Next to weld up the floors, just need to buy more mig gas 🙅
Euro_67 ·
Budget build? Lots of serious builds dont go this far........ Nice start for sure.
m4co ·
Euro_67 wrote:Budget build? Lots of serious builds don't go this far........ Nice start for sure.
Supposed to be, and so far things aren't too bad. Roughly $2500 into it.
But! I did get scammed, I bought an engine for $350 that was supposedly recently rebuilt and put in storage. The seller was a real ass, as soon as I got it home it was obvious that the valve cover was just washed off to look new. The fan shroud had a large wasps nest and thing didn't look any better inside. I did get a spare distributor, fuel pump and generator out of it tho so there is that.
Supposed to be, and so far things aren't too bad. Roughly $2500 into it.
But! I did get scammed, I bought an engine for $350 that was supposedly recently rebuilt and put in storage. The seller was a real ass, as soon as I got it home it was obvious that the valve cover was just washed off to look new. The fan shroud had a large wasps nest and thing didn't look any better inside. I did get a spare distributor, fuel pump and generator out of it tho so there is that.
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I need to do the brake lines, just waiting on some brake bending pliers I ordered.
beetleboyjeff ·
Looking good
m4co ·
Re-fit the gearbox. Did the rear brake lines, no real point in using a brake line bender. It's way simpler to just bend them by hand, you need to be a real gorilla to make them kink.
I couldn't fit the front lines, the drop spindle casting is interfering with the brake hose so some grinding is in order soon.
Front brakes done, also semi assembled the pedals. They were really rusty but with a vinegar bath and a flap disc they should be usable. Just need an accelerator pedal now.
Had a good flywheel and clutch laying around so installed them. The flywheel that came off this engine had teeth damaged. It also had an o-ring but this one did not. Form my research there are two types, I just used a paper gasket and some rtv. Hopefully it doesn't leak.
I have a fair bit of body work to do on it so I'm just slowly building the motivation to start. Rust repair and paint are my least favorite things to do.
I'm planning to start from the rear and slowly work toward the front.
I did purchase an expensive new mig welder setup recently but having to clean up the metal and use a lot of shielding gas got annoying quick. The old flux core doesn't care if there is rust or paint, just like a hot glue gun. But with metal.
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m4co ·
The amount of rat poo and rust that just falls out of this car is pretty amazing.
m4co ·
Got the roof out of the way and primed, had some bare metal spots starting to rust so etch primed those spots and a coat of primer surfacer.