mblue240
Well-known member
- Joined
- May 22, 2007
- Location
- Portland, Oregon
This is my new DD, so the current DD can be turned into a weekend car. The 242 was parked in the garage 13 years ago when a new car was bought, then never touched again. The windows were left open and all sort of dust and rodents got inside. There is also dust and rodent crap all over the roof of the car. The tires went flat, the gas turned bad, and she desperately needed love. I learned the car was in my neighbors garage 3 years ago, when my Dad bought a 1968 144S from him. For 3 years I kept hearing how he wanted my help to get it on the road so he could drive it again and I never pushed the issue, but he knew I wanted to buy it. After the stars aligned he realized he wasn't getting any younger and the car needed a new owner. We struck a deal and it was towed to my garage.
So far I've replaced the rear lights, front turn signals, all the belts, polished the valve cover a little, installed a K&N air filter, new plugs and wires, and a bunch of other crap that adds up to way too many weekends. At this point it should be running this weekend. Then I'll replace the brake calipers, pads, rotors, fluid, and lines. I'll also drain the differential and put in new fluid. Then I'll just need to pull out the interior and scrub everything down and it will be ready for duty.
A "before" shot of the engine bay
The battery cables were so corroded I couldn't loosen them, so I cut them off at the terminals.
A mess of zipties in the trans coolant lines.
The old tails. Good, but not great.
Sparkly new tail lights.
This is the cover for the muffler. The top one came off the car, the bottom one went on after I coated it with bedliner.
Old turn signal on the top, new on the bottom.
Old on the left, new on the right.
I think the end link bushings are shot.
A progress shot of the engine bay.
Pulled an old set of 25/22mm IPD sways out of the shed (still need to put the water pump pulley on)
That mess of zipties was replaces with new hoses and a single ziptie put on correctly.
So far I've replaced the rear lights, front turn signals, all the belts, polished the valve cover a little, installed a K&N air filter, new plugs and wires, and a bunch of other crap that adds up to way too many weekends. At this point it should be running this weekend. Then I'll replace the brake calipers, pads, rotors, fluid, and lines. I'll also drain the differential and put in new fluid. Then I'll just need to pull out the interior and scrub everything down and it will be ready for duty.
A "before" shot of the engine bay
The battery cables were so corroded I couldn't loosen them, so I cut them off at the terminals.
A mess of zipties in the trans coolant lines.
The old tails. Good, but not great.
Sparkly new tail lights.
This is the cover for the muffler. The top one came off the car, the bottom one went on after I coated it with bedliner.
Old turn signal on the top, new on the bottom.
Old on the left, new on the right.
I think the end link bushings are shot.
A progress shot of the engine bay.
Pulled an old set of 25/22mm IPD sways out of the shed (still need to put the water pump pulley on)
That mess of zipties was replaces with new hoses and a single ziptie put on correctly.