JLM
05-10-2005, 08:05 PM
OK this is the first update I've posted up to this site. here goes nothing.
To give a little history on this car, it's known as "The 7 Year Project" Likely because i will have had it that long before It ever gets driven.
I purchased this car in the spring of 1999 has a Sophmore in high school. Driving home after the purchase the passenger front outter wheel bearing seized up and snapped the spindle clean off the car. After getting the car home and the previous owner tracking down a new spindle it becamse decidedly obvious to my father and I that the car needed some work before it could be safely driven.
I didn't really care as I always knew I purchased an engine and got a car with it.
Slowly, ever so slowly the car had the front end torn down reworked and now the focus is getting the body work done.
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As you can see from the photo's I've got a bit of a mess on my hands currently. it is however reaching the point where paint prison is in the near future.
If the weather holds out this weekend I will have the passenger side inner wheel well and 1/4 panel replaced. This leaves me with putting the front end back on the car. The only minor hurtle there is the passenger fender needs to have some patch work done on it from corrosion. That will likely cover a weekend or two worth of work. I've also got a new forward light, engine and dash harness waiting to be installed in the car. That will likely be put in after paint. The interior on theis car (although it is trash bag green) is in very good condition with only one small tear in the headliner.
What that leaves me with then is body work and paint and the car is once again drivable. It won't have the new suspension goodies, new wheels or most importantly my hair dryer, but I will finally be able to enjoy the car for a bit.
To give a little history on this car, it's known as "The 7 Year Project" Likely because i will have had it that long before It ever gets driven.
I purchased this car in the spring of 1999 has a Sophmore in high school. Driving home after the purchase the passenger front outter wheel bearing seized up and snapped the spindle clean off the car. After getting the car home and the previous owner tracking down a new spindle it becamse decidedly obvious to my father and I that the car needed some work before it could be safely driven.
I didn't really care as I always knew I purchased an engine and got a car with it.
Slowly, ever so slowly the car had the front end torn down reworked and now the focus is getting the body work done.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif
As you can see from the photo's I've got a bit of a mess on my hands currently. it is however reaching the point where paint prison is in the near future.
If the weather holds out this weekend I will have the passenger side inner wheel well and 1/4 panel replaced. This leaves me with putting the front end back on the car. The only minor hurtle there is the passenger fender needs to have some patch work done on it from corrosion. That will likely cover a weekend or two worth of work. I've also got a new forward light, engine and dash harness waiting to be installed in the car. That will likely be put in after paint. The interior on theis car (although it is trash bag green) is in very good condition with only one small tear in the headliner.
What that leaves me with then is body work and paint and the car is once again drivable. It won't have the new suspension goodies, new wheels or most importantly my hair dryer, but I will finally be able to enjoy the car for a bit.