Finished floor and righted car ( 07 – 09 March 2003) I was ready early on Sunday to get going, but the boys were lazy. I had to go in, give them an ultimatum, and storm off before the sleepyheads showed up to help flip the car back to “normal-side-up.” The day before, I had Read more about March 2003 – Floor finished, car righted[…]
Left floor installed (20 – 22 February 2003) This actually went quite quickly, even though our logs say it took two days. The issue was amount of time spent on each of those days. I set up a fair amount of welding, and Aaron did the welding, for the most part. As I said in Read more about February 2003 – Left floor, wheel well, “fillet” repair[…]
Through January I did some extra work for some extra cash (for extra parts for the Jag). As a result, I spent very little time in the garage. It has been very cold in North Carolina this winter, and January wasn’t the best time to do much of anything without a good heater. The garage Read more about February 2003 – Right floor installed, left sill stiffeners, POR-15 trunk[…]
An eventful weekend, this was — though not because too many things got done. It was mainly because things changed visually so much. Now when you enter the garage (a.k.a. “The Cat Cage”), you see the bottom of the car, not the top. Of course, this opens up many new possibilities, since the ugly old Read more about November 2002 – Ugly hole fixed, car flipped, more nasty rust[…]
Right Engine-Tranny Cover A previous owner of the car must have been a happy owner of a pneumatic cutting tool, because he made some interesting cuts to gain access to the transmission or the transmission bell housing. It’s not particularly clear what exactly required such invasive and destructive work to be done. I was thinking Read more about November 2002 – Various small parts[…]
Right Sill Stiffeners After the manufacture and installation of the sill end pieces on the right sill, I installed the front and rear sill stiffeners. These are littlemore than brackets that fit below the door frames — below the “B”-pillar in the rear and below the structure that holds the door hinges. They turn the Read more about November 2002 – Right sill stiffeners, rear bulkhead, some priming[…]
Sand Play (29 September 2002) We were quite industrious the first week, and we stripped most of the “tub” (the name given to the basic body stripped down to essentials). We used aircraft stripper, old wood chisels, putty knives, and rough scrubbie pads. Because rust reappeared in several areas overnight, I used some WD-40 (you Read more about September/October 2002 – Sand play and evil rust[…]