Passenger doors off and sanding all the nooks and crannies by hand. Front and rear subs are stripped and painted. I can almost taste the primer…
73 POLARIS E3 BUILD...Slowly..
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Man, I’ve done a handful of headliners on old bmws and a few old British cars, but this one is gonna be fun to install with the new one…. I’ll probably skin the back panel with fiberglass to make sure it’s up for the next 50 years.
I’m so lucky that this car is so clean and in such good condition. I’m finally back in the groove working on her..woohoo!
I’m so lucky that this car is so clean and in such good condition. I’m finally back in the groove working on her..woohoo!
Sidetrack shot of my 16 year old son’s car..lucky kid! 88 325is. Manual, of course! He stripped the paint off the barrels and polished the wheels himself. Teaching him how to maintain his baby. Proud dad..;-)
I did weld up a rig for him to make polishing a bit easier. Worked a treat! He might farm out some extra work for people that want their barrels polished..
I did weld up a rig for him to make polishing a bit easier. Worked a treat! He might farm out some extra work for people that want their barrels polished..
One lucky son and dad.
beautiful FJ
Thanks! It’s actually my daily..I might have problems..lolol
Thoughts on the exit for the exhaust? It seems dumb to have it make that S right at the end...I was toying with moving it over to just off center below the gas filler..I know, that's probably why they moved it over in the first place, but whatever.. I did a quick PS express on my phone to see what it would look like. I feel like a nice straight run out the back would look great.
Cleaned and sanded the trunk finally. Man, there are so many nooks and crannies in there..spun the car around and pulled the final glass, frames, hardware, out of the driver’s side. Ready to finish sanding this side and get close to primer!
So nice to see a 52 year old door inside this clean. Just ran a toothbrush over it…
You are deleting the reflectors, right?
Yeah, I have to weld those up. I got rid of the antenna hole already.
Is it just the front side lights that are US or are the rears also US, too? I guess I have to blend the wires back into the harness to prevent weird blinker function?
Front and rear. Just unplug the rears.
Nice! I didn't realize the rears were US also. I never looked into it that much. Quick plug and weld will knock it out..
. It'll look so much better without those lights..lines will be sweeeet!
Oh yeah! wow...so much better looking. I'll update when I close em up.
I can't seem to find the weld in reinforcement for the diff. Does anyone have a link? Maybe just make one, if I can see a pic..
Carl Nelson had them, maybe also Coupeking
Yeah, I’ve been scouring the webs, and old posts on here, but I could only really find some good pics. I think I have enough of an idea to just make the plates myself. Shouldn’t be too much of a deal. Maybe I’ll do those front triangle braces for the engine bay while I’m at it?
I wonder if Paul has the drawing? @paul cain
I have pics and measurements from Paul and will see if I can make one. I'm trying to just do it on CAD and maybe have SendcutSend knock a few out?
When looking at the piece Paul has, it has the nuts welded on. Do the existing receptacles get drilled out and these used for the mount? Does that make sense?
When looking at the piece Paul has, it has the nuts welded on. Do the existing receptacles get drilled out and these used for the mount? Does that make sense?