Silky_Johnson

Well, first off, this is an Idaho law, right? In which case, you'll need a lawyer licensed to practice in Idaho. Random opinions from lawyers outside of Idaho won't really help when it comes to action on this. Second, any lawyer couldn't really (ethically) give out legal advice online to random people like this. If they did, that would be a red flag. And most people don't understand what "legal advice" is or what might cross the line. Are you trying to "fight the law" in a sense that you are trying to get courts to determine that it isn't legal to enforce that particular law? Or are you saying that the law could be legal/valid, and there is particular behavior that you think shouldn't be included in that law?

Dude! I've got drama in my topic! I argue and disagree with people for a living, so none of this is that big of a deal. It's just an old, neglected car and an exercise in problem solving to bring it back to life. As a chill-out distraction, I suggest more Werner Herzog. He would only speak French if he had a gun pointed to his head... and that happened once... and he regretted it.

Yeah, the guitar body is all mine. As of yet, I haven't messed around with making any necks, because that would require a TON of tooling I don't have, lots of patience, and several (probably expensive) mistakes. Warmoth makes the necks so nice, it doesn't make much sense for me to try to do it myself anyway. Maybe in the future? The 510 is just pure fun, so I'm freeing myself up to try a bunch of things. I've already planned out worst-case scenarios, and none of them are THAT bad. In the meantime, I can mess around while the weather is good and learn some things. There's no teacher quite like experience and error, and I totally plan on making some mistakes. That's part of the process. If I surprise myself and get the tail light panel and lower valance straight, that would be a huge win! But I was already planning on just shortcutting to new panels from KF Vintage. The main part for me is making sure the passenger inner fender is in good shape. The rest can all be repaired/replaced easy enough if I mess something up. Meantime, I've been digging Werner Herzog quotes lately - comedy gold. He's hilarious, and I can't tell if he even means to be. Here's some inspiration for my project. 😂😂😂😂 My list of things to do: (1) Finish guitar so I can focus. (2) Grab measurements for Rustbin. (3) Play with the sheet metal until I get frustrated, then stop and rest so I can play with it more later. (4) Practice welding. I'm unofficially forecasting this as a two-year project so I can go slow enough to keep it fun.

Hey dudes, not much to update on the 510 project. I did a little pulling last week, and my conclusion is that the metal is just really stubborn. I need to remove some panels to get leverage on the pieces that I want to straighten out. My other excuse on no progress is I'm trying to finish another project. I'm making a guitar for a friend and put some lacquer on the body this week. This is the wet sanding. Color coat was 2K acrylic lacquer from Industrial Finishes in Eugene. Custom color. Two cans of clear gloss nitrocellulose lacquer on top of the color coat. And polished with Meguiar's Ultimate Compound. Time to fab up some plastics, wire it up and finish the build. Then I'll have more 510 time.

Update: I'm getting ready to do some pulling on the rear end this weekend. I've got the tools, and I also installed some anchors in my garage floor. They can handle something like 12,000lbs, which means that something else will break before they do. The redhead bolts are 1/2 inch and like 4,000lbs each or something. And then opportunity came upon me. I JUST found a late-model 280zx 5 speed gear box locally. This is the coveted close-ratio box. I followed Mike's instructions and, in first gear, counted 20 turns in, and 6 turns out. This is a major score. Oil came out of the tail end on the drive home, so it's juicy on the inside. Next up - body work. Probably tomorrow. And Rustbin, I'm not forgetting your fender mounting measurements. I just got excited about the transmission and had to post.

PM Sent. Meantime, after three sellers flaked out on me (including one wasted 2-hour drive), I finally found someone that wanted to sell me a welder. I'm gonna be outta town this weekend, so probably no pulling on panels until the 16th.

Yep. Battery going to the trunk. I've had ideas for all of the ideal modifications I would make since around 2013, but never had the means. It's a cool mod, but a clean engine bay is soooooo satisfying. Fender mounting flange? For the fronts? We could at least try to figure out a way to make a digital pattern?

Could it still be saved? I mean, who knows at this stage, right? If I start pulling and all of the sudden I can see how the quarter will straighten out, why not? I pretty much always figure I'll just start down the path and the solution will pretty clearly make itself known. Speaking of which, I can now see that the driver side quarter is ever so slightly bent in from the C pillar and back. No big deal. Last night I was teaching myself how to drill out spot welds.

That's as far as I got last night. After hosing this thing down, I was surprised at how much of what I thought was rust was just dirt that rinsed off. And I've been keeping my eyes open for gathering miscellaneous parts I know I'll need. I picked up three rebuildable core heads. I plan on using the U67 for building an LZ23. The other two are both W58s, and all are open chamber.

Finally got the engine compartment mostly clear and the interior out, so it was time to give this thing a wash. I've got tools to start messing around with straightening the back end, so I will be starting that part soon. I am very surprised at the quality of the body after getting the moss, lichen, mold, and dirt off. Photo dump: This is pre-wash: And one green Brillo pad later:

Beautiful work. Looks like your engine bay has most of the screw holes eliminated on the passenger side - horn mounts, electrical hold downs, the bendy metal wiring harness bits with rubber on them, etc. Do you have a plan for install when you start putting the pieces back together?

I guess it's a good thing it isn't your project, Hainz. I'm glad that everyone is chiming in with their thoughts and ideas on the project. I'll do it my way regardless. And I think a few of you are missing the point. I am doing this BECAUSE it is a project and requires lots of time and creative problem solving. It's therapeutic for me, and I actually enjoy the process. Rustbin, you're the man. Thanks for that video.

My Instagram has pretty much become my guitar builds. https://www.instagram.com/markmaricle?igsh=MTI5eWt5MXM1ejZxcQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr I’ve done a bunch of guitars, three amps, and a few pedals.

Dude, Rustbin. Good eye and great thinking. Thanks for the solid ideas. New quarter doesn't have the gutter rail things, so I gotta save those. Based on the following photos, I think the damage to the cross brace in front of the wheel well is minimal. But it did take the horizontal bit and bent it up and down. The vertical part seems intact and straight, or close to it anyway. The horizontal piece is curving up a little on the driver side, and it got pushed down on the passenger side. The driver side frame rail where the mustache bar attaches seems untouched. Passenger side *could* be in a little. I'll have to do some measuring once the area opens up. I will excuse your rust if you excuse mine. I'm thinking that if the frame rails that the mustache bar attach to measure out and are straight and everything forward aligns, I can focus the reconstruction from that cross brace and back. I'm picking up some body pulling tools tonight, and I might actually get the welder from the seller this weekend (dude flaked out on me). Progress will commence soon.

I'm surprised how hard it is to get the magnitude of the warped metal to show up in photos. I take the pictures and then think "Hey! That doesn't look half bad!" Pretty sure that opening to the right of the main crease was the edge of the shock tube hitting - where the tube flares out. Bent up frame rail, passenger side. Again, photos make it look pretty good. And I lied about the driver side being straight. They both look repairable, but they are both definitely bent. Driver side trunk floor looks pretty good, but it is 0% straight. The panel from wheel well to fender is probably good enough to save. Passenger trunk floor is especially fun. I'll go on record as saying I don't think the shock tower is out enough to cause problems. That part actually looks worse in the photos.