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After my wife and I seperated, I moved back home with Mom. WTF, its rent free, and there's lots of room. Although there's
not a lot of good space to work on a car.
This picture shows where the car sat for a few weeks while I was restoring the trunk area. I removed the the gas
tank. I had to break off the gas tank straps because they were so rusty. I got the straps rewelded by a local mechanic, with
some new studs welded on. He charged me $50. Also one of the brackets for the rear shocks was impossible to remove. I had
to get another restorer in Florida to go out and remove the shock mount out of some old 50 year old car he had in his backyard.
He sent it to me, along with a long list of complaints about the Florida heat, etc. (Thanks, guy!) I refurbished the
rear end as best I could. Sanded and painted it black. One thing to note here is that there is a vent incorporated into the
brake line junction block that vents the rear end. This thing was all corroded, and was causing pressure to build up inside
the differential. This caused oil to leak out around the differential cover. I soaked this little part in a muriatic acid
bath, and that opened it up pretty good. So now the rear end is vented and no more leaks. No gas tank is available. I am stuck
with the old one. I took out the leaf springs, and cleaned/painted them. The rear shocks are one of the few parts you
can find easily, but I haven't gotten them yet. I wire brushed the rear section of the underbody, rinsed it, and sprayed
it with Rustoleum Gloss Black.
After that, I went back to sanding the body. I bought a plain old Dewalt grinder, and fitted a sanding disk pad to it.
I also got a wire cup brush for it. Before winter 2006 set in, I had sanded it about halfway up the driver's side, the roof,
and trunk area. I wouldn't recomend this setup either becuse it turns too fast. Sometimes the sanding disk will disintigrate
and go flying at very high velocities. But it works OK on flat surfaces.
Here's the latest picture I have. Hopefully this summer I will be able to make some significant progress on the body.
And then, someday, rebuild the engine...
I hope to continue to update this page, and add some technical information. If you have any comments or questions, please
feel free to email me.
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