What the World needs now is... a progress thread, An update after 2 years? Unpossible! Yet, true. Options

[VaccaRabite]

So, when I started this restoration in October of 2005, I started a progress thread on the Subaru Board (NASIOC) that I active on. I have been meaning to create a thread here, but I never got around to it. I figured the kids over in ricer land would find it more amusing to see a classic resto in action then the folks here that have lived it.

But, I now post more here then I post in NASIOC OT, and feel more involved in the community then I did when I started. So, for the sake of ease, I am going to port over my posts from NASIOC, and posts from today on will be unique here.

As I get ready to paint (JUNE 9th - 13th are PAINT DAYS!) this thread will get more active. :-)

Zach

PS, it kinda fun for me to do this. Looking over the old posts brings back memories of the ride...

[VaccaRabite]

So this weekend felt like a total disaster in the realm of automotive restoration. The paint issues have me totally bummed out. Saturday, I could not bring myself to do more wetsanding to really knock down the paint like I need too. So I thought I would clean my tranny case.

The transmission that came with the car turned out to be fubar. But the case was clean. DrEvil and I got a parts tranny to rebuild the mine. but due to galling, I could not use my nice, shiny case. I had to use the parts case - which was covered from stem to stern in 1/2 inch of compacted dirt and oil. I took out the diff and speedo gears, and started spraying it down with breakclean. I scrubbed with a wire brush. I sprayed it with my power washer. After 3 hours of working, the tranny was as clean as it was going to get. I was covered with grease and dirt from the toes to my head.

I also cleaned out the central diff. Bits of brass and steel came out of it from a bearing failure. I cleaned it as well as I could, but it does not turn easily all the way around. Mike, I'll want you to look at it, but hopefully we will be able to use the Diff out of the other tranny I have.

And then I saw my driveway.

HOLY CRAP! MY WIFE IS GOING TO KILL ME! It looked like the freak'n Exxon Valdeze ran aground at the top of my driveway. I then spent another hour trying to clean up the mess, which just seemed to spread it around.

I was tired when I was cleaning the case (it was so fugg'n gross), and about at the end of my rope when I realized that the driveway was just going to have to be stained.

For some reason my wife did not kill me. Instead, I cleaned up as well as I could (I still have spots of dirt on me, 2 days and 3 showers later) and we went to a local bar for dinner, an Elvis impersonator, and a metric fuch tonne of beer.

Sunday Erin and I went on a 40 mile bike ride (training for the 100 miler, we are right on track). When ever I thought about my car, I got mad. So I decided that I was not going to even look at the car until I get back from Cancun.

I wanted to be further along that I am right now, but the paint killed that. The car is going to come off the rotesserie Aug4, whether it is really ready too or not. But until then, I am just not going to touch it, or look at it, or even think about it.

Zach