So yeah,
about my cars "year",,, I was a little baffled myself when I got it home thinking it should have disc brakes up front. Would not have kept me from buying it though. So I've looked at the title thinking perhaps he gave me the wrong title and nope, it is the correct title as all the numbers match but i am assuming it was first registered in 63 so the DMV back then listed it as such. The serial number starts with GAN 1 which, correct me if i am wrong, makes the car a Midget mark 1, and car should either ACTUALLY be either a 61 or a 62. Now the motor is the original and it is a 1098 high compression per the tag on the block. Perhaps one of you could tell me whether mark 1 midgets had 948 motors their first year in 61? So until I get the heritage certificate I am going to assume the car is really a 1962 Mark 1 Midget that was titled as a 63.
So I have acquired a set of disc brake car front control arms/spindles and calipers that Paul at Sports Car Craftsman was good enough to include in the purchase. My question is whether something needs to be done with the master cylinder for the system to operate correctly?
As far as progress,, I have now got the shock absorbers to work pretty darn well and they are not leaking so I'll keep my fingers crossed. After finishing the shocks yesterday I pried out the gawd aful pieces of diamond plate sheet that the PO had put down on the floors and,,,, was pleasantly suprised to find an ACCEPTABLE amount of rust that will need to be repaired. Knew it was bound to have some and feel lucky it wasn't worse. Mike "Mrsprite" came over and gave me a hand with that and we had dinner. Afterwards I srayed gel engine drgreaser all over the entire interior and scrubbed it down with a scothbrite pad to get as much loose rust, flaking paint, and whatever else up and loose and then used a pressure washer. Man what a messy job. Cleaned it all out again with hot soapy water and then let the car sit overnight with two box fans blowing through it to get it completely dry. Just doing that was a huge improvement over the nasty gunky mess the insude had been.
The today I painted the whole interior with a battlship grey rustoleum. I brushed it on right out of the can which may sound just horrid but beleive me the interior looks a million times better now.
Oh yeah,,, I have everything for the seats except those stamped sheetmetal bases which rust out terribly. So before I can assemble my seats with their new upholstery I need some seat bases.
Anybody have some useable seat bases? PLEASE!!!!
Jay