Early January, buddy and I were able to hit the ground running.
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Started trying on the side trim
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Stripped the car again so that interior, engine bay and trunk could have paint on them. Body shop should have done that but didn't and I didn't want to have the car trailered back to them.
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Satisfying but painting in your garage is a giant pain in the di..... I spent 5 hours masking off the car and protecting the garage.
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Pulled the rear axle off the car, cleaned and painted the house. Checked the rear end, along with bearings. Repacked the bearings, replaced all brake components (even though shoes and wheel cylinders looked brand new).
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Got hung up on a rubbing issue with one side, mentioned it to Eric on the phone one evening and still couldn't figure out why the drum was seizing as we tightened the axle nut. Turn out a backing plate had a kink in it.
This car was a factory non-overdrive car so I pulled an M40 I had and mated it to the car's original engine.
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Engine and trans were mounted on subframe and re-attached to the car.
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Front suspension was all refreshed/replaced. Rotors turned, calipers rebuilt, new shocks and springs and all new bushings.
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Rear bumper went on, as did lights and other misc rear end bits. I'll take more pics this weekend.
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