Pre-staging at home
Parked and ready for the show
It was pretty sunny!
Until next year...
Day 211 - 5/8/13 PTW Show
This morning we headed over to Portland, for an annual car show at the Portland Transmission Warehouse. They've been putting it on for many years, and I've been taken to it many of my years, and always wanted to take my own car to it. Well, this year I got to do just that!
Day 210 - 3/13/13 No more racecar
I've been daily driving the car since late summer, and since then there has been no door panels or carpet in it. I decided it's probably time to put at least put in the old front door panels so the glass doesn't get banged up anymore.
My Grandma made me a seat cover out of vinyl until I get the seats redone.
Original under paper taped back on.
The original panels had seen many seasons and the vinyl had since unpeeled from the bottom, so I tried to aluminum tape it down for now.
Installed!
Day 209 - 3/4/13 Sway bar bushings
The front sway bar end links and center bushings have seen better days, so we replaced them with energy suspension polyurethane bushings to tighten up the front end.
Before
Installed!
Day 208 - 2/6/13 Wheel fitment
Rear quarters needed some more working, and my trusty hammer fixed that right up!
The pinch seam on this side is quite weak already, so having them rust from cracked paint is not a concern. The key was just not pushing the angle of the lip too far.
Drilled new screw holes further out to prepare for the cut to the molding. Trimming down these moldings is a cleaner method rather then trying to roll them as well.
New 215/65/15 Cooper Cobras and Ansen center caps from Summit installed up front.
All done with fitment (for now...)
Day 207 - 2/4/13 Testing...1 2 3
I managed to borrow a tire with the sizing I'm looking for to get it mocked up in the front. On the front 7" wide Rallies there was a 235/60, but it's a little wide with the slots and being lowered. Decided on a 215/65 for the 7" slots up front, should give plenty of clearance.
Also, we resealed the body seam on the cowl, seemed to be the thing to do before the molding goes back on.
Installed! Just need to order front center caps and Cooper Cobras to match the rears and I'll be dialed.
Day 206 - 2/2/13 New wheels!
I've been wanting to get a different set of wheels, preferably 15s, and with a more aggressive backspace. Well, I found some while visiting a friend and he gave me a good deal on them.
Working at a tire store has it's perks, got the rears swapped over on lunch break. Went from a 255/60 on 8' wide Rally to 8.5" slots.
Day 205 - 1/18/13 Wheel opening moldings
The Christmas season has come and gone, but it's time to install the new wheel opening moldings my grandparents got me! The quality and the fit of them out of the box is amazing.
Various projects going on in the garage, quite typical.
Installed! Well, at least the front ones. The rears need to be cut down to fit on the rolled quarter panels...until next time.
Day 204 - 12/28/12 Random shoot
Had to run some errands today and decided to do a mini shoot of the car in the back of the local strip mall, super classy.
Ran into this what appeared to be daily driven early '70s Camaro as well.
Neighbors down the street, they deck their house out every year like this.
Day 202 - 12/3/12 Headlight adjust
Since it's going to be awhile before we get the interior back in, rain and such would come in if we left the kick panel openings open.
So we made these mock panel covers to keep the weather out until we can get the interior back in.
Headlights needed adjusting up because she's lowered.
Super complex method, even your local dealership does it.
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