DatWifey Posted January 1, 2013 Report Share Posted January 1, 2013 LOL.... yeah. That photo should be circulated of what NOT to do. In all fairness, the headliner was still in pretty nice condition, the dent is fairly large up near the windshield, and we didn't have much time or money to do it properly back then, so this was the solution to make it appear straight. And, at least the bondo stuck as well as it did that thick for nearly 10 years. But, the time has come, the headliner was ripped out last week and it will be pulled out quite a bit before re-smoothing it in a proper fashion :blush: Quote Link to comment
Spoona_Jay21 Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 lovin the progress! hope too see this beast soon instead of the 521 =P or well... knowing you guys it will be both :thumbup: 1 Quote Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 um whats the plan for the roof? thats a lot of bondo ..... the original applicator musta been really sick of sanding....jesus just spreading it is a chore......just scoop iit out onthe roof, add some hardner and strat mixing...who needs a bondo board when u got a roof panel...lol 2 Quote Link to comment
DatWifey Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 Jay, this one should start appearing at local meets soon, and then the 521 will be out for a while to get the L20b & EFI swap :w00t: . But, fingers crossed, both just MIGHT (quite possibly not though) make it to Canby. The plan with the roof..... well, we were hoping to get more done, but didn't end up getting to work on anything until about 4:30 yesterday (we kind of got distracted bullshitting for a while at a neighboring Ratsun member's place :blush: ). But, Brody used the angle grider with some 60 grit paper on a sanding wheel, and then I followed with an orbital sander with 60 grit as well. He finished it up with a die grinder and some sanding disks on that, and finally got it down to bare metal around 6ish. Then he used a mix of body tools, and mallets to try to straighten it out quite a bit more. It's proving to be a bit difficult because there is a support piece of metal that makes it nearly impossible to get right up to the windshield from the inside. Of course it will be bondo'd again, but this time around it will hopefully be a much more reasonable amount :rofl: It actually was looking far better last night when he closed down the garage. Quote Link to comment
Eagle_Adam Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 great progress guys :) keep it up Quote Link to comment
DatWifey Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Thanks Adam. The progress has been slow, but still moving along. We 3 of the 4 patches done on the front driver's floor Brodster put me on the task of cutting, shaping and welding the second patch. I have never welded in my life, so it was slow going, and getting late. I did a portion, but kept blowing through the sheet metal, so I had Brodster finish it so that we weren't working on it until 2 am. I'll practice on other shit and give it a try again down the road. Shaping the 2nd patch And this is as far as I got welding it myself.... Then passed it over to Brody to finish up And we're going to run some PIAA fogs that we use to have on our Subaru in the highbeam bucket, with some Hella H4 dual elements in the outer bucket. A test fit shows the PIAAs a little larger than the 5 3/4" Hella, but it looks like they'll fit with minor mounting adjustments. And happy birthday to me!! Brodster bought me a Vintage Air heater unit so that I won't freeze my ass off and will be able to see out my windshield while dailying this to West Seattle and back in the colder months :D No oics, but Brody pounded out the roof dent pretty well, then bondo'd if a LITTLE, and it got painted last weekend as well. Someday I'll drive it again :sleep: Quote Link to comment
brodster Posted January 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Those welds look like hammered dog poo! Nice heater though. Quote Link to comment
DatWifey Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Thanks, dick! :fu: Quote Link to comment
Tristin Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Was that cheaper/easier to find than a stock unit? Quote Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 heater for the 510? but yeah what tristin said Quote Link to comment
DatWifey Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Well, $230 for the full unit, servo controlled...... pretty much plug 'n play We do have a stock core, but it's going to be time-consuming, and sure to be costly, to rebuild components and possibly have to replace the fan unit in it, which tends to burn out, or become super weak and no really pump air after all these years. Since this car is so far beyond keeping stock, this was Brody's decision to buy a nice, new, yet vintage type unit to make it a nice, comfortable daily driver for me. Quote Link to comment
Tristin Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Sounds fair. Heat is mos def needed up here. Cant wait for install pictures! Quote Link to comment
DatWifey Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Happy wife, happy life. He's doing alright so far ;) Quote Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 oh fuck thats where i went wrong....^^^^^ 4 Quote Link to comment
brodster Posted January 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 Yeah, I was a bit torn over what to do with the heater. Initially I wanted to do a stock heater, but then I found out how much new or good cores can cost. Plus the valve assembly is shot and some of the mechanical linkage is missing. I probably could have spent $50 and done a half-ass job, or spent $150 making it all nice on a stock unit. But those Vintage Air units are nice! And I want to keep my wife warm in the car so she isn't all bitchy when she comes home at night. Quote Link to comment
DatWifey Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 Having the junkyard between home and work can be a blessing and a curse..... A blessing because I can stop by and check out the new inventory in the mornings on my way in and score shit on occasion, and a curse because I end up being late to work ^_^ Snagged this center console with the armrest from a '93 Civic this morning Quote Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 nioce door panels crocodile dundee.....i likey i likey...i got some left over suede from my tahoe headliner i was thnking bout using as a accent but its grey ....my new dash color aint gonna jive with gray suede... Quote Link to comment
Eagle_Adam Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 http://turtlefeathers.net/text/angelus/suede.html Just sayn Quote Link to comment
DatWifey Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 nioce door panels crocodile dundee.....i likey i likey...i got some left over suede from my tahoe headliner i was thnking bout using as a accent but its grey ....my new dash color aint gonna jive with gray suede... Apparently you haven't seen our seat. I did the seat in that silver crock as well, and then the kick panels to match the burgundy. A local fabric store (Pacific Fabrics) has a badass selection of prints and different types of fabrics. Pair that with my limited knowledge of how to use my sewing machine..... and voile, fucking Datto interior craftiness! B) Dude, that stuff all looks so nice! Haha, I told you I didn't need the alt bracket done, but maybe I'll try to see if we can use it now since you did it anyway. How's that jack turning out? And you still have my dog dishes, yeah? ;) Quote Link to comment
brodster Posted January 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 Also let's not forget that these were the last two lines in the email that Jenn sent me when she found the console: You should remind me tonight to tell you about my experience in the parking lot with two dudes. Very strange, but kind of funny. Quote Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 Cupcake party.... Quote Link to comment
Tristin Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 Lemon Party? Quote Link to comment
DatWifey Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 So, slowly but surely, things are coming along on this. We finally wrapped up welding patches into the floorpans and backseat pan and have moved on to stripping the entire interior to prep for paint. We used these pad on an angle grinder air tool.... shit's like magic! And we finally got the sandblast cabinet hooked up and working the other weekend, so I have been blasting and painting parts lately as well. Quote Link to comment
Draker Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 Looking good! You guys are lucky... you got air.. or enough air to run a sandblaster cabinet. What are you gonna put on the floors? Por Quote Link to comment
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