74 3.0 CS Mild Restoration
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it's very cool to see these cars being brought back to life. looks great
So much fun when they get done from top-to-bottom like this! Looks fantastic regardless of the lighting
BTW, I would be remiss to not thank Sven for the inspiration on this!
Sven thank you!
Sven thank you!
I hope the lizard skin does not cause problems, looks like a bear to remove. You may want to trim it around some of the mounting holes for the interior panels as I have had fitment problems with some pieces when the build-up was too thick. This happened around the center console and the door cards. Looks great though!
i think this looks great, and doesn't seem to be as bulky as the dynamat. very tailored install - well done!
Looks really well done. Is that similar to spray in truck bed liner style material?
Thanks guys ...
Andrew, it's called LizardSkin http://www.lizardskin.com/
Has a ceramic material for heat shield and then a sound deadening layer. So while it looks like bed liner it is much more functional.
It took only one gallon of each material to do the engine bay areas and the interior. ~$300 for material.
Andrew, it's called LizardSkin http://www.lizardskin.com/
Has a ceramic material for heat shield and then a sound deadening layer. So while it looks like bed liner it is much more functional.
It took only one gallon of each material to do the engine bay areas and the interior. ~$300 for material.
Thanks, watched the videos, looks like the right stuff to use. Very impressive.
Wiring, drivetrain all back in the car. Was concerned about it kicking over since I rewired a good amount in the injector harness. After getting the right fuse into the fuel pump (15A not 10A ... damn it) it kicked right over first turn of the key. Was a good day!
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Congratulations! That must be an awesome feeling. Car looks great.
BTW, on your icloud stream it looks like you kept the aluminium spacer at the top of the struts?
BTW, on your icloud stream it looks like you kept the aluminium spacer at the top of the struts?
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The neg camber plate?
That's what that is! Ok, that makes sense now. On the pictures where only the far strut mount was visible, it looked like the DOT alu spacers. Now that I look at a photos of the near ones, you can clearly see the camber plate. Very nice!
Ha! You had me worried for a second there ... wondering if I had missed something!
So... if this is a "mild" restoration, what exactly would you consider a "full" restoration?
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One small detail.... Looking at your photostream, I noticed on August 5, 2014, you took some pics of your headlight assembly restoration. It looks like you repainted the frame and the headlight "bucket" black and silver respectively. Did you take those apart or did you mask those adjustment screws that are so difficult to remove?
Thank you.
Thank you.
Funny ... I started "mild" and then went down the rabbit hole pretty quick. Was just really a tear down to get rid of a bad respray. But with it down the the shell I got to do some other things.
In the headlight components, I broke them all down to each component. Getting the silver light retainers off the screws takes a hammer and a flat head screw driver. Getting them back on is just a snap.
In the headlight components, I broke them all down to each component. Getting the silver light retainers off the screws takes a hammer and a flat head screw driver. Getting them back on is just a snap.