no on the Driver Side fender..lol

it looks to me like a mini compressor to maybe..fill a tank to air up tires after you air down for the trail...

or he could be installing ARB's soon..lol

 

oh right. wiper motor. my bad.

 

it is for an air horn plan to upgrade to be able to fill re bumper for tire inflation/holding tank. arb one day also up front rear is locked just don't know how yet have to tear into it. pics tomorrow i promise this time

 

Wow! I need to pay more attention. I think I was just lost in the paint color, nice.

 

we have started stripping the doors down the bare metal



started to get a couple body lines back in the cowl area





the roof is now primed and being blocked for reprime

started with a skim coat of glaze/filler




fan shroud is primed and ready for color



then started some misc parts ...cleaning sand blasting priming and almost ready for paint. very few pieces left before cowl to grill is done with work and needs reassembled.






radiator half way in color



progress has slowed but will pick back up some more supplies are coming tomorrow so we can get back on the long block and get the roof done and some color shot on it. We will then finish the cowl and door jam so that we can prime and shoot color on them also. Long process and time consuming but doing it right means not being done quickly. Next pics hope to have some color in them and more primer too .

 

looking good, i would kill for that clean of a 1st gen

 

Man that's gonna be one sweet rig. Wish I had the time and money to do mine up right one thing at a time for now.

 

This is a cool project! The only thing that scares me is why is the dude spraying clear without a respirator? Yikes!

 

well some people spray better when they are relaxed. He says its for the picture he didn't want to look dumb with a suit and respirator on. Why start after 31 yrs of it hell with it. Reprimed the roof today and going back to the block. started cleaning up some more for the front end.

 

very nice...couple of questions though. are you going to reinstall the windshield and back glass yourself? i need to take out my windshield to tackle some rust issues, and have a sliding back glass to swap in, but I don't want to pay someone to come out to my house to reinstall the glass (can't really drive somewhere with no windshield)

 

yes we are going to put them back in ourselves. I will ask my father in-law exactly how he plans on going about it.. I would say just start at a corner and walk it in and use some plastic shims or something like to help align ur seal aorund it. When we took them out itwas a matter of 10 minutes and we were done just used couple shims and wedged it out. but i iwll get a more professional answer soon for you.

 

i will post some pics tomorrow or friday when we get second door jam shot with some color. Clean up all the tracks, locks, door straps etc. after the door jam its cowl finsh and prime then doors. seven days off coming up hope to make some progress.

 

okay i have had some issues with cameras disappearing thought it was my 2 year old turns out its me. i do have some new pictures though


misc pics






door jamb being etch primed and primed, ready for color that pic was lost.











cowl panel done and ready for wet sand and color shot.







one of the doors i put a couple precautionary patches on .. be easy this is my first attempt at doing them its usualy the father in law doing them.










and then the dash is tore down and being prepped for primer and some color.





i know its taking us forever it seems like it seems that way to all of us but when we are done i hope it is worthy of local show events.

also have all but valve cover shot in color and will have it soon so an overall of the hood compartment should come soon.

 

LOL! Yeah, whats ones health worth? Apparently not much! I've seen a few people die from brain/lung cancer after working around all these solvents for years without any protection. Definately no good.

 

pictures of idash and inside panels..no post for a while because of rebuilding the entire rear window frame. doors are all but ready for trim out and then outside work. then it will be windows all back in and hood paint.

 

nice work!

Al

 

Definitely looks like October in there.

 

NICE WORK !!!!
Keep up with the pictures!

 

Totally, as much as that's not the color I would pick, it looks great!

 

Yeah...I'm not too crazy about that color either...BUT...you are doing a GREAT job on that thing and it's really looking awesome!!! Keep up the good work!