Working on a car project? Post some pics!

[Racerbvd]

[rcooled]

Originally Posted by cantdrv55

Just beautiful!

Originally Posted by speeder

This car looks fantastic!

Thanks! It turned out quite nicely...

[jhynesrockmtn]

Picked up a 914 Bumblebee last summer. It has been mostly sitting for the last 15 years. Front suspension refresh and new fuel and vacuum lines, address a slight oil leak, etc. Everything is easier with the engine out.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by dewolf

Restoring a 79 928 manual. 60,000kms from new. Unfortunately, it sat in a garage in Alice Springs for 30+ years with the same coolant left in it. Owner died and wife never sold the car. Well after 30+ years, the coolant fused the heads and the block together. I had a machinist came around and have a look. He made a plate to 'pull' the heads off. One side came off after a struggle. The other side let out a mighty bang as were torquing the bolts to pull it off. That mighty bang was the block breaking. The studs had pulled great chunks off with them. You can see the head in the background with a piece of block still attached to it.

Holy carp! That's insane! Good luck with that one. I guess the good news if it's still the case, is that 928s are pretty cheap (or have they started going up?) so hopefully you can find a new block/motor.

[jhynesrockmtn]

Those bugs bring back the memories. Beautiful!

[asphaltgambler]

My ongoing Rat Rod project. 1956 Chevy loooooong bed / step side channeled over a modified 1976 Surburban frame. Original front and rear bumpers, tailgateoutside mirrors, etc. It has a narrowed truck 12 bolt - 3:73 gears, custom ( soft ) rear leaf springs with Caltrac setup. Bilstein shocks, Addco sway bar. 4- wheel power disc brakes, Thunderbird power rack, etc, etc

All new OE tinted glass, power windows, hidden sound system, '56 Belair steering wheel, tilt column, 1960 International tractor lever on a ratchet shifter.

I'm getting ready for the machine work: BBC 454, aluminum heads, etc

[Racerbvd]

Pulling the Thunderchicken out of Hibernation.

[slow&rusty]

For those of you who remember the Group B Rally Cars from the '80s.

This was an obscure model - Mazda 323 GTX, only 1200 sold in the US, probably less than 1/2 that number exist today. Quite expensive in 1988 (over $15k).

Anyway, the owner died, car was rotting in his back yard in Dallas, I bought it out of his estate and started going to town. Re-commissioning a car that has sat for 10-years outside is a lot of work.

Before:




And after:

[asphaltgambler]

Nice work my man^^^

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by slow&rusty

For those of you who remember the Group B Rally Cars from the '80s.
This was an obscure model - Mazda 323 GTX, only 1200 sold in the US, probably less than 1/2 that number exist today. Quite expensive in 1988 (over $15k).

I'm not reposting all the gorgeous pictures, but just wanted to say WOW!! Great work!

[Tobra]

Careful with the transmission in that little Mazda, you will not find another one

[Scott Douglas]

Wow!
Dry ice blasting is your friend?

[Jim2]

Wow! is that ever a nice job you did on the mazda. Couple hours invested there, for certain.

[slow&rusty]

Thanks guys, I appreciate it, it was a ton of much work, I wondered about half way through if the juice was worth the squeeze. I even had to make suspension bushings on my lathe as nothing is available aftermarket or from Mazda.

@Scott Douglass - No dry ice, all done by hand, sanding by hand with traditional sandpaper and then painting combined with powder coating.

[bugstrider]

Picked up out 68 912’s 5-speed from a fresh overhaul.



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