Sprint Interior Work

[G3blues]

Finished up the second coat of Rust Bullet on the floor from fire wall through the trunk. Also did the cowl drain area under the fenders. I will let it fully cure for a couple of days and then do the seam sealer. Now, to start taking apart the engine bay.

[Jsarnold]

That looks great! Nice work.

[G3blues]

After much advice from Mavman72, I pulled the engine and transmission this week. It was a fun job and I feel pretty proud getting it all done with no hands-on help from anyone. I was turning the load leveler the wrong direction for about 30 minutes before I realized it. But in the end came out with no damage and minimal mess.


Eventually I'll need to push the car out of my garage onto a trailer once I find someone to do the body and paint. So, my question is what needs to be left on the car. I'm assuming I can take off all the power steering equipment, the charcoal canister and line, I've already removed the gas tank, I'm thinking I can take the gas lines off as well to clean them up. How about the steering column? I figure I'll still be able to push the car the direction it needs to go to get on the trailer but have never done something like this before.

Thanks

Ted

[G3blues]

Originally Posted by Blown76Mav

The interior of your car looks great. Looks like your headed in the right direction on restoring the ol girl.

Now on to your paint question

The more you remove before paint the better its going to look. Say you leave the shock brackets on the shock towers and paint them in place, its going to leave a paint build up around them and if you ever have to remove them the paint will crack.

Personally I feel anything that can be unbolted should be.

Thanks, exactly what I was thinking. So I guess my question is what has to be left on the car to roll it and probably turn it a little bit? I am assuming just the rear axle and the front wheels but all the front brakes, steering and shocks can be removed?

[Dave B]

Plus all the brake lines, and fuel vapor line. If your doing this much, you may as well replace them. The interior shots of your car are amazing, nice solid car.

[Mavman72]

Man that car is SOLID...Nice work!!! Yes pull everything you can off it to make it a bare rolling shell...That includes the column and peadal assembly...The paint shop will paint em if you leave em in there. Tag and bag everything...I mean everything...pull any brackets, clips, fasteners that dont need to be body color. AS for the brakes...Pull the master cyl and lines/prop valve under the hood. Leave the rest of the lines unless, like Dave mentioned you are going to replace em all. Leave the stuff at the wheels alone...You dont need to go there yet. Told ya pulling the engine was simple!!!

[G3blues]

Thanks for the help everyone.
Yep it was a pretty solid car to begin with. Imagine it in the hands of somebody who knows what they are doing . It was worth the trip out to California to get it. The seller told me he couldn't understand why I kept on asking about rust until he realized where I was coming from. It does have a hole the size of a quarter in the driver's rear quarter, also a rear shock brace broke and somebody did a poor job of re-welding it.

These are all issues I am willing to pay someone else to deal with. I figure once it is in the shop I'll start messing with all the little pieces. I am also going to give rebuilding the transmission a try and will clean and paint the engine.

Ted

[Mavman72]

"Imagine it in the hands of somebody who knows what they are doing . "

Looks like your doing a pretty good job yourself so far Ted...

[super sonic mav]

Very nice.........I hope mine turns out half as well........

[G3blues]

Haven't updated in a while but a lot of progress has been made. I decided that if I am going to do this, I should do it right the first time. So a few weeks ago I trailered the rolling shell over to the Doll's shop. They have it now and will be doing the body and paint work for me. I'll be posting the update pictures as they send them to me. Here is picture of when I dropped it off.