I really didn't want a project this big....yet...

[will hung]

Originally Posted by DaddyGlenn

I am bound and determined to get this thing done by mid summer 2012!! I was feeling pretty good about getting the rust taken care of and completing the suspension upgrade, so I had to do something to remind me that I am far from reassembly time.

Out with the interior!

Took out the last piece of glass, too..the rear window. I found a little rust but nothing a wire wheel and POR-15 won't fix.

Sounds good. The important part is to keep forward momentum and you should easily reach your goal. Let me know if you need any help.

[DaddyGlenn]

It has been a bit since my last update. I took time out for the holidays and to build an game room in 1/2 of our basement. It came out nice but took a lot longer than I had planned. Other thing got in the way too so I haven't done much.

I did rehang the passenger door and prepped the part of the rear quarter panel I removed I'll get that welded bake in soon the switch to the other side.

I had a little time today so started on removing the insulation on the driver's side floor. I found three suggested methods to remove this stuff and I tried them all.

Using a pneumatic scalier worked but it was slow, loud and made lots of tiny bits. I then tried a multi tool (the one with the flat blade that cycles back and forth very quickly. That worked better but required a good bit of pressure to keep it under the insulation and the chunks it lifted were larger but still not what I had hoped. Finally, using a heat gun and a couple putty knives and I was able to scrape large sections very quickly. 45 minutes later and I had removed all the insulation on the driver's side.

[azasadny]

Good work!!

[porwolf]

I have one question: The project is a 78 SC, right. How come it has so much rust when the body is supposed to be completely galvanized. Not good enough protection against road salt???

[Flieger]

Galvanisation can get chips/scratches where water can enter and the metal corrodes beneath it. This is harder to do with hot galvanizing like SCs had, but the sacrificial zinc coating will get used up eventually even without scratches.

[porwolf]

And with a 78 you can expect that much rust? It seems then that galvanization as rust protection after all these years is pretty much irrelevant. When do galavanized bodies start to rust?

[DaddyGlenn]

A lot of the rust I found was in areas that trap dirt and water. If the car was a beach car or driven on salted roads in the winter, that old accelerate things. I know most of its history was in the Carolinas. But, this car is an RoW and I don't the country it was delivered in. May have seen some serious winters.

[DaddyGlenn]

Saved a bunch on shipping with a trip to Hershey yesterday.



Two solid front fenders, a very nice fiberglass wing and a beautifully powder coated, never used Das Sport bolt in with seat brace.

[NY91184]

Got to this thread kind of late but it looks like a fun project. sweet Hershey finds!

[DaddyGlenn]

Quick update to say that nothing is happening in the garage. Lots of back breaking labor going on in the front yard - a total landscape rebuild project.

I've adjusted my project schedule to reflect my current view of reality and I'm looking at paint in July and completion in January 2013. I'm sure that will change.

I've made a deal with the family. I'm going to do a 5-day marathon again this Memorial day weekend (Friday thru Tuesday).

I hope to finish all the welding on the body panels, strip the interior and fabricate lower seat mounts. We'll see.....

[DaddyGlenn]

Got into it a bit this weekend.

Set up the open air garage...



Removed the rest of the soundproofing on the floor, pulled the e-brake handle, etc

and started removing the seat rails. Starting with drilling out 36 spot welds on the inner driver's side...



Also got the peddles out and disassembled....



A little time in the blast cabinet...



but this will need to be replaced. It also explains the behavior of the bake pedal...



overall not too bad a weekend.

[DaddyGlenn]

Finished the driver's seat mount last weekend.



This weekend, I started to strip and paint. Got both rear quarter panels done.

3 layers of paint and primer! Ugh!



All clean!



And done!

[1-ev.com]

Nice work Glenn !!!

[GaryR]

Glenn - I hope the plastic fuel lines are out of that tunnel as many have been melted by welding there!

[DaddyGlenn]

Originally Posted by GaryR

Glenn - I hope the plastic fuel lines are out of that tunnel as many have been melted by welding there!

They were/are and new ones are sitting on the shelf.

[GaryR]

Originally Posted by DaddyGlenn

They were/are and new ones are sitting on the shelf.

Excellent! Hope you pulled a couple cables through when you pulled the old lines, will make it a LOT easier getting the new lines in. Even with the cables taped on they still hung up on me a couple times, don't know why they didn't simply run two tubes from front to rear, would make it a lot easier.

[DaddyGlenn]

Originally Posted by GaryR

Excellent! Hope you pulled a couple cables through when you pulled the old lines, will make it a LOT easier getting the new lines in. Even with the cables taped on they still hung up on me a couple times, don't know why they didn't simply run two tubes from front to rear, would make it a lot easier.

Yep, did that too. Well, just string for now. I use the string to pull something stronger through before I attempt to pull the new lines in.

[1-ev.com]

Glenn,
Are there any reason why you weld under seat support vs just use a brackets attached to original holes? I have brackets made by PO.
Txs,-Y.

Originally Posted by DaddyGlenn

Finished the driver's seat mount last weekend.

[DaddyGlenn]

Originally Posted by 1-ev.com

Glenn,
Are there any reason why you weld under seat support vs just use a brackets attached to original holes? I have brackets made by PO.
Txs,-Y.

Yes. I needed a configuration that would give me at least 2" additional headroom and allow the use of both the stock seat and a Corbeau bucket.

For the stock seat, the stock mounts stick out too far to get the seat lower. The Corbeau is too wide to go as low as I need with the stock mounts in place even with a custome bracket. I practically need the Corbeau to bolt to the floor.

Does that make sense?

[1-ev.com]

yep, perfect sense, thank you, -Y.