update on tweeters ride...

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Originally Posted by FazdaGt

Just curious, if you were to consider selling this car what kind of price tag would you throw on it?

sent you a PM

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Originally Posted by TROLL

Hey Jim, do you have any photos of the car you want to submit to the 2012 TST Calendar thread? Car is really nice so if you have any really good photos of it I think it could be a good fit. Check the thread here and post any submissions you have: http://www.tristatetuners.com/forum/...d.php?t=119816

i would love to man, but you know my car skills for exceed my photo taking skills...

i have to drop the engine and trans in this car if you want to get your hands dirty and learn about the Pcar

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Originally Posted by Albertrt-4

Car is beautiful, I fall in love with these older P cars more and more. Suspension and wheel?

suspension is stock with new shocks, but my winter project is to convert the car from torsion bars to full coilover suspension, and the wheels are CCW LM5, 18x12 in the rear and 18x9 up front. centers are brushed titanium grey finish. not using factory rear spacers. fronts still have factory 1in front spacer

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amazing car!

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man, so i was having trouble shifting into thrid gear, and didnt want to do anymore damage to the gear box so decided to start my winter overhaul early....this will be a ongoing thread as i will be overhauling almost the complete car

so i wasnt 100% happy with the interior, not enough contrast...

one italian leather hide


one dash core straightened and hole filled


no idea what i am doing, but came out nearly perfect




decided to remove my gauges and replace the old nasty black stuff with a nice piece of grey alcantara, that way this color is still carried from the seats to the dash




no more alcantara door panels,..something a bit more baller

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first shipment of small parts, door welting, door lock guides, heater knob, sun visor clips, and red leather pulls for new doors...


onto the real stuff, engine all unhooked,


and all out, this was not nearly as bad as i thought, but still very very scary for the first time


what a mess to clean up

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trans is off to gary fairbanks in CT on thursday of this week for a full rebuild




first to be rebuilt is the axles




next is the heater boxes,...these are being sandblasted tonight, they were NASTY

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well, 5 hours and drivers door is done, measure 200 times and cut a little at a time with fresh carbon fiber...

dash is also installed





i think the handles and pulls match much much better then before, before anyone asks, i plan on making custom rear interior panels to house the speakers...i have not yet figured out what i am doing with the stereo yet

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more parts, its like christmas everyday around here

new nascar duct, i couldnt take the paper **** anymore with ripping and bending
new starter ring gear
new throw out bearing
new pilot bearing
new cv boots and clamps
flapper box gaskets
new tunnel bracket for shift rob (thanks for IMR Merlin)





began cleaning my balls:D

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sand blasted heater boxes, and painted


sand blasted axles, painted, and new boots on




cv joints all cleaned and ready to be re assembled

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small update, sorry, it has been to cold to spend long amounts of time in the garage, and i am still waiting on alot of parts to arrive before i get building...

new clutch disc
new starter
rear shock tower kit (coilovers coming)
wevo joint )wevo shifter comes tomorrow



took the stock shifter apart and painted the base gloss black (this might change to flat black, the Wevo will be silver, so not sure how the gloss will go with it)







got my heating system apart and replaced that ****ty paper hose



CV joints are back together, new flanges will be here friday, picking up my transmission on friday:D

removed about three more wire harnesses
-sun roof
-warning buzzer
-seat belt light
-modified brake light harness to removed entire warning harness and retain brake lights
-still one more harness to remove

there is a ton of unused wiring in these cars.

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more parts,

wevo shifter
red relay for fuel pump
lug nuts
heater cable
heater cable cover things
boots
and new eastwood spray gun
new sway bar bushings






shifter in the car, with passenger side door on and door top


got my trans back from Gary

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so, after battling with my parents power washer for three days, and creating new words that i didnt even know existed, i decided i was running out of time (been 58 degrees last two days), jumped the gun and bought a power washer (had to take from car funds)

but the result was wellllll worth it, i cant believe how much caked on $hit there was

before...



after about ten minutes



tomorrows task is the oil tank, this thing is a mess



ten pounds of weight savings just in removing the dirt that was behind in the tank



really stupid thought,...but only if this dirt could talk? i know my car has been in three different states with three different owners.....maybe it has some good stories?;)

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hopefully passenger side tomorrow....second one always comes out better, should have started on this side

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not much on update, still a ton of parts coming in and piling up...

i think i have about 20 hours in stripping the engine bay, that rubber coating was about 1/4" thick in some spots, and NOTHING would take it off, went through three wire wheels on my angle grinder

engine bay stripped, and braces welded in and ground down[img]http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads19/0011327633075.jpg[/img
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some self etch primer


some filler


am i the only one that spent a hour wet sanding his engine bay? and 10pm


and finally some color,

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so i ended up using a satin clean, i needed to tone down the blue a bit, it was really bright,...my fault on mixing the paint probably...i didnt get any pics of the clear, but got some more work done today

cleaned up the engine board in the back...little steal wool and i have a brushed look, amazing how dirty and nasty this thing was,..hard to get pics of






starting to look like a car again, i spent the time and unwrapped every harness and rewrapped with fresh tape ...old stuff was all brittle and nasty...took forever...but looks great

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well back to work,...new shipment of parts

engine to body seals
rebel racing rear spring plate bushing set
wevo engine mounts
new oil tank, with body seal
oil tank sender

rebel racing bushings and wev mounts


oil tank sender


rear spring plates before...


new oil tank, thank you to Brendon (IMR_Merlin), stripped and painted




all suspension parts were polished

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wheel wells stripped, this was a daunting task, and new fresh undercoating, new oil tank installed and spring plates





engine bay with oil tank, and new wevo mounts, man gold and blue look good together

[JST2KWIK]

WOW this is a sweet build! What are you doing paint wise for the rest of the car?

[PunkboySL2]

Looks awesome so far. Some motivation for me to get to work on my bay.