Cary's 73 1.7 Rustoration Thread Options

[cary]

I've seen several cars with the crack at the parking brake indent. I'm guessing that would be a good place to reinforce ala inner long stiffening kit. Good to hear you are happy with the long. Isn't that Blair tool the shizzle?

Just about the time I think I'll change it. I start a new hole and it goes right to work.

[cary]

Here's what I hope the final result will be.
The question being, will I leave the trim chrome or powder coat it black?

[jersey914]

Here's what I hope the final result will be.
The question being, will I leave the trim chrome or powder coat it black?

Aahhhh, decisions, decisions. Your decision is one I wish i had to make. Keep up the work Cary, this puppy will be beautiful either way!


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[cary]

Looking for some help.............
Went back and re-read Jeff Hail's Dead thread.

When I tie in the new to me part that is double walled. How/can you cut back the existing inner wall without damaging it?
I want to build a new inner box to tie the two parts together.


Picture from Jeff's thread.

[cary]

Going to remove the front inner fender from the new long.
That should make the long alignment much easier.

So I hope to remove the front inner fender, and the misc ebrake and center support pieces today. Then hopefully I'll drag out the sand blaster and get the long all tidied up.



Haven't decided how I'm going to use the the back jtube corner yet. I tore mine up pretty bad when removing the old long.

[cary]

This will be my electric car when the batteries get down to a responsible price. So I want to build it strong enough to hold the weight of the batteries.
I plan this to be my forever daily driver/commuter car.

[wingnut86]

Awesome idea Cary.

That was why I purchased my black 70', for an EV project.

My wife's Prius needs just a few more miles on it;-}

[cary]

Back to it .............
Going to remove the remnant of the rear inner firewall.
Plan to leave to back one and the corner to see if I can reuse the corner.



First thing is to remove the rear engine lid cable tube.



Weapon of choice. Mapp gas torch.



Spot welds are marked and ready to be drilled out.
Still using Rotacut spot welder cut #2 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cheer.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cheer.gif)

[cary]

Removed the j-pipe. The red arrows show you were the 2 tack welds are. I've now removed two. Both pipes have had the tack welds in the same place. The problem being is the 3 lb's of seam sealer spread over the entire area. Makes it very hard to find the tack welds.





Here's the tore up corner that is on the car ..............

[cary]

Now to remove the front inner fender .............



Tack welds were attacked with big and little cutting disks.



No way to get at this tack weld. So I cut it out from the back side with the
small cutting disk. Hit it dead on...... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)



Another tough spot ..............finished with cold chisel.

[cary]

Here she is sitting in her soon to be new home..................

[cary]

Here's the long after a couple hours of sand blasting ..................
Paint : very easy
Rust : a little more work
Seam Sealer : PIA ...........



All in all a pretty good day. It will still need a patch at the bottom of what was the jack
point location. Inner box needs a little work too ................
I'm going to repost my inner box question in its own thread.

[cary]

Another work day...............

I got the inner reinforcement out of the drivers wheelhouse long. So that when I install the new inner long it will be ready for the new inner box.
No real way to find or drill out the spot welds. So I just kind of pried it out of there.
Using Rick's BA screwdriver method, a little chisel action. Both hand and air.
Cut the inside edge with a Dremel disk. Took a few. But it got the job done.
Turned out pretty good.

[cary]

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[worn]

Super In Law finished tearing the inner layer out of the long.
He loves tearing things up, LOL.

Hi Cary,
The engine mounts are coming to you UPS. Sorry it took months. Progress looks fantastic.

[cary]

As things are progressing.
I unpacked the brake master cylinder floorboard area I bought from Bruce.





Looks really nice. I'm thinking it might be my first real part to get washed in the parts washer.



Waiting for it to warm up enough so I can leave the soap solution in it without worrying about freezing.

[cary]

Finally broke down and bought my new Millermatic 180.
This is a milestone purchase for me. I've been wanting one for a long time.
But my 15 year old 90 amp Craftsmen 115v just wouldn't wear out.

Here she is right out of the box.

[cary]

Test fitting the inner fender after trimming a bit off.

[cary]

I still don't get the flash rust deal.
I strip these parts with a sand blaster and I don't get the flash rust everyone is talking about.
At least I don't think I do.
There's a little on the fenders. Both they've been bare metal for a couple years.

Some days here in PDX its 100% humidity.

[wingnut86]

It's there. Don't trust your eyes.

Use a metal ready or similar to protect it between work sessions.