Sunday, November 1, 2009

Frame Assembly, Paint, and Parts

Quite a huge update on this DVD of pictures from the restoration company.

The first pictures are of the rear end and rear end parts being primered and painted. The next few pictures are preparation of the random plastic pieces being worked. Other various parts of the car drying after paint are next.

The next few pictures show how they finished the tub of the car. They used a coating similar to truck bed-liner. It's super strong, and looks awesome in person.

The next group of pictures show a few stages of completion in the installation of all of the suspension, brake, and other components on the now finished frame. The also redid all of the brake lines and things like that.

It's like a work of art in person.

Next pictures are of the doors and hood being stripped and readied for paint. The work on the hood was actually a waste since this hood is warped pretty bad. I'm picking up a new one next weekend.

New bumper strips were ordered and that is the next picture after the inner fender pic.

The shell of the car was painted and some pictures of it the next day outside follow. This is before any polishing or wet-sanding of course.

The next set of pictures is a huge load of parts that were delivered.

The first 4 are stainless tanks for power steering fluid, coolant overflow, and washer fluid. The next few are trunk carpeting and underhood carpeting.

The next few are of the intercooler. It's a PTE front mount. It's been powdercoated gloss black.

After that, a picture of the transmission mounts, custom fabricated.

One of the dipsticks I ordered came broken... replacement on the way.

The next picture is the radiator. It's a Charged Air Systems (CAS) custom piece. Polished and clear powdercoated.

Next pic is an NOS grille emblem. Walbro fuel pump is next, and the next few are various wiring harnesses from Caspars.

The next few is of the Razor's Alky kit, dual nozzle, that is going in the car.

My favorite piece so far is in the next pictures. The PTE Billet Dual Ball Bearing turbo. Should create some serious horsepower.

Next up is some beautiful ARP Stainless Steel headers, custom coated in Ceramique chrome.

Next few pics are a loaner intake that we'll be robbing some parts from (fuel rails, vacuum lines, etc)... New air conditioner compressor and condenser are next. After that is the turbo-saver which relocates the oil filter and feeds fresh oil to the turbo constantly. The next picture is the turbo oil return line that goes back into the block.

The set ends with the custom coated intercooler piping, the computer, turbo oil lines, ARP stainless intake bolts, and the new rear end cover.



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