Restoration Log
March 2017
- Tightened fuel line to carburetor (leak)
- Added dot 3 brake fluid
- Hood cowl: strip/fill/paint/cut/polished
April 2017
- Cowl vents/wiper motor area: strip/paint
- Added seal around passenger cowl vent register
- Stripped car down for bodywork
July 2017
- Sandblasted off body paint - no more paint DIY!
- Cut out driver and passenger floor pans
August 2017
- Welded in driver & passenger floor pans
September 2017
- Added floor pan plugs
- Primed and sealed underside of new floors
October 2017
- Applied undercoating to new floors
- Sanded all exterior panels, removed all old bondo
- Removed center console & half of dash
- Removed all of old insulation
- Prepped interior metal for primer/POR-15
- Patched remaining holes in interior
- POR-15 coating on interior metal
November 2017
- Replaced and painted power steering pump
- Restored and painted power steering reservoir
- Restored and painted power steering bracket
- Tightened transmission cooling line coupler
- Tightened loose hose clamps to fuel pump
- Cleaned/degreased engine bay (lower front area)
- Replaced water pump
- Painted water pump, steering pump and radiator fan
- Retrofitted spacer for fuel pump bracket
- Re-attached belts
- Re-filled coolant & power steering system
- New wiring/hose tie/clips for engine bay
- Updated overflow bottle hold downs
- Scraped/sanded/degreased/trunk area
- Patched remaining trunk holes
- Seam-sealed trunk area
- Coated trunk area with POR-15
- Renewed electrical ground points in trunk
- Refurbished deck lid limit switches
- Rebuilt, restored & painted large hinge assemblies for top
- Cleaned & painted power top motor, solenoids and relays
December 2017
- Installed new top lift cylinders
- Filled and bled hydraulics for top
- Re-aligned deck and flip lid gaps
- Refurbished/re-wrapped/secured trunk and top wiring
- Added driver window rubber stopper
- Removed dashboard assembly
- Removed heater box
- Diagnosed core and heater temp control flap
- Cleaned heater box out
- Removed remaining firewall insulation
- Fabricated pivot joint for heater flap
- Converted rust on heater components
- Removed old firewall insulation pins
- POR-15'd metal heater box components
- Cleaned and re-sealed firewall
- Rust removal inside firewall
- POR-15'd inside firewall