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jlaird

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All done but front suspension, some. Front and rear brakes. Stuff engine and enterior including dash.

Shoot if wife would turn loose of funds I could drive it in about a weeks worth of work. Yeeee Haaaah.

Surely is nice working with nice clean parts, etc. Has been a real joy. No susprises. All new fastners, mostly Stainless Steel but for suspension.

Miss Agatha is looking like a Bugeye again thanks to all that helped and you know who you are. Will be on the road for a spring drive for sure.

I can again go out to the garage and look for something to do. I'm sure I will find a bit. Oh yea, got to put the heater in, oh well 8 screws and a very thick gasket.

Can not tell you guys how pleased I am to see all the bits come together, she is just like a new car, even smells new. Maybe I could put the bottom seat rails in, hehe.

It is amazing how the old skills come back, no false starts, no screw ups, just bolt it on.

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Didn't think it would take you long, Jack. Funding is always the issue, slows things down.

And I agree with Ben, take some pictures of the progress--we want to see!
 
Where be dem pics Jack-o?? How did you get the new car smell in? Was it thousands of dollars of repalcement parts and hours of manual labor restoring or a $1.99 Tree car freshener with that nice "New car Smell"....? hehe
 
Maybe he restored a $1.99 Tree car air freshener.
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Pics are on my pic site, see below, go to the end.
 
Jack,

Please humor me as I am again a neophyte with this stuff. All of those parts looked covered in rust and pretty dirty. Then I see them all nicely painted and black and green and look brand new. How did you clean all of the rust off? Could you help me with how you did it? I did the seat frames but they are not motor or mechanical parts really and get covered in vinyl. Thanks! - Lou
 
Mineral spirits and a stiff brush to get the muck off. Wire wheel on a bench grinder, wire brushes on an elec drill a paint remover 3M thing on an elec drill actually takes everything down to bare metal. Prime and paint with rustolum primer and gloss black. Engine used Moss spray paint, no primer.
 
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Sheesh Jack! Ain't you done with that thing yet?

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