Duder
Watch it man, there's a beverage here!
- Joined
- Dec 9, 2009
- Location
- Torrance, CA USA
Steady progress over the past few weeks on the pea green '75, which is now this car. I mean it's now the car that is this project. The car that was this car is now MCHN8's project Smurf. Just in case anyone is confused.
Starting point. Needs a buff, last time was April 2018 right before Davis. This color really goes pastel as it fades over time. At least it's in the garage now and not exposed to the elements. Battery retained with a ratchet strap of course, and the B20 water pump was still weeping when parked - I never got around to replacing that.
Underside of the hood has a bit of surface rust in the middle, which is no big deal, but I'd like to kill the other spots up near the front lip before they get any worse.
Battery tray is super crusty. This early style is completely welded into the body; not the separate tray bolted to the smaller welded support as on later 240s.
Inner fender looks pretty decent above and below the tray, so not a big setback. Battery tray will be cut out completely to make room for the left side turbo. Hopefully that's the only "major" body mod I need to make on this whole project.
Passenger side inner fender is solid, just dirty. Will be satisfying to clean this up.
Radiator support crossmember is solid too.
Original 1975 heater hose on the top was super crusty but not leaking somehow. Amazeballs.
More of that wonderful red clay dirt from Cortez, Colorado. This stuff is still *everywhere* throughout the car.
As of two nights ago all accessories are removed and all systems are disconnected. All that's left is to unbolt the engine and trans from their mounts and yank it all out. I did take the bumper off since my hoist lacks the reach to get all the way in there.
Starting point. Needs a buff, last time was April 2018 right before Davis. This color really goes pastel as it fades over time. At least it's in the garage now and not exposed to the elements. Battery retained with a ratchet strap of course, and the B20 water pump was still weeping when parked - I never got around to replacing that.
Underside of the hood has a bit of surface rust in the middle, which is no big deal, but I'd like to kill the other spots up near the front lip before they get any worse.
Battery tray is super crusty. This early style is completely welded into the body; not the separate tray bolted to the smaller welded support as on later 240s.
Inner fender looks pretty decent above and below the tray, so not a big setback. Battery tray will be cut out completely to make room for the left side turbo. Hopefully that's the only "major" body mod I need to make on this whole project.
Passenger side inner fender is solid, just dirty. Will be satisfying to clean this up.
Radiator support crossmember is solid too.
Original 1975 heater hose on the top was super crusty but not leaking somehow. Amazeballs.
More of that wonderful red clay dirt from Cortez, Colorado. This stuff is still *everywhere* throughout the car.
As of two nights ago all accessories are removed and all systems are disconnected. All that's left is to unbolt the engine and trans from their mounts and yank it all out. I did take the bumper off since my hoist lacks the reach to get all the way in there.