Oficial "restoration" thread, As if we need another of these |
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Oficial "restoration" thread, As if we need another of these |
gopack |
Mar 25 2006, 05:47 PM
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CHEESEHEAD in CA, MARK Group: Members Posts: 744 Joined: 7-August 04 From: Folsom, CA Member No.: 2,472 Region Association: Northern California |
Ok, here goes. I decided to start a running thread to document the cars progress. I have started a blog, but this seems like a better way to memorialize the progress.
History: I purchased the car in Northern New Mexico in the 2001 or so. PO said the engine was a recent rebuild, and the tranny had been gone through (do they all say that?) The car was 20 footer, and had at least 3 layers of paint with 2 different yellows over the Bahia red factory finish, some body filler work was evident, but it looked to be a reasonably rust free car for under 2 grand. Drove it for a summer and the clutch went out, so I put it away until next summer. It sat for nearly a year in the garage, until I performed what to me was the most difficult automobile repair I had ever attempted, clutch job. Using the PP tech article I was able to get it in with a minimum of errors and excitement. Test drove it and put it away for winter again. Somewhere along the way I decided it was time to start the deconstruction (the reason I bought the car in the first place), so I slid the jack stands under it in the winter of 2003. Fast forward 3 years. In 2005 I moved twice, first to Idaho where i met some of the SLC guys and Ginter, and then to Wisconsin. I draged the car along behind the whole way. I accumulated parts along the way, including all needed for 5 lug conversion, Fuchs, upholstered the interior pieces, steel flares, 911 style dash, gauges, suspension upgrades, a parts car (did I need that?) Well I made and appointment to start the body work the first of March, so I worked all January and February to get every nut, bolt, wire, and grommet out of the car, and dragged it down to the body shop for soda blasting. |
gopack |
Sep 11 2006, 09:46 AM
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CHEESEHEAD in CA, MARK Group: Members Posts: 744 Joined: 7-August 04 From: Folsom, CA Member No.: 2,472 Region Association: Northern California |
I will have to get more pictures form the body shop, but here is the short answer:
If you followed this thread, I had the entire trailing edge of the targa bar seam welded so I could have the targa bar body colored with no trim attached. After the seam welding, they cut a portion of the lower rear edge out and welded in a box with mounting nuts for the light. they ran a wire through the targa bar from the light box to the relay board area. To do this they had to drill an hole in the side of the targa bar to access the wire and then another in the top at right angles to the first to push it down into the engine compartment, and then weld up the holes. I will likely need to wire it with a relay, a 12 volt from the battery and a resister to get the proper brightness. (BTW, the light is from a Del Sol, and as you can see is a perfect fit.) I would estimate that this was about 10 hours of labor at the shop, but if you have the skills it should be pretty cheap! Attached image(s) |
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