Pulled the bumpers, valances ect off and dropped at the painter this weekend along with 5 nice Mahles (thanks Gint)

Should make a nice before and after a few weeks from now. Happy to report no rust lurking anywhere, and all orig minus the front LE spoiler , all bumpers, rockers covers, rear valance appear to be original to the car.

Before:
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Whew, no brown stuff
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Same goes for the valances n bumpers, super straight, really happy, drivers rear bumper tit trapped some water, just a little surface rust.
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Scored a nice banana muffler (thanks again Gint) and planning to remove the rear reflector, that will keep my busy for a bit.

Ferg

Nice Ferg! That is a sweet little ride

Getting closer

Mahles are prepped for paint as well. Strange they have a blue tint after a acid washing.

You are one lucky Man....

Love that Phoenix Red man! Looking good Ferg

I'm hoping to find some time this weekend to work on the bike rack.

I have a few old ski racks, one will be sacrificed to be used in conjunction with my sea sucker suction cup rear wheel holder.

Yep, blue primer underneath is factory correct.

Very cool, learned something today. Thanks! My painter asked if It was a blueberry before it was a creamsicle

Lookin' good!

Nice 4 lug Fuch wheels are fetching a premium these days mike. With caps and lugs? $$$

Very nice! Are the wheels powdercoated?

Not sure if you are referring to those wheels - they are Mahles - but your statement is still true.

Referring to the wheels that came on the car when bought.

looking to prep my wheels for paint as well. Is this a do it yourself job or is it al left to the refinishers? looking to save a few $s where possible.
thx
Mike

there was a bunch of ..Fuchs craigslist CO.

The 911 gasburners have the blue primer tooooooo

I have 2 full sets of Fuchs for sale on Denver craigslist. Did not post here because not wanting to ship

I have a painter friend that restores wheels and sells on Craigslist as a side job. He did all the work bumpers too at a very low rate.

Ferg your supposed to say,, My Guy is top notch.. not cheap though...

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soon to be like this! beautiful!

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Too FUCHin' funny. $20.00 of free metal work.

Ferg- being somewhat of an expert on creamsicle rims I have to warn you I believe you should have taped off the lug holes & left them bare. The pressure from the lug bolt against the rim destroys the paint & it has a tendency to chip when you take them on & off. Also, the center should be silver around the stainless steel center cap as in both pics I listed. I have my original unmolested spare tire w/ the original Dunlop SP on it that I keep as a reference (1st pic). After all that work you don't want the paint just flaking off. Just a heads up for you

Yeah noticed that. Good call. I was not clear in my instructions to my guy. I will see what can be done.

Wasn't trying to bring you down m8, just a warning. The center isn't a problem, you can just paint silver over the orange & it should be fine. The lug holes will probably require a bunch of work w/ an xacto knife outlining & pre chipping them bare. I learned this lesson the hard way

Not bringing me down at all. I'm glad you pointed it out.

Curious as to how far you're going w/ the original restoration? From what I could tell you need side stripes, shifter knob, door panels, seats, steering wheel, 3 gauges in the center console & the dreaded front spoiler & poof- your back to a regular creamsicle

Plan is to do a full tear down and proper resto in the future say 6-8 years ahead.

For now happy collecting parts and will enjoy it as a driver. My plan is to do only what it needs or things that bug me. Rear reflector and shift knob next on the list. No sense it doing things twice and will be nice to have a driver. Pics soon of my bike rack.

Finally looks proper.

Nice!