The Jalopy Journal
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hahaha Andy shut the topic down with that one!
hahahaha,.. this shit is comical to me,.. because we worked with "what he had" and the pace was based off the fact he couldnt afford to run it...
Very VERY nice work Ian.. Makes me almost wanna start craiglistin for a caddy!
I'll get you some ride height shots on monday!
ehhhh I shamefully sold it to some tool bag about 4 yrs ago.. for 6500. with new motor and trans running,.. interior etc.. and he got mad at me...
so this is where we are at today. still doing reassembly. bad thing is it doesnt seem like alot gets done even though there is, but i will post...
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the roof is absolutely killing me,... but like i said before we will be chopping it in less then a years time.. so we gonna have to live with...
yesterday morning we let it bask in the nice arizona sun most of the day, because we had some fab work to do for some suspension components and...
so we kinda sat around with it at this point looking at it,.. telling stories.. smoking ciggerettes and drinking thirstbusters cuz it was late...
got the rear fenders on, and we all started gettin giggling like school girls..lol a little mockup up with the skirts on... [IMG] [IMG] skirts...
based and cleared,... [IMG] sittin outside while the fenders are getting color sanded and buffed [IMG]
so now that the body is all worked we can seal it.. [IMG] [IMG]
like it wasnt bad enough the previous owner shaved the glove box and just about everything else,... they cut a hole for a cd player dead in the...
car was pretty free of any rust. whoever built the car originally in the 80's did all new floors in it,... but the skipped the rockers,... [IMG]...
here is were the airbag install came to a full stop. while sitting around the car late one night here at the shop, we started talking colors for...
I built a new floor piece, with bridge cover, and a window (per owners request) to show off the wishbone, rolled some beads in it and fit pretty...
unfortunately i didnt take alot of pics of reworking the front clip, and lower/upper control arms,... BUUUUT we did send em out for some more...
now to make sure it gets down were we need it to ;) ooooh yeah this works... [IMG] [IMG]
lil paint on the new fab work and frame... [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
time for some chrome,... [IMG] [IMG] and the lower arms chromed as well [IMG] and a final mockup... [IMG]
on to the wishbone. It needed to be built big enough and wide enough to get around the offset of the housing as well as keep good geometry during...
lil test fit to make sure i measured right..lol [IMG] [IMG]
the game plan was to airbag it and clean up the motor for now. well it turned into alot more then that..lol... the mustang2 that was in it was...
first order of biz was to change out the rolling stock. 14" gm chromies on low pro big and little radial combos just werent cutting it...hahaha [IMG]
hey fellas wanted to share a lil project me and my buddy/ club brother Tito been working on the last 7 months. Its a bit of Budget build and he...
The car scene is ok, parts and clean donor cars are a multitude out here. Plenty of custom shops and a fair amount of swapmeets during the summer....
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