Pictures from before I bought the car
Right front
Driving up the road
Drivers side interior
Left side
Broken hinge on convert top
Front grille
front -high
dash
2/98 interior from back seat
2/98 Top down when I brought the car home
2/98 How the engine looked when I brought the car home
2/98 Pic of back seat
2/98 Done loading the car for the trip home
2/98 Driving home in the snow
2/98 Blew a tire on the trailer in Oregon
The rebuild begins.
2/98 Me removing the convertible top
1/99 Dad applying paint stripper to the old brown paint
1/99 Stripped down to bare metal
1/99 Removing the front fenders
1/99 The right front suspension, fender removed
1/99 The left front suspension, fender removed
2/99 Front sheetmetal is off, powerwashing the front
2/99 removed the front suspension
2/99 Dad and I removing the subframe
2/99 The subframe is seperated
3/99 The subframe is cleaned and painted and re-installed
3/99 The engine has been cleaned and painted
3/99 The interior has been completely stripped
4/99 Closeup of the dash, painted underneath
4/99 Another shot of the stripped dash
4/99 Front suspension is re-installed
5/99 Patch panel is needed behind the driver door
5/99 Patch panel behind the driver door is done
5/99 The driver side fender needs a patch
5/99 Patch in place. We ended up replacing the whole fender instead
5/99 The engine re-installed in the frame
5/99 Another shot of the engine back in the car
8/99 The rear lower valence needs a little work, it's been hit
8/99 The body gets it's first coat of primer
10/99 The dash gets painted the new interior color
10/99 I am painting some of the dash pieces
10/99 Another shot of the dash with the interior color on it
10/99 Oops, the console got stepped on in the barn or something
10/99 Another shot of the front
10/99 The old rusty trunk floor has been cutout
10/99 The new trunk floor pan is placed
12/99 On the trailer headed back to dad's garage
1/00 The new trunk floor is welded in place
1/00 Trunk weld is sealed
1/00 Driver side door is primed
1/00 We needed to cut out and replace this section of the rear lower valence
5/00 A wall of primered body parts
5/00 I had to set a fender on a take a pic!
5/00 I have accessories installed on the engine
5/00 I am priming the front lower valence
5/00 Bondoing the replacement left front fender
11/00 The sheetmetal is assembled, and the car is in my garage for the winter
11/00 The doorjambs and other jambs are painted final color
11/00 Pic of the hood edges painted
8/01 front of the car, on the hoist
8/01 Front of the car, all sheetmetal is installed
8/01 Back of the car on the hoist, dad is fine-tuning the bodywork
1/02 The new Hotchkis 1 1/2" lowering rear springs
1/02 The new Hotchkis 2" drop front springs
1/02 The new springs are installed
1/02 another pic with the new springs installed
1/02 Another shot the car in my garage after the springs installed
1/02 I pulled out the stock rearend. To be replaced with posi unit
1/02 Under the car where the rearend was
4/02 New rearend and everything is painted underneath
9/02 Ready to prime the whole car
9/02 Primed the whole car grey
9/02 Primed the whole car grey -2
9/02 Primed the whole car grey - back
9/02 Right front fender on the day we picked it up from the painter
9/02 Right side of the car after paint, on the trailer
9/02 Left side of the car after paint, on the trailer
10/02 Front of car after we color sanded and buffed it
10/02 Close-up picture of hood after sand and buff
11/02 The back after installing gas cap and tail lights
11/02 pic of the whole car in the driveway
1/03 Closeup of the hinge on the new converible top frame
1/03 Another shot of the top frame
4/03 The new convertible top is installed
1/04 New interior is installed
1/04 New interior
1/04 Left side of car with top up
6/04 Windlace on interior
6/04 Another windlace shot
7/04 Woohoo! New wheels
7/04 The car with new wheels in the back yard
7/04 My new valve covers on the engine
9/04 I decided to install an aftermarket stereo and some guages
12/04 New seats installed in the car
1/8/05 Aircraft style gas cap
1/8/05 new guage install
2/6/05 The old TH350 trans is out
2/12/05 View of the gas cap installed
2/12/05 side view of how the cap sits flush
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