Mr Hydes rust-tastic transformation, IT RUNS !!!! |
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Mr Hydes rust-tastic transformation, IT RUNS !!!! |
MrHyde |
Dec 5 2010, 12:05 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 525 Joined: 13-October 10 From: Ontario, Canada Member No.: 12,268 Region Association: None |
Soo.. I've posted a few times on here, got my turn signals working fine while I was off with a bugger'd shoulder... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) Now my shoulder is good so its time to dig into this thing... I've now realized that the tar coating the underside of the car was doing a good job of covering up some real big problems.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) I have holes in both right and left rear longs, both rockers, front trunk, floors, firewall.. Transmission I'll have to rebuild, but other than leaky pushrod tube and oil cooler seals... the motor runs strong.. I'll post up some pictures, I'm sure you'll all want to see.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
Here is a pic after I drove it home... rear wheels arent folding in and only the right door had a tight gap at the top... didnt look tooo bad when I looked at it.. figured some rocker work and I'd have er' back running in the summer... Attached image(s) |
MrHyde |
Oct 4 2012, 12:47 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 525 Joined: 13-October 10 From: Ontario, Canada Member No.: 12,268 Region Association: None |
Oh ya.. you may notice the hole where the jack post would be.. I've decided to not run with the jack post as they just rust out anyways... I took off the remains of the post earlier and welded up the longitudinal in that area. When I welded in the rear chassis stiffner kit I fab'd up a piece to tie into the front most piece of the stiffeners and covered over where the jack post area was ( after repairing the original long of course). After it was all covered and welded, I made a hole in the area where the jack post was so that I would have access to spray some eastwood frame coating stuff down the longs. I've coverd that hole with a grommet to seal out water and allow acceccability to inspect later. This shouldn't affect the structural of the car as the piece I welded in over the long welds around the top and bottom of the long as well just as the jack post cover did, as well as being welded to the long and tied into the chassis stiffner.
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