Taylors new project thanks to Wes, Rust, just not in the usual places. Options

[Mikey914]

Wes was nice enough to hook Taylor up with a roller project. He drove down to Mendocino to get it about 3 weeks ago. We finally have it in a place we can work on it and started the clean up.

The backstory is that Wes got it in Oakland where it had sat behind a rib joint for some time. Apparently, some rodents made a home in the air box. They also acquired a taste for ribs. It appears the brought a few back with them. They were there for some time, and urinated eating the bulkhead out. The hell hole and floorboards look good. The pan is intact and looks good.

He has a bunch of work ahead of him, but it will get restored back to stock ivory white.

[cary]

Well after all the measurements, pictures and emails Rick and I came to the consensus that the car took a hit on the right control arm end cap and tire wheel.


pretty significant whack..................




But after all the geometry, it looks to be 2-3 mm both back and to the right. Which is just a smidgen out of tolerance. So back to work ...............

First order of business. I'll fix the split in the tire well.



Needs a little more hammer and dolly work when I have a second set of hands.

Blasted the cross member and gave it a couple coats of cold galvanizing.

After just a smidgen of tuning and she slipped into place.

Next onto welding in the right rear cross member mount.