Winter Project *Lots of pics*

[carotman]

Engine work is my favorite !

[1ajs]

owch on the windsheild

shame the old baby had to die o well did not die in vane you lerned stuff and parts of it live on so you guna
swap the roof agian for your sun roof? lol

[Gemini2003]

No, I've decided not to switch the roof over...

I figure it's less work to buy a universal one if I want a sun roof for later :-)

[1ajs]

o well should try and hold onto it lol just incase you ever decide to.....

[jonrichert]

heh, i saw that blue-bumpered wonder on the side of the road as i was driving to kelowna the other day(to buy my rhd 3g) glad to see the project is still goin.

[Gemini2003]

Yeah I have a couple of things on the go right now... like a tranny out of a ford taurus for instance... So I'll be back on track again once that's done :-)

PS
I KNOW how bad the car looks on the side of the road lol everyone notices it lol

[Gemini2003]

May 21 Update:

I just dropped my motor off!!! It's finally happening! My motor is being rebuilt! Originally I was going to spend enough to just refresh the motor however now I've decided to go a little extra.. I'm hoping for some great horsepower :-) Due to the nature of the deal I have it's going to be about 6 months or more before I see my motor back in my car... This is allright as I still have no licence for 10 months


...back to a Ford Escort job...

[Cheeseburger]

sweet bro!! good luck

[RamThis]

Wow I came to boast about some little insignificant trim rehab I did on my 3G then I run across your thread. Now I feel like a total slackass LOL. Dude you are one motivated guy!! It took me a year to get the motivation up to do a carb rebuild and intake freeze plug fix and vacuum hose-ectomy and radiator and cv shafts and other similar maintenance items to get my 3G running and registered/inspected. I've just now started piddling around with appearance items here and there LOL.

You are truly an inspiration

[Gemini2003]

Well that means a lot to me and thank you.

Now that it's summer again it's easyer to stay motiviated. I've got my hands in a project I don't really want to be in right now and I need to get it done before I can work on my car again :-( But I'll have progress soon!

[Gemini2003]

Hello all

I have been very busy lately but at least I got the rusty panel cut out I really wish this was more significant... but here you go :-)

Well here is the new panel and bad rust spot:
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Above in the circle you can see the rust and after cutting out the panel I found bondo all the way above the line!! Why would you put that much bondo on when you didn't have to?? oh well I guess it's a 15 yo car...


the couple cuts I made...


What I'm left with:


I don't know how much you can tell from this photo but I have a little rust issue on the main body of the car (under what I cut out) as well... I was lucky and grabbed the metal I needed when I was at the junkyard.

This cut out section is not done... I still need to trim it down so the cuts are straighter and I still have to clean the seam in the door frame... then like last time I'll fit the new metal in and get ready to weld it :-)

l8er.

[gfrg88]

wow thats a lot of work!!! im glad to see you show all that love to your car

[Vector]

wow, i didnt think it was that bad underneath, when i came over and checked it out, it looked like it was just the outside panel that was rusted.

btw, thanks again for the hood, looks good on teh car.

[speedpenguin]

Hey, good job! How's the work progressing?

[A18A]

that is alota work u done there, lets just hope this turns out to be a dream

[Gemini2003]

I'm actually fairly nervous about my end result.

I'm not worried I won't like it I just hope that I make something good enough to have spent almost a whole year on. Plus I don't want to put in that time and end up with something that disgraces 3geez...

(Like the 89 I saw the other day with DUAL stick on hood scoops and a 45/yo Woman driving it... I HAD to ask her if she let her 14yo son do the work...she said it was her husband...yech!)

I love the support I get here and you guys are really great for information.

A little update on the pictures above:

All the rust located on the inside of the unibody has been cut out and sandblasted. I'm planning on using fiberglass and re-enforcing the whole wheel well... so even if it does rust in a few years again the fiberglass should hold it all together.

I've shelled out the quarter panel I cut out from Pick your part and it's ready to be sized and put into place... I have to say finally seeing some progress is re-assuring ;-)

[Gemini2003]

Hey, Quick update...
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I cut out all the rust:

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Then I cleaned it up by sandblasting :-)

**Edit: I've updated this picture to a clearer one.**
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Kinda test fitted the new panel in :-)

Thanx :P

[speedpenguin]

Damn!

I guess you're going to weld now, huh?

[thegreatdane]

Your "new" camera sucks! I was wondering why you didnt remove the rear bumper yet? Lot's of rust usually collects behind that area where your bumper is sagging on the pics.

Other than that, the work is looking good!

[Gemini2003]

Yeah I'll get some metal to cover the holes and to give shape to that underside then fiberglass over that.

**Anyone reading this who does bodywork for a living please forgive me if i'm doing anything wrong... I'm learning!**


lol yeah it was a movie camera I was useing on still mode lol

[Gemini2003]

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[Cheeseburger]

lol...

[mkymonkey]

bastard thats the short shifter you outbid me on. lol jk its ok at least a member got it and not some stupid kid

[3gn86lxi]

LOL.....Hey man, I'm just glad you got it. I actually got it back before it went out to you, god damn usps..........
Don't forget to leave me feedback.

[Gemini2003]

Done :-) Thank you once again :-)