decampos
Well-Known Member
After a very lengthy restoration the car is [pretty much] back on the road save for a few bugs still being worked out.
The car was always fairly tidy looking but I was always aware that the little rust scabs were the tip of an iceberg. I bit the bullet in April and booked the car into the shop and ordered a stack of new sheet metal and parts from Walloth and Nesch. I did as much stripping and prep as I could. Sure enough, in the end there was twice as much worked performed than originally thought/budgeted for.
Loads of new metal (engine bay hell, all new inner and outer wheel arches, door bottoms, rear valance, various other bits), lots of new parts (new front windscreen, new seals, new gas tank (!), wipers and various other bits and pieces and of course new paint.
Though it was a 'challenging' time for me and my wallet, in the end, I'm over the moon with the results and the decisions I made (I think).
Anyway, it was actually a nice day today so I took a few photographs:
Some photographs from the restoration: (there are hundreds)
Putting the window guts back into the doors and getting everything working properly was unbelievably tricky.
There was a lot of bondo in the rear valance.
This was a horrific surprise; the arches looked so tidy – was a good coverup job from someone down the line. Both the inner and outers needed to be replaced on each side. The guys were really impressed with the quality of Walloth and Nesch's parts btw.
The seals for the front and rear windscreen surround hid a lot of rust. When I cut into them with a razor blade the rain water just poured out. I can vouch for the fact that these cars really do rust from the inside out.
The car was always fairly tidy looking but I was always aware that the little rust scabs were the tip of an iceberg. I bit the bullet in April and booked the car into the shop and ordered a stack of new sheet metal and parts from Walloth and Nesch. I did as much stripping and prep as I could. Sure enough, in the end there was twice as much worked performed than originally thought/budgeted for.
Loads of new metal (engine bay hell, all new inner and outer wheel arches, door bottoms, rear valance, various other bits), lots of new parts (new front windscreen, new seals, new gas tank (!), wipers and various other bits and pieces and of course new paint.
Though it was a 'challenging' time for me and my wallet, in the end, I'm over the moon with the results and the decisions I made (I think).
Anyway, it was actually a nice day today so I took a few photographs:
Some photographs from the restoration: (there are hundreds)
Putting the window guts back into the doors and getting everything working properly was unbelievably tricky.
There was a lot of bondo in the rear valance.
This was a horrific surprise; the arches looked so tidy – was a good coverup job from someone down the line. Both the inner and outers needed to be replaced on each side. The guys were really impressed with the quality of Walloth and Nesch's parts btw.
The seals for the front and rear windscreen surround hid a lot of rust. When I cut into them with a razor blade the rain water just poured out. I can vouch for the fact that these cars really do rust from the inside out.
