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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

The shell is gone!

Sorry for the lack of updates lately, we've been spending a bit of the weekend time at my family's place by the water and enjoying the summer.


We've finally sent the shell on its way to a new home. We tried to sell it for $100, then in exchange for a little beer, but FREE finally got it moving. It'll just be used for a rocker panel, but it saved us from having to chop it to bits, then rent a truck to haul it off to the scrapyard, just to break even on scrap/cost.



Since the car left, we cleaned up the garage, got tools de-grimed a little, and changed the setup to make room for part refurbishing. Here's the new view!



High on the list are suspension parts and trimming down the wiring harness. We're probably going to replace the rear lower control arms/lateral links. One bushing is shot, and the arm got a bit heat-treated in the process of freeing that long bolt. It'll also allow us some additional alignment adjustments. We're also trying to decide what other components we want to upgrade/replace. A limited slip diff is high on the list.