This is beautiful man. It makes me want to start a project when I can get more money together.

Thanks guys,

And yeah, the wheels always sit weird like that. The are not anywhere near center in the wheel wells. However that is exaggerated in that picture due to the camera angle.

And yes, I do have the bumper trim pieces. Those are one of the last pieces I have yet to bolt onto the car. You can see those pieces painted on the top of page 21.


I'm going to head out there in a second to just tinker. Probably nothing more than scraping overspray off the windows with a razor, but hey, progress is progress.

This post was edited by OldAndyAndTheSea on Apr 13 2014 08:06pm

Doesn't look like much, but lots of little things are getting tidied up, like...

-Fenders bolted in place. Hood still needs adjustment
-Most of interior reinstalled






Still need to adjust the hood, and the doors to make them close properly... And lots of little details, like installing the door gaskets (the nice ones are on the doors outside, and it's dark and rainy). As well as general cleaning of the interior etc....


But if the weather cooperates tomorrow (once again potentially calling for snow...) I will take the car out for another cruise around the Harbor.

I sure hope so.


Days worked on project to date: 40

Total money spent on project to date: $889

Man this car would have looked sick in a graphite color. You inspire me to try and pick one up.

Is this car sprayed with an actual spray gun? And if so is it just a one coat color clear in one?

This post was edited by DuckManParkey on Apr 14 2014 10:09pm

The color changes greatly in the light. In the last picture, in the garage, the color almost looks drab/olive green.

But in the light, it is very much a gray/gunmetal color. I love it.

And for the paint used...


Krylon, with a brush.





haha! Nah, but in all seriousness, I used Martin Senour urethane two stage paints. Anthracite base coat, and then "Ultimate overall clearcoat" was sprayed over the base. (Obviously some mixing/catalysts are required)

Sprayed through a Devilbiss HVLP gun. I could have used a single stage, but they are notoriously more difficult to respray/touch up than a 2 pack paint.

This post was edited by OldAndyAndTheSea on Apr 15 2014 05:56am

Well tonight.....I swapped out combination switches, as I had the typical "my dash lights, and running lights stopped working" symptoms.

I have all lights once again. There was some corrosion on the switch, as I expected. Luckily, the parts car had a REALLY nice one.



I finally went for another drive. Clutch is pretty spongy, and the TPS is sticking a little. So throttle response/shifting leaves a little something to be desired. It took a while for the revs to drop.

Here are the pics from after I returned. I know, I know. I still have to install the bumper side trim. That's about all that's left, body wise.

I'll see if Youtube will like my unedited 10 minute GoPro video from a cold start driving through part of the harbor, lapping back to the garage.

Doesn't sound too bad for being untuned, though. I certainly like it.

All in all, a good day. I'm really thinking about taking it into work tomorrow. We'll see how ballsy I'm feeling in the morning.

Love it.

Thank you, that was pretty much my reaction when I fixed the lights.



Up to 35 miles so far. No problems.

Found and fixed a couple small vacuum leaks. Driveabliity improved dramatically.

Going to take it for it's first jaunt into town for some top soil. LOVE it.





Trim pieces, fuel filter, some replacement hose, and bushings are next on the list.

Hopefully I don't break down in the meantime.