Alrighty.... so with my new college degree in hand (History with Mfg. Tech minor
So in the interest of time I've scrapped the major plans I had for the car and have gone back to a bare bones work with most of what I've got type of thing. From the pictures... the goal is to first work on replacing the floorpans that need fixing and the tail light panel which is pretty heinous. I'm not sure if the picture will show the damage on the driver quarter panel, but it looks like gravel. I'm still up in the air about repairing the original panel or cutting it out and trying to weld in the replacement I picked up cheap a while back... not sure i'm up for that big of job yet.
I think I'm planning on sending the doors, fenders, hood, and valences out to be blasted (local shop quoted me about $250)... I don't have enough to have the whole body blasted, so I'll tackle that by hand.
Here's the plan:
New floorpans (possible through floor subframes linking both rails... since I'm at it)
New taillight panel
Fill holes unused holes in engine bay.
Coat interior and as much exterior underbody as I can with POR-15 or similar product.
DIY lizard skin with some insulation mat brand
Reuse most interior stuff
New heat/ac unit (because stock is huge and not sure I want to get back with the vacuum switch panel, and the blower motor _new_ kept blowing fuses)
New wiring harness (painless universal trunk mount)
EFI conversion... possibly using the stock motor from my 91LX, plug and play
91 E-150 gas tank (same size as stock +-1"), set up for EFI sending unit/pump
Flush mount aviation style fuel filler on upper quarter panel (ala charger)
License plate over stock fill location... hidden cutoff batt cutoff switch behind it
T-5 or AOD conversion (have both, depends on if I can find clutch pedal/clutch setup)
I think that's about the major parts of it... the rest is just going to be putting it back together.
Here's a pic of what is was...
And here is where it is along with some shots of the floor pans
And the rust
So not alot of info... but maybe since I'm finally posting this and the panels my folks bought me just arrived it will help force me to get my butt in gear
So in the interest of time I've scrapped the major plans I had for the car and have gone back to a bare bones work with most of what I've got type of thing. From the pictures... the goal is to first work on replacing the floorpans that need fixing and the tail light panel which is pretty heinous. I'm not sure if the picture will show the damage on the driver quarter panel, but it looks like gravel. I'm still up in the air about repairing the original panel or cutting it out and trying to weld in the replacement I picked up cheap a while back... not sure i'm up for that big of job yet.
I think I'm planning on sending the doors, fenders, hood, and valences out to be blasted (local shop quoted me about $250)... I don't have enough to have the whole body blasted, so I'll tackle that by hand.
Here's the plan:
New floorpans (possible through floor subframes linking both rails... since I'm at it)
New taillight panel
Fill holes unused holes in engine bay.
Coat interior and as much exterior underbody as I can with POR-15 or similar product.
DIY lizard skin with some insulation mat brand
Reuse most interior stuff
New heat/ac unit (because stock is huge and not sure I want to get back with the vacuum switch panel, and the blower motor _new_ kept blowing fuses)
New wiring harness (painless universal trunk mount)
EFI conversion... possibly using the stock motor from my 91LX, plug and play
91 E-150 gas tank (same size as stock +-1"), set up for EFI sending unit/pump
Flush mount aviation style fuel filler on upper quarter panel (ala charger)
License plate over stock fill location... hidden cutoff batt cutoff switch behind it
T-5 or AOD conversion (have both, depends on if I can find clutch pedal/clutch setup)
I think that's about the major parts of it... the rest is just going to be putting it back together.
Here's a pic of what is was...
And here is where it is along with some shots of the floor pans
And the rust
So not alot of info... but maybe since I'm finally posting this and the panels my folks bought me just arrived it will help force me to get my butt in gear