Well the time has finally come where I am seeing progress in the construction phase and the undoing of bolts is slowly coming to an end.
First off, here is the car BEFORE I started the rebuild. As you can see she was in pretty good shape and most people wouldn’t have done too much with her, but she had her little blemishes that I wanted gone!! She has about 190k kms.
So as you can see, I do use her for AutoSlalom and I will continue to do so after she is finished….even more so!! I only got to go to two events last year with her.
So commence PROJECT SUPERWHITE WIDOWMAKER!!
I only got my digital camera for Christmas so some of the deconstruction is missing. Here she is in the storage unit under the knife:
Inside passenger rear quarter….not good:
Inside driver’s rear quarter….very good!!....
I noticed I had water in my tire well one time last summer, so look in both quarters. The passenger was empty (already a rust hole for the water to drain out of ). The driver’s side was full to the rim with water, so I quickly pulled the drain plug. There must have been close to 3-4 litres (1 gallon) of water in there. Luckily not much rust!!
Onwards…..
So time for some open heart surgery…
A view of the original clutch and flywheel (to the best of my knowledge):
More deconstruction:
mmmmmm…..engine oil sludge and 22 years of seepage:
And the hatch….I didn’t think it was too bad until the glass came out, lots of holes along the whole lower seal edge. I have a new seal for the glass…but I am waiting on my replacement hatch.
First off, here is the car BEFORE I started the rebuild. As you can see she was in pretty good shape and most people wouldn’t have done too much with her, but she had her little blemishes that I wanted gone!! She has about 190k kms.
So as you can see, I do use her for AutoSlalom and I will continue to do so after she is finished….even more so!! I only got to go to two events last year with her.
So commence PROJECT SUPERWHITE WIDOWMAKER!!
I only got my digital camera for Christmas so some of the deconstruction is missing. Here she is in the storage unit under the knife:
Inside passenger rear quarter….not good:
Inside driver’s rear quarter….very good!!....
I noticed I had water in my tire well one time last summer, so look in both quarters. The passenger was empty (already a rust hole for the water to drain out of ). The driver’s side was full to the rim with water, so I quickly pulled the drain plug. There must have been close to 3-4 litres (1 gallon) of water in there. Luckily not much rust!!
Onwards…..
So time for some open heart surgery…
A view of the original clutch and flywheel (to the best of my knowledge):
More deconstruction:
mmmmmm…..engine oil sludge and 22 years of seepage:
And the hatch….I didn’t think it was too bad until the glass came out, lots of holes along the whole lower seal edge. I have a new seal for the glass…but I am waiting on my replacement hatch.