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Rust where the floor meets the rocker panel |
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Replacing left front caliper |
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Wheel bearing work, front |
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Broken stud removed from altenator bracket |
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11/01/06: Dirverside floor showing rust |
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Driverside rusty floor pieces cut out |
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Carl welding/repairing the seat support |
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Driverside with carpets and sound deadener removed, shows rusted through area |
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Driverside seat hump removed |
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Detail of rusted area along the inner rocker |
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Driverside floor pan removed |
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11/08/06:Seat hump removed, shows repaired area |
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Detaill of repaired area of seat hump |
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Floors cut out, prepped for replacement |
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Rear section of floor prepped for replacement |
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Perferations in firewall: visible after sandblasting |
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Rusted area of firewall removed |
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Exterior shot of removed piece of firewall |
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Patch panel for the firewall in place |
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inner rocker panel removed |
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end view of rocker panel showing leaves, etc in the bottom of panel-the source of rust |
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Different view of the sub floor |
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Firewall section repair panel in place |
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Double floor section to access rear rocker panel |
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11/09/06:Inner rocker and subframe installed-prepped for floor installation |
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Floor cut out and drilled |
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Floor being spot and plug welded: view from under the car |
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Same, this is a view from inside the car |
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Outter rocker being fitted |
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Same, front section of outter rocker |
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Inner rocker welded in place |
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Passenger side floor welded in |
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Rear section of the passenger side floor |
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Inner rocker being welded in |
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Outter rocker panel in place |
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11/13/06: Carl grinding the welds on the driverside rocker (rear section) |
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Welds grinded on the front of the rocker (driverside) |
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Driverside ready to install the seat hump |
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11/30/06: removing passenger side rear floor area next to inner rocker |
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Inside rocker panel: view of the detritous that lead to the rust |
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Passenger side rust section of the floor removed |
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Passenger side front of floor section with rocker removed |
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Rear rocker panel area removed |
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Section of old floor removed |
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Passenger side rust area sandblasted, prepared to replace floor panel |
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Inner rocker panel being installed |
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Fabrication of rear floor area |
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December 2006: rear rocker panel attached and ready for welding |
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Rocker panel welded into place |
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Passenger side front floor prime, seam sealed, ready to install seat hump |
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Seat hump in place, ready to be welded |
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Rocker panels with body work done, ready for paint process |
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Passenger side body work done and ready for paint process |
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Detail of new floor, showing rocker panel drain hole |
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Underside of floor, showing the undercoating |
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Carl preparing the rocker panel for paint |
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Dynomat (sound deadener) in place |
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Vehicle's original carpet cleaned (thoroughly rinse and vac'd) and reinstalled |
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Rear section interior panel-original condition |
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Original interior door panel (back side)-shows terrible condition |
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Supplied interior panel, shows a better starting point for reconditioning |
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Windshield removed, looking carfeully you can see how there was no contact with the adhesive/frame/windshield. This creates free access to the |
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interior for rain! |
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Windshield contact area claened, and primed-ready to make a good contact |
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Underside, showing thew fuel line replaced |
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Detailed area of the seal under the windshield (by the way-note that you already had a dash cover put on...a new one is coming) |
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Fog lights: the left is the replacement, the right one is the original |
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Hans' work to enlarge the foglight frame |
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Installing the new, renovated fog light frame into the new grille |
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Fitting the modified fog light bracket into the car |
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Brackets modified and ready to install |
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Surround final fit, primed and ready to paint |
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Detailed bracket spacer on fog light |
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Sitting outside, after polish and wax...few more details |
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1/16/07: Previous poor quality repair done on headlight harness |
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Reconditioned and installed driver side door panel (with new 'map' pocket) |
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Interior is back together! (not the seats...) |
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Passenger side door panel reconditioned and installed |
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Directional covers installed! |
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2/13/07: Interior completly installed! It really looks amazing. A very classic interior combination for this '78 two door! |
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It's hard to get a nice picture of the carpet caputring the texture and the color...this is the foot well and hump in the rear |
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The vinyl on the seats perfectly matchs the door panels and the rear arm rest sections |
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Speakers reinstalled ontop of a recovered hat shelf |
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