New guy all the way from South Africa
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You are moving alone, looks like you will have the car done before your son turns 2 or 3 at the most.
I am stunned both of you are registered on the Forum. Wish my wife had more interest than,"Does it have four wheels and does it go?"
Excellent idea making progress while the kiddoes are small. That's my other problem. Mine are in between napping in cradle and big enough to help safely.
Too bad you have both latitude and longitude problems in finding parts. But you've come to the right place for advice.
Under all that dust, it looks like the interior is is relatively good shape.
Carry on! Looking forward to seeing you make something out of nothing!
Excellent idea making progress while the kiddoes are small. That's my other problem. Mine are in between napping in cradle and big enough to help safely.
Too bad you have both latitude and longitude problems in finding parts. But you've come to the right place for advice.
Under all that dust, it looks like the interior is is relatively good shape.
Carry on! Looking forward to seeing you make something out of nothing!
Well have to say thanks for the warm welcome and for the advice soon to be given ... and well yes i am very fortunate to have a wife that shares the same interest ... although its been a fight between us both in regards to her loving ford and myself loving chev .... But slowly i am getting her to love the chev brand .... And well we have set a goal of having this car done within a year so it should be done before our boys 3rd Bday .... As for him ... he helped daddy sand the rear quarter last night while mommy was stripping the interior .... great lil helper .....
As you all can see in the week that we have had the car loads of work has gone into it .... in between working on clients cars and late nights .....
as for the parts we knew going into this project we were gona have some issues with parts .... but overcome them soon enough tx to this site and the parts site and well ebay as well .....
As you all can see in the week that we have had the car loads of work has gone into it .... in between working on clients cars and late nights .....
as for the parts we knew going into this project we were gona have some issues with parts .... but overcome them soon enough tx to this site and the parts site and well ebay as well .....
SSN696 I am one of a kind they say :lol: love working on cars, Im rarely found in the kitchen and get bored with other women and their "blabbering"
one thing related to cars I cannot do is paint, well anybody can paint but I have blatantly refused to touch a paint gun
.............. BUT back to the car ......
we were discussing the vinyl roof last night and Im unsure what route to take - back to vinyl or maybe something that will last longer but still look factory
Any suggestions/ideas/advice guys?
one thing related to cars I cannot do is paint, well anybody can paint but I have blatantly refused to touch a paint gun
.............. BUT back to the car ......we were discussing the vinyl roof last night and Im unsure what route to take - back to vinyl or maybe something that will last longer but still look factory
Any suggestions/ideas/advice guys?
okay so Friday we started stripping the interior and a few of the exterior bits. This is where I discovered a few missing pieces that were broken off below the steering wheel
firstly we found this behind one of the door cards
the back window just taking a few pics so I can remember what went where 😀
so this is the piece below the steering which has broken off - obviously its missing so will have to fix it or get a complete d-board imported
just the padding behind the plastic trim that I wanna upgrade
and here is the floor, some idiot painting it with red patio paint
so with the dashboard and the plastic trim now completely removed I can start cleaning, recovering and fix it and the dashboard will get the same treatment
as for the body, the floor can now be manhandled with some wire brushing and then painted with protective rubberizing
firstly we found this behind one of the door cards
the back window just taking a few pics so I can remember what went where 😀
so this is the piece below the steering which has broken off - obviously its missing so will have to fix it or get a complete d-board imported
just the padding behind the plastic trim that I wanna upgrade
and here is the floor, some idiot painting it with red patio paint
so with the dashboard and the plastic trim now completely removed I can start cleaning, recovering and fix it and the dashboard will get the same treatment
as for the body, the floor can now be manhandled with some wire brushing and then painted with protective rubberizing
im in 2 minds what to do next. the entire boot is now filled with all the interior trim and exterior bits and pieces. I have thrown away all the junk like the interior floor carpeting the roof lining and the vinyl top that I ripped off.
Perhaps i will start with fixing all the interior trim as they do need fixing as some of them are cracked or pieces were broken off
Perhaps i will start with fixing all the interior trim as they do need fixing as some of them are cracked or pieces were broken off
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