Those came out really well!
Fantastic work on the wood!
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Sorry guys should have added before… someone asked the question… it is mahogany veneer with medium brown dye.
Mahogany is much more readily available in the US with very similar grain structure to European walnut.
Mahogany is much more readily available in the US with very similar grain structure to European walnut.
hmmm ... not so sure i agree with you about a similar grain structure. mahogany is a much more 'open' grain (larger pores). european + american walnut both have a very fine grain which can sand very smooth. the only way to get mahogany that smooth is to fill it. colorwise, mahogany is more orange but a similar color value to european walnut ... american walnut is generally a darker brown. european walnut generally doesn't have much 'figure' in the veneer whereas american walnut often does.
tdgray
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Yes, Mahogany has a more orange color naturally. That's why I use dyes instead of stains. Dyes tend to actually color while stains mimic along with coloring. This particular piece of veneer was a very nice "plain" bit of mahogany. Very few character marks.
They had American walnut but I always feel it has just a bit too much of a black tone for my taste.
They had American walnut but I always feel it has just a bit too much of a black tone for my taste.
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So just to prove I haven't been a slug... Okay.. slightly sluggy as it is winter in Ohio... I did rip down the front suspension which was mainly intact as I dropped the engine and trans from below.
Couple things of note. There was another bent sway bar link. This is the second one. The other in the rear. Also, finally had to cut a bolt off... And it was a big one. The one that attaches the wishbone to the suspension cradle. Someone cross threaded it and it would not come back out.
And just for good fun...the bushings were so toasted, particularly the front frame bushing that it actually bent the suspension frame. I was able to straighten it out a bit. Guess I will need some of those fancy washers you all like so much.
Couple things of note. There was another bent sway bar link. This is the second one. The other in the rear. Also, finally had to cut a bolt off... And it was a big one. The one that attaches the wishbone to the suspension cradle. Someone cross threaded it and it would not come back out.
And just for good fun...the bushings were so toasted, particularly the front frame bushing that it actually bent the suspension frame. I was able to straighten it out a bit. Guess I will need some of those fancy washers you all like so much.
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Everything else came apart just fine. Shocks slid right out of the tubes... Plenty of oil in there as they both had blown so they slipped out very easily.
All in nothing major. I am going to switch to 3.0 rotors as the 2800's are just impossible to find.
Now everything needs a bath and some por15. I have all new wishbones, steering links etc. One thing I did not get is new strut bearings. Have to get those before some reassemble.
Parts piles...
All in nothing major. I am going to switch to 3.0 rotors as the 2800's are just impossible to find.
Now everything needs a bath and some por15. I have all new wishbones, steering links etc. One thing I did not get is new strut bearings. Have to get those before some reassemble.
Parts piles...
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Yesterday I spent some time assembling the dash after making a new bottom.
Came out well. Only thing I need to do is redo the little wood pieces in the bottom. I just had them in there to assess fit.
Big thanks to TomHom for the new / nice used dash. Large improvement over my old stuff obviously... No craters in it.
Came out well. Only thing I need to do is redo the little wood pieces in the bottom. I just had them in there to assess fit.
Big thanks to TomHom for the new / nice used dash. Large improvement over my old stuff obviously... No craters in it.
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The next victim.
Pretty tough shape but not horrible.
Will sand the plastic spider cracks and fill what can be filled. Couple of larger stress cracks.
Wood is okay... Couple of chunks of veneer missing. No biggie. Can fill those with some tintable filler.
Big job was to get all that clear off... Thick stuff as it should be.
Pretty tough shape but not horrible.
Will sand the plastic spider cracks and fill what can be filled. Couple of larger stress cracks.
Wood is okay... Couple of chunks of veneer missing. No biggie. Can fill those with some tintable filler.
Big job was to get all that clear off... Thick stuff as it should be.
