My man helping take out the speaker, rear panel, and headliner. His already been warned about his footwear when working in the garage. We'll see if he remembers next time...
My man helping take out the speaker, rear panel, and headliner. His already been warned about his footwear when working in the garage. We'll see if he remembers next time...
moving right along
The simplicity of these cars is appealing to me as a "learn how to do stuff that is too scary or complicated on a modern car with all its systems" type of level.
Depending on how long that paint and associated supplies have been hanging around, the volatile components might have evaporated and it might be useless.
Fun project
chandler said:My niece used one of our copies of the Idiot book as a coloring book.
That may be one of the few car repair manuals where that makes sense.
The body seems to be pretty rust free.
In reply to slowbird :
That is a reason as to why I picked it. Simple. I figured for my sons first project that would help.
In reply to Mr_Asa :
When you shake them you can hear liquid moving around, but they are all pretty crusty. I'm not planning to use any of them.
In reply to DrMikeCSI :
It is. The PO did a pretty good job. There are couple tiny spots that my OCD rust freak self will still cut out and patch. But nothing major.
Really cool, I'll be watching this with interest. I hope to do something similar with my son someday, but he's 5 right now, so who knows what kids will be into in 10 years, he may hate all cars.
In reply to Kyngfish :
Thanks man. Mine is 11.5 and almost as obsessed with cars as we ,on this forum, are.
Although I've probably made it worse because when the tooth fairy comes at our house she doesn't bring candy, gum, or money. She brings Hotwheels cars. That may have had something to do with it.
In reply to octavious :
Hopefully he won't read the thread where Crocs were declared the official GRM welding shoe!
His first spray paint project. And me teaching him that chrome (in most situations) is evil.
finished the wheel
and one of the "shop" dog
sorry I got locked out of my account. Blue Goose is still coming along. Pan has been primed and ready for paint. Decided to mess with the wheels a little and see what I can do. Not bad for a few minutes with steel wool. And I started working on the brakes. It's been a loooong time since I messed with drum brakes. I also spent some money after getting the project and ordered all new brake parts front and rear, new shocks front and rear, and new ball joints and tie rod ends. But... I'm still waiting on my parts.
and for those that don't like reading, some pics...
Been awhile...but body is back on the pan. That second pic looks a lot like an earlier one but with shiny wheels. And my son "helping" as I bolt the body back on. He was actually looking at VW parts, but I found the tech contrast with an old air cooled VW funny
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