I have taken delivery of a tin of craftmaster engine enamel MWOG Green to do the engine with, but its a bit cold to be painting anything, its ready for when I've dismantled the engine and I have it ready to paint.
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i cut a bit of sterling board and bolted into the back seat area, I hope to be able to secure it to the pole with some angle iron and an exhaust clamp, as i have no faith in the bumper mounting locations and I know i need to repair those areas i felt this may be good enough... time will tell...
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Heater which is originally a mini one removed and draining into a bucket, the rest of the dashboard components removed, this is before i packed them into a box for storage to be cleaned, check, tested, replaced.. etc... the sound deadening is rotten.. lol as is everything else on this car.
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Empty dash, it looks odd like this but its nearly completely stripped inside.. there is surface rust inside the dash so im looking forward to applying the epoxy primer in here to seal it, just not sure how I'm going to remove it all ATM, I may just go mad in there with a small brush and kill rust to convert it..
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A quick pot shot from the engine bay, the wiring loom is almost off the car its really only attached in the engine bay where it heads under the car, when I jack it ill remove the rest of it.. the loom is in a poor state and I'm considering replacing it all, how the car didn't catch fire ill never know, by the amount of bare wire I have found and with all the oil on the body its amazing it survived.
I the remote brake reservoir is upside down in a coffee jar so the fluid can drain out ready for me to remove the hose. then ill syringe out the master cylinder and remove it with the pedals.
I removed one of the engine mounts to get a taste for what's underneath, which is surprise surprise.. more holes...
Not far to go now, it will be the installation of the pole, and then the removal of the suspension and back axel and then were ready to start work on stripping the shell, I have considered sending it for blasting, but I'm worried there wont be much of the shell left, so I've opted for using paint stripper and i will work my way around it as i do the various areas of the car.. the first thing will be to get some strength back into the sills and floor pans before going too mad on the rear and the front. I think there's not many places that don't need attention, having owned this car for over a quarter of my life I am going to save it.
So I'm still working on my list from the 16th however it now looks like this....
1) remove handbrake lever, headlining, and remaining seatbelt parts.
2) remove the drivers wing.
3) drain brake fluid and remove brake master cylinder, pedals to come out, and dip switch to come off.
4) install the scaffold pole, for the rollover jig.
5) remove all the remaining running gear etc off the car and get the car on the jig.
6) identify all the replacement panels needed and order them.
7) make the next to do list.