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72 3.0 CS 2240344 Restoration
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Finally had a bit of time to poke around my coupe since moving her to the new shop.
Did a lot of inspecting with a bright light and a screwdriver.
Found only a small bit of rust around the round recesses in the middle of the driver's side floor. . Not sure if that is structural or not. There is a fair amount of peeling underbody coating in the way.
I did not get my scope into the shelf area, but I did inspect it from the wheel well using a bright light and a screwdriver. There is a haze of light surface rust visible on the vertical aft of the wall of the area, but nothing ugly and scaly. The bottom of that area is solid when poked and probed from below, so I think that area is OK. Nothing noticeable in or around the A-pillars. Front clip fender tops, etc all solid.
I'll go over tomorrow and get some pics with the borescope.
So currently it seems I have that small 6 inch section at the rear rocker (last few inches of the inner rocker are rusty enough that there was some visible bubbling of the paint just forward of the rear wheel and below the rocker cover line. And whatever is up with the round recesses in the floors.
Body exterior is clean with no significant dings or dents. Shut lines are true, and trim is in good, if not pristine condition with no visible dings.
The interior is a mess, but I knew that, and it will all be replaced.
I did discover what appears to be some wonky wiring up near the battery. There are a couple of sections taped with plastic electrical tape. These have terminals that look like they are supposed to go to the battery positive terminal, and a set of inline blade fuses spliced in... Odd... But I was planning to redo the entire harness anyway..
I'm going to start by removing the doors and hood and putting them on dollys. Then I'll pull out the entire interior, and get under the padding to see what's up with the floors.
In the meantime, I am getting familiar with a 3D modeling software package, and plan to work out the design for a new intake manifold that, if possible will allow the three carbs with elbow trumpets and air filter to fit properly without interfering with the inner fender, the booster, the thermostat, and the hood.
Did a lot of inspecting with a bright light and a screwdriver.
Found only a small bit of rust around the round recesses in the middle of the driver's side floor. . Not sure if that is structural or not. There is a fair amount of peeling underbody coating in the way.
I did not get my scope into the shelf area, but I did inspect it from the wheel well using a bright light and a screwdriver. There is a haze of light surface rust visible on the vertical aft of the wall of the area, but nothing ugly and scaly. The bottom of that area is solid when poked and probed from below, so I think that area is OK. Nothing noticeable in or around the A-pillars. Front clip fender tops, etc all solid.
I'll go over tomorrow and get some pics with the borescope.
So currently it seems I have that small 6 inch section at the rear rocker (last few inches of the inner rocker are rusty enough that there was some visible bubbling of the paint just forward of the rear wheel and below the rocker cover line. And whatever is up with the round recesses in the floors.
Body exterior is clean with no significant dings or dents. Shut lines are true, and trim is in good, if not pristine condition with no visible dings.
The interior is a mess, but I knew that, and it will all be replaced.
I did discover what appears to be some wonky wiring up near the battery. There are a couple of sections taped with plastic electrical tape. These have terminals that look like they are supposed to go to the battery positive terminal, and a set of inline blade fuses spliced in... Odd... But I was planning to redo the entire harness anyway..
I'm going to start by removing the doors and hood and putting them on dollys. Then I'll pull out the entire interior, and get under the padding to see what's up with the floors.
In the meantime, I am getting familiar with a 3D modeling software package, and plan to work out the design for a new intake manifold that, if possible will allow the three carbs with elbow trumpets and air filter to fit properly without interfering with the inner fender, the booster, the thermostat, and the hood.
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