My First Build Thread, and a long time comin' Options

[skeates]

So...technically I started this restoration a month ago, but now it has a thread (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

A little history...This was my first car. I picked it up for $1200 back in high school and had it towed home with mice in the glove box and hoses going to no where in the engine compartment! My dad and I had it up and running off and on for three years before I shipped off to southern California for college. It has sat in the 'rents driveway for 5 years now (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) waiting for the restoration that it deserves

Well...now that I'm edumacated and have a "real" job (and also have moved back to Northern California) my pockets are slightly deeper than in high school and the build has commenced!



So far I have stripped it to a tub, built me a rotisserie and washed off about 30 years of road grime and PO molestation. Along the way I even made a new friend! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

[abnrdo]

Nice work man! Keep it up, your giving me inspiration. What long stiffening kit did you use? Is that a ColdWater engine mount?

-Jim

[skeates]

Nice work man! Keep it up, your giving me inspiration. What long stiffening kit did you use? Is that a ColdWater engine mount?

-Jim

Thanks! The long kit is one that I purchased second hand (un-installed obviously) from someone on the board. It is one of the Engman long kits. The engine cradle is one of Ian's (Coldwater), though I'll add the caveat that is was a prototype from his initial development of this product (and therefore significantly discounted). The prototype didn't have the mounts for a 6-cyl and needed some "tweaks" for it to bolt up correctly. If you look closely you'll be able to see my additions. His current cradles are going to be a lot more polished than mine.