I have some updates on the 924 Mav. I had to replace portions of the fender aprons. That was a 2 day job with me and a helper. We cut out the old rusted out pieces and with careful measurement put the new one back in. They still need to be welded but we wanted to make sure they lined up before we welded. We atteched them with the coil spring covers and tightened them down. Everything lines up beautifully. Here is some pics before during and after. We are getting closer to painting.
Good to see you back up and postin picks. That little blue welder looks kinda like the one I just bought. Is it working well for you? It looks like you are doing a great job on a pretty serious repair. Keep it up
Scott, I figured I would stop reading posts for a while and get busy so that I would have something to post. The blue welder I bought off ebay for $35 plus $35 shipping and it works great. I must say that the fender apron repair was a serious job. That was a big hurdle. Hopefully it will be smother sailing from here. My goal is to have it painted and road ready for the fall. I will drive it to work when it cools down a bit.
It is a nickname. When I was 16 I had a 3 speed 69 1/2 170 Maverick as my first car. I had friends that had suped up muscle cars but I never had money to fix my car up. One day in the high school parking lot a bunch of guys were showing off their cars doing donuts and screeching tires and then it was my turn. I had all their attention when I floored my 170 and popped the clutch and got the shortest split second screech and I got applause because I had always been unsuccessful trying to squeal the tires. My friend John who had a Dodge Dart nicknamed my car that day the "924 Mav" after the Porche 924. And we nicknamed his the "Dart 280 Z" after the Datsun 280 ZX.
