Actually, after 38 years of blood, sweat and many, many tears, I have finally come up with a nickname for this little fucker.
I’m calling it Lazarus II.
(makes sign of the cross)
The reason is, this is the SECOND TIME I am bringing it back from the dead
And true to my personal style, I’m doing it ass backwards from the way most people do these things.
Most people strip the car down, do the body work and then paint it. THEN they start putting it together. Rebuilding the engine, doing the brakes, all that happy crap.
I did that the first time and now all the paint is completely shot. So this time, I rebuilt the car literally from the radiator to the gas cap.
New fuel tank, pump, brakes, engine, tires all of it.
I;ll deal with the paint, maybe, later.
Lucky for me the latest fad seems to be a rusty,faded paint look so I’ll fit right in.
The last couple weeks I have been prepping the floor boards and putting in sound deadener mats. Today I started in on the carpet.
I got most of the driver’s side done when the local Weather Man’s 30% prediction for rain turned into 100%.
So I threw the stuff I was working with in the garage real quick and threw the tarp back over it. At least I got something done first.
It took me a very long time but I finally found some old, aftermarket rubber floor mats with the Austin Healey name and badge with wings images on them.
They are harder to find than Hen’s teeth.
I bought a set of seats out of some KIA thing last weekend but I am going to have to do some serious modifications to how they mount as they have 3 inch tall feet at the ends
I have to get rid of a big bracket under there and I have to cut off and some wiring that I don’t need.
The Good Lord willing, I am going to drive this little sonofabitch to work at least once before this Summer is over.
You can do it!
Make something you can drive and enjoy, you can’t see the outside, if your doing 45 mph around a sharp corner.
I did a frame up on a TR6, it was my all time favorite car, until I drove it a lot. The wind noise was terrible, couldn’t have a normal conversation without yelling at each other. For some reason the B’s & Midgets were much better. Better aerodynamics around the windscreen.
Good to hear, Phil. Don’t let the enemy of good enough be perfection. That’s why so many of us have projects that never see the light of day.
I finally got the steering hoses figured on the Old Man’s 67 Mustang. He’s driven the shit out of it the past week.
FINALLY!
I’m going to steal it Monday for a couple of days. Hey, I have several thousand in it myself – I think I’m owed a few miles in it.
Leigh
Whitehall, NY
Good on you!!
I am, believe it or not, Phil, a little jealous.