nice, good to see some pics of your prject finally. Congrats on having a bunch of free time to yourself. I'm sure a wife and kids take up a ton of your time when they are around.
Where is the car from? Looks to clean to be a Michigan car.
What’s the history on the car, have you had it long?
BTW the progress looks good so far, and that’s the way to do it you don’t want to spend the money on a rotisserie. What are steeda jacking rails?
Scott
you've made some really good progress, it's good to see you taking it down to a shell and doing things the backyard mechanic waykeep us posted!
How hard is it to move the shell around with nothing in it??
Wow, the car will turn out great when you're done. I love to see stuff done in people's driveway. I wish I could do more work in mine....the homeowner's association won't even let us park pick up trucks in the driveway over night?
wow that sucks , a few days ago i was grinding away on the engine bay welds and the neighbor across the street from me came over to complain.i told him that in the middle of the day i can work on my car and he tells me that there is an ordinance in my city against turning your garage into a shop.he obviously is wrong but if he wanted to push the issue he could get the city on me for the roller in my driveway that i'm using as my parts car.he normally is pretty cool but is a ford retiree and likes his quiet afternoons.
wow, your neighbor is a *******, haha
i read that the previous owner made the car a drag car without frame connectors?? is the frame tweaked at all? how are the torque boxes? i see that the car is very clean and i mean no disrespect, just concerned that everything is okay before you put a lot of time and effort into the car
actually believe it or not this was an ohio car i checked out to other t-top cars here in michigan and they were all rust buckets.i searched in the ohio craiglist and found this car.the kid that owned it was asking 900 ,i had him take alot of detailed pics and when i was satified with the pics i told him that i wasn't going to talk him down in price and that i would add an extra hundred to bring it up to me .yes i don't have room for a rotisserie but this was definately hard to do. the jacking rails are rectangular steel tubes that are welded along the edge between the front and rear tires.they do stiffen the car alittle and should help with the subframe connectors i will post a pic tomorrow.
There is nothing better than doing your own resto! I plan on doing the smooth engine bay on my 84 this fall. I found a 93lx 4-banger car in a junk yard with an excellent body and most of the interior there and I am gonna scalp it since they won`t sell it! It is in better shape than 95% of the fox cars I see out on the streets! Great progress,bro!
the car is a 1987 lx with t-tops my plan is to convert it to a 1993 cobra clone on the outside . i have all original cobra pieces including fenders which took me over a year to collect.the interior will be black and i have collected everything except for the carpet which will be new.i have the newer shaker 500 radio and just picked up the new cobra charcoal black fronts seats which are brand new and never been in a car.i am on the lookout for 99 -04 coupe rear seats to complete the interior.the motor is basically stock with a oem cobra upper and lower which is mildly ported .
I have some leather rear seats out of a 2003. I used the fronts but choose not to have a backseat. I may be willing to part with them, if your interested. I began to tear them apart to use them in mine, but I believe they are all there, I will have to check them out. Shoot me an email or something, let me know. What are you going to do with the roll cage, I have been thinking about one for mine. Can you weld in frame rails without the car supported on the tires? I thought it would leave the car twisted or out of shape???? Looks like a good project, hope I get to see it at Woodward,HAHA, I'm right next door
cool i will shoot you an e-mail definately interested in the seats as far as the framerails you have to have all fours on the ground . my neighbors son came by yesterday and looked at what i was doing, he has a garage and i plan on taking it over there when i get all four wheels on the car.he has the ramp style lift which are the best and will distribute the weight evenly.
You will be tickled that you done it when it`s all said and done! You can pop the hood and show off some bling bling! I am in the process of building another engine for mine and that`s when I plan on doing it.
sweet, thats gonna be sick man!
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