todays stopping point.
Left:
Doors
Lines
Front suspension
Firewall insulation
A splash shield
Gotta grab allthread in the morning. Easy button for temp suspension mounts.
todays stopping point.
Left:
Doors
Lines
Front suspension
Firewall insulation
A splash shield
Gotta grab allthread in the morning. Easy button for temp suspension mounts.
I was going through a desk drawer today and came across these NOS neon badges - one purple, one turqouise (my brother is a retired Chrysler engineer, he was on the neon design team.) They're about 6" wide x 1.5" tall. Let me know if you could use one. I also have a 2" diameter Pentastar with "Plymouth" across the top in small letters, I suppose it was a hood badge.
In reply to stuart in mn :
Yes please!!!
Ive actually been looking for one! That goes on the decklid on the bottom right corner.
I sent you a message, let me know which badge you need and your address and I'll toss one in the mail.
Regards
Stuart
"What are you doing, Michael?"
"a strip to the shell restoration of a neon"
In reply to Patrick (Forum Supporter) :
I cannot deny that I did a not insignificant amount of it back in the bad old days.
This may be a flashback....
Michael is this your grosh or are you at Dad's?
In reply to 759NRNG (Forum Partidario) :
My shop. Social distancing and all. We visit them regularly, but stay outside and far away.
My idea works!
Allthread for the long bolts with a couple large washers. 1/4 bolts for trut-spindle. Chunk of 2x6 for lift and koni adjustment protection.
Roller!
Cool!
Full update after dinner, but we are ready for the blaster!
budget spent: 1449.53
recoup: 894.75
no budget change this week. However, my 11 year old daughter has become enamored with this car and helping me. Shes been a huge help, and a lot of fun to work with. Shes getting better at this stuff every day she helps. Im a truly blessed man.
So, when we left off, I had waged war on the ants. And mice. And dirt. And...
my daughter and I began to remove fender and such the next day in the driveway. She pulled the back bumper and taillights all by herself, and got the harness unclipped from the body up to the back seat.
20200420_164842 by Michael Crawford, on Flickr
then, pullerd the engine. Munchkin ran the hoist, I ran the hand mangling end. Stripped it down to save what we coul. Head looks salvageble. Bolts, sensors, wiring, valve cover, riming covers, etc all wint into the bin.
20200421_125228 by Michael Crawford, on Flickr
I have a ton of pictures throughout the process. But im only going to hit the high notes.
Found rust in the drivers floor.
20200424_090619 by Michael Crawford, on Flickr
the car was undercoated early in its life. But all the lines are junk. Heavily corroded. And fuel tank was full of half gas, half water nastiness.
20200425_135337 by Michael Crawford, on Flickr
I fought the rear suspension apart. The bolts through the crossmember were siezed to everythin.
20200424_141352 by Michael Crawford, on Flickr
20200424_161539 by Michael Crawford, on Flickr
munchkin helped strip the dash and firewall.
And then we took off EVERYTHING else. Every nut, bolt and clip has been removed, labelled, baged, etc. the front crossmember bolts are only finger tight. Its time to do the bodywork and then start going back together!!!!
20200425_174752 by Michael Crawford, on Flickr
20200425_170105 by Michael Crawford, on Flickr
20200425_170038 by Michael Crawford, on Flickr
20200425_170049 by Michael Crawford, on Flickr
next is rust repair, media blasting, and hours of blocking....
Urethane is out of the window channels
I just want to point out that your daughter has OUTSTANDING taste in work shoes.
mazdeuce - Seth said:I just want to point out that your daughter has OUTSTANDING taste in work shoes.
I showed her this. She said that crocs are gods God's perfect shoes, and thanks for noticing!
In reply to mazdeuce - Seth :
I was just about to say that you would approve!
Well done with the help from the munchkin. I'm trying baby steps to get my 4 year old involves. She vacuumed out the back of the racecar on Friday. It was a big win!
Get mary a respirator please
In reply to Patrick (Forum Supporter) :
Yup! And.me one. Its time to up our safety game around here.
pressure washed last night. Still an amazing amount of crap blown out/off this thing. Today we start sanding off paint. Tomorrow the blaster comes.
In reply to Dusterbd13-michael :
Last time I saw a neon that bare, I was at the neon assembly plant in Belvedere IL in 1995.
AngryCorvair said:In reply to Dusterbd13-michael :
Last time I saw a neon that bare, I was at the neon assembly plant in Belvedere IL in 1995.
Did you see them before paint? Cause thats the picture i hope to post tonight!
bare metal!
That's impressively fast.
Two hours and done. 500lb of media in two hours. Right tools for the job.
Damn, that was fast. What kind of machine, and media? PSI?
I've been sitting on one of the large HF blasters forever and have yet to use it because of a lack of reliable water separation.
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