Remember how the rear cross member was barely hanging in there, with almost all of the welds having been broken? Well, we got the cross member straightened out and welded back in… good to go! I had to borrow my dads Miller welder because my tiny cheap-o welded didn’t have enough umph to do the… Continue reading Rear Cross Member Repair
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Differential
We decided to install the original differential that came from the car. It was in excellent condition. 3.36 gears should be good for highway driving, but not too bad for city driving either… a good compromise, and with gas prices the way they are… this is the way to go. My brother marty checked it… Continue reading Differential
Pinholes in the Roof!
Well, unfortunately things are always worse than they appear on the surface. After some close examination of the inside of the roof skin, near the rear window I saw some rather deep looking pits. I poked at a few of them to find that they easily went clear through and made a tiny pinhole.? Doh!… Continue reading Pinholes in the Roof!
Get the Lead Out!
The factory seams were filled with lead. One some of these seams it was lifting out or had caused the paint to bubble, so I opted to just get rid of it all. I melted it out with my small torch. I’ll replace it with fiberglass-reinforced filler later.. probably use Duraglass.