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David_Doan
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I’m back to working on my car.
In 2014 I broke my leg and after 5 surgeries over about 2 years it is pretty solid now. After that I moved, then had a special-needs daughter bullied out of public high school. She’s doing well now in a private school and we’re settled nicely into our downsized house with an upsized garage :friendly_wink:.
Im back at work on my Bugeye.
Current status:
The whole car was disassembled some time in 2013 I think.
- I took all the parts down to bare metal and repainted (suspension, diff, axles, tranny, etc)
- Everything came off the engine except for the head and oil pan for repainting.
- Put stub-stacks on the carbs and converted to K&N cone filters
- I did carpet and seats prior to the tear-down
- Refurbed dash and gauges
- Designed and assembled a relay/fuse panel/wiring harness
- I stripped and painted the wheels Rustoleum Smoke Gray
- The under body and wheel wells have been cleaned and painted with Rustoleum Truck bed liner.
- The engine bay has been painted Satin black.
- DIY front tilt conversion.
All that is really left is paint and assembly. I had to do extensive body work. It’s close now, buy not really ready for a proper paint job. I’m tired of sanding, I’m going to plasti-dip the whole car for now so I can drive it. Maybe when the kids are out of college I will strip it down and paint it right. Plasti-dip is fun, cheap, and easy. 5-6 coats about 30 min appart, no sanding and your done.
More to come, happy to be back
In 2014 I broke my leg and after 5 surgeries over about 2 years it is pretty solid now. After that I moved, then had a special-needs daughter bullied out of public high school. She’s doing well now in a private school and we’re settled nicely into our downsized house with an upsized garage :friendly_wink:.
Im back at work on my Bugeye.
Current status:
The whole car was disassembled some time in 2013 I think.
- I took all the parts down to bare metal and repainted (suspension, diff, axles, tranny, etc)
- Everything came off the engine except for the head and oil pan for repainting.
- Put stub-stacks on the carbs and converted to K&N cone filters
- I did carpet and seats prior to the tear-down
- Refurbed dash and gauges
- Designed and assembled a relay/fuse panel/wiring harness
- I stripped and painted the wheels Rustoleum Smoke Gray
- The under body and wheel wells have been cleaned and painted with Rustoleum Truck bed liner.
- The engine bay has been painted Satin black.
- DIY front tilt conversion.
All that is really left is paint and assembly. I had to do extensive body work. It’s close now, buy not really ready for a proper paint job. I’m tired of sanding, I’m going to plasti-dip the whole car for now so I can drive it. Maybe when the kids are out of college I will strip it down and paint it right. Plasti-dip is fun, cheap, and easy. 5-6 coats about 30 min appart, no sanding and your done.
More to come, happy to be back
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