Been a little warm in the shop the past week.

We pulled out the parts for under the car today and started getting them on the car.

Cary made lots of progress today. Got new 914Rubber bushings and bearings pressed on to the control arms and trailing arms.

New bearings in.

New shocks on cleaned parts. Ready to go back on the car.

Looking great, time well spent.

Thank you. Thats a pretty big complement from the build off winner . Will you be at Okteenerfest again this year?

Lost a few wields on the nuts for the sway bar. Cary got them fixed and I touched up the paint.

Had to fix one of the taillight housings to keep moisture out in the future.

Cary mixed up some fuser to patch it.

I had treated (painted) under the dash, the longs and the top of the tunnel with "rust treatment" After a week of it still not drying I went back to read the can to find out what was up. I had painted it with Eastwood frame sealer. It's finish is a tacky / oily finish to keep moisture out Under the car

Today I worked on my yoga stretching reaching all the hard to reach places with a rear and mineral spirits, wiping off my mistake

Got it all cleaned up. Tomorrow I will treat it with Por15 and then paint over it.

I feel your pain. I've likewise made errors that required significant back tracking.

Beautiful project.

Believe me, we all have. I feel your pain.

Preparing to treat with Por15 top coat

Before

After

Next question, do I paint this red now, or leave it be? I will be putting down a fatmat type material.

After I cleaned up the brush from painting the Por15, I noticed rust in the door. How dis I miss this before?

Uses wire brushes and dremmel tool with a wand to get the rust off. Then vacuumed it out, wiped it all down with acitone. After it was dry, I acid treated the rust. After that was dry, I wiped it down again, I painted the entire inside of the door skin with Por15. I will be putting the fatmat type material in here as well.

Looks good, Matt. This car looks like a labor of love. Some day we will BOTH be done, driving, hanging out with cool cars and this will all be worth it. Right?

Absolutely, get yours done so we can tour the rallies together

Spent some time sorting through the parts I have left to put on the car today. I did get the new stainless steel pivot shaft and new polygraphite bushings pressed into the trailing arm. (914Rubber parts preview)

I really like how well this went together. Good job on these Mark!

Got the headlight motors cleaned up and installed.

Preview of new parts comming out from 914Rubber

Got the color and clear down in the car today

Body shop took off my vin plate. Anyone have any suggestions on where to get the correct rivits to put this back on?

I'm gonna need those.

I'm really enjoying your thread. It gives me inspiration to keep going on my project. Keep the pics coming!

I just want to work on it every day. Lots of time working on things and then re doing them when it's not quite right. Like the paint reacting with residue from the undercoating that I accidentally put in and had to take back out frustrating but satisfying when it's done.

I know this will all be under the carpet and it won't really matter, but I want it right.

More of the color

Shiny parts and new bushings

Had to think about how to get this back in without scraching things up

Took the painted headlight covers off and then removed the stop/ adjuster bolt

Then attached the pivots

In the fender well

Then replaced the adjustment stop bolt after running a thread cleaner over it and through the nut.

Attached the push arm to the armature and the armature to the motor. Kept everything loose to give me wiggle room to get everything connected.

Attached the push arm to the housing assembly. Then tightened up everything.

This is when the wires and new grommets should be in place

Screw on cover. (Photo is showing the wrong screw location. It is actually the ones be hind this that are recessed. Screws do go in this location, but go through the cover 1st.

New eyebrow grommets

Painted the dash

Ready for parts!

I will be taking a few days off for my son's wedding. 1st boy getting Married. Lots of logistics to take care of for the wedding this Saturday. Lots of complications with all of the traffic that is in the state for the eclipse. They were not aware of it when they set their wedding date and they just so happen to plan it right in the path of totality. Already stories on the news of gas stations running out of gas and roads being completely plugged. So that's adding to the stress. Wish us luck. I'll be back to work on the car next week. In the meantime Cary's making progress with getting suspension components back on the vehicle.