noticed that my p-side 40 IDF didn't seem to be spitting nearly as much fuel down the barrels as my d-side carb. Need to investigate that as well.
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post Dec 5 2017, 12:27 PM
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Waiting on an ignition switch and a few other bits before I can get back to the meaty stuff. So last night I had a few glasses of wine and reassembled the targa top, sans the perlon which should be here from 914rubber soon. Might have to give them a call today.

Glad I found an old forum post detailing how to install the top window seals. Tried sliding them into the rails for a while and that was a big no-go. Have to slide the other channel into the groove and then work the inner part in carefully with a screw driver. The rear seal was a total breeze. Once the seals were fitting, I roughly trimmed off the excess material from the top side windows seals and then trimmed to fit with the top nearly in place.

You can really see how screwed up the side sail panel vinyl looks now. Think I might paint/dye it to hold it over until I paint the car. I plan on deleting the sail panel vinyl at that time, so really don't want to go through the hassle

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post Dec 7 2017, 12:03 AM
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New Meistersatz ignition switch came in this afternoon, so I tore into my steering column to find out if the old switch was cracked. Sure acted like it when we tried to start the car on Sunday.

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post Dec 7 2017, 12:06 AM
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Wow, taking off the knee pad first, per PP's guides, was worlds better than trying to get to the harness connectors with the pad in place. I didn't realize how easy it came out and feel like a dufus for struggling so badly the last time.

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Ah ha, it's cracked (by my thumb in the photo) ... again! I had one fail only a year or so before I stopped driving the car and I don't remember the new switch giving me problems when I parked it in 2012'sh. Thinking it was the lousy brand and it just got brittle with age.

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post Dec 7 2017, 12:16 AM
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The dash went back together quickly so I decided to fix a nasty wire before my fingers froze. It's getting down into the 30s and my garage is in the 50s at night, maybe lower.

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Ah yeah, so what da fuch is this? The wire is super short and hacked together. Hmm, wonder if I did that when I was in my late 20s. I sure hope not.

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So I pulled off the wheel again and removed the copper contact ring by bending tabs on that attached it to the horn ring. The stress relief crimp section was cracked so I decide to solder the new wire into the contact ring to keep it from pulling out easily.

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Much better!

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post Dec 7 2017, 11:19 AM
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What paint did you use for the valance, rockers, etc.? It looks great.

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post Dec 7 2017, 11:32 AM
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QUOTE(krazykonrad @ Dec 7 2017, 09:19 AM) *

What paint did you use for the valance, rockers, etc.? It looks great.

Konrad


Thanks! They'd look even better if I'd spent another day prepping, but I don't really have that type of patience at my skill level. Also found out after I bought the product that you have to wait days before you can sand epoxy primers.

Here's the paint:
http://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-rat-rod-s...lack-paint.html

Primer:
http://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-black-epoxy-primers.html
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post Dec 7 2017, 06:23 PM
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nice work.
funny, I have the exact same paint in my garage, just waiting for me to finally prep the same parts and paint them. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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