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GasTT
Posts : 2675 Join date : 2009-01-19 Age : 36 Location : Treasure Coast, FL
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Sat Jun 01, 2013 11:53 pm | |
| The lines look nice. Although I would've sprung for a black ziptie. | |
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1984twodoor
Posts : 4068 Join date : 2010-03-30 Age : 30 Location : Wilmington/Wakefield/Andover
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Sun Jun 02, 2013 12:05 am | |
| - GasTT wrote:
- The lines look nice. Although I would've sprung for a black ziptie.
Yeah I know Those are temporary... | |
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toomanytoyz Club President
Posts : 6876 Join date : 2009-01-20 Age : 47 Location : East Hampstead, NH USA
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Sun Jun 02, 2013 12:09 am | |
| Nice work! Not bad for a lazy day. And that's where I got the lines for the SS rear on the Marshmallow, too! I just couldn't remember the name! Doh. | |
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1984twodoor
Posts : 4068 Join date : 2010-03-30 Age : 30 Location : Wilmington/Wakefield/Andover
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Sun Jun 02, 2013 1:01 am | |
| - toomanytoyz wrote:
- Nice work! Not bad for a lazy day.
And that's where I got the lines for the SS rear on the Marshmallow, too! I just couldn't remember the name! Doh. You mentioned that they were cheap so I went digging. IIRC I found a link over on the big board. Totally a good deal! | |
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toomanytoyz Club President
Posts : 6876 Join date : 2009-01-20 Age : 47 Location : East Hampstead, NH USA
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1984twodoor
Posts : 4068 Join date : 2010-03-30 Age : 30 Location : Wilmington/Wakefield/Andover
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Sun Jun 09, 2013 4:45 pm | |
| Ok so I have a burn on my forearm and it really sucks to type anything so this will be mostly pictures. But it's still a big update. More important than big. First, buttoned up the rear end so all I need to do is slap on good rotors, pads and calipers when the body comes on it. (Maybe an E-brake ) Thanks Steve! Then I had my buddy help me bring the rear to the frame. I need friends with 2WD trucks though...seriously this thing aint easy to lift in and out of lifted dodges and ZR2 Sonomas! Then of course I had to get the frame out of it's hole and into the open to roll the rear behind it. I had to get creative, especially because my buddy left before I had to do this. Probably should have thought that out but he had his own crap to work on. You have no idea how much of a bitch it is to move a frame with the ass dropped on a creeper and the front wheels not linked together at all... This view could bring a tear to my eyes... Artsy loser angle pic for good measure and to make myself look cooler than I actually am... | |
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MASShole9C1
Posts : 4294 Join date : 2009-12-16
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Sun Jun 09, 2013 5:23 pm | |
| HUGE progress IMO.
What's next now? Well, aside from brakes and all. | |
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sdstick
Posts : 4292 Join date : 2009-03-20 Location : Revere, MA
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Sun Jun 09, 2013 7:44 pm | |
| How come I dont see anti-sieze oozing out of those bolted connections? Looks good....way to cover up my brake brackets were off... ...oops.. | |
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Matt Trakker
Posts : 5093 Join date : 2009-07-30 Age : 42 Location : Reading, MA
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Sun Jun 09, 2013 10:56 pm | |
| D00d, new pahts kehd! Looks sehk!!! Matt, if you feel that rear end was heavy, may I personally recommend lifting a 14 bolt SF rear end with full drums and hardware out of the back of a 3/4 ton 4x4 Silverado! Looks like some partying goes on in that garage space there, PBR and graffiti and everything. | |
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1984twodoor
Posts : 4068 Join date : 2010-03-30 Age : 30 Location : Wilmington/Wakefield/Andover
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Mon Jun 10, 2013 12:17 am | |
| - MASShole9C1 wrote:
- HUGE progress IMO.
What's next now? Well, aside from brakes and all. Proforged kit is shipping. Picking up some new bolts from a small supplier a few towns over. Sending some stuff to a badasser who can blast it for me, run lines, take care of underbody work back home, order the "missing" mounts for the ES body mount kit, then a big body swapping day... - sdstick wrote:
- How come I dont see anti-sieze oozing out of those bolted connections?
Looks good....way to cover up my brake brackets were off... ...oops.. They will be antisiezed, I just ran out of time and slapped it together. And hey, I wasn't gonna be the guy! The "mod" is easy though. - Matt Trakker wrote:
- D00d, new pahts kehd! Looks sehk!!!
Matt, if you feel that rear end was heavy, may I personally recommend lifting a 14 bolt SF rear end with full drums and hardware out of the back of a 3/4 ton 4x4 Silverado!
Looks like some partying goes on in that garage space there, PBR and graffiti and everything.
I tried really hard to keep my bilstiens really clean lol! And yeah, the other dudes really just party and fix their broken drivers. The projects they have never seem to get worked on...wonder why SMH | |
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V8Killer
Posts : 1691 Join date : 2009-03-12 Age : 52 Location : Southern, NH
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Mon Jun 10, 2013 3:21 pm | |
| Looks awesome Matt! Ah the SEM | |
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1984twodoor
Posts : 4068 Join date : 2010-03-30 Age : 30 Location : Wilmington/Wakefield/Andover
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Mon Jun 10, 2013 10:55 pm | |
| - V8Killer wrote:
Looks awesome Matt! Ah the SEM SEM Thanks Al! The next few weeks I'm gonna hustle on this pig. | |
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GasTT
Posts : 2675 Join date : 2009-01-19 Age : 36 Location : Treasure Coast, FL
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Tue Jun 11, 2013 10:42 am | |
| looking real nice | |
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1984twodoor
Posts : 4068 Join date : 2010-03-30 Age : 30 Location : Wilmington/Wakefield/Andover
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Mon Jul 22, 2013 12:18 am | |
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MASShole9C1
Posts : 4294 Join date : 2009-12-16
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Mon Jul 22, 2013 12:26 am | |
| Wow! Tons of progress. Definitely keeping the steam going on this project. That's admirable! Not gonna lie, I laughed out loud at a bunch of stuff you stuck in there cleverly. Even the FB storage comment | |
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Matt Trakker
Posts : 5093 Join date : 2009-07-30 Age : 42 Location : Reading, MA
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Mon Jul 22, 2013 1:49 am | |
| Matt, you just reminded me I need a new tent garage to put my Impala in. lol It's almost a car again... | |
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1984twodoor
Posts : 4068 Join date : 2010-03-30 Age : 30 Location : Wilmington/Wakefield/Andover
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Mon Jul 22, 2013 3:35 pm | |
| Finished the rear hard line and ran the fuel lines. Update with pics to come later tonight/tomorrow | |
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silverfox103
Posts : 1540 Join date : 2009-01-25 Age : 29 Location : Littleton, NH & St. Simons Island, GA
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Mon Jul 22, 2013 3:40 pm | |
| Matt, you have accomplished alot! You must be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel!
Nice Job
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1984twodoor
Posts : 4068 Join date : 2010-03-30 Age : 30 Location : Wilmington/Wakefield/Andover
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Wed Jul 24, 2013 1:43 am | |
| Thanks for all of the kind words guys! Got some more done the past few days, nothing crazy however. Biggest thing was the brake line to the rear end...don't make fun of my unions! I know about the rolls of tubing, I used them for the fuel lines. At the time I thought I'd just bend three straight lengths and call it a day...I hate bending lines. Found that out recently. Who knew. However, I don't really mind flaring them, and although none have been fully tested with holding fluid/pressure. I think they're all more than good. I practiced a bit on the scraps. It may look hackish, ugly etc. However I didn't use a SINGLE compression fitting which is what a parts monkey said to do and guys that rent spaces at this garage suggested... I'm above that. I'm not going to use them on MY car let alone a customer. That being said, if anyone on here uses them and says "Eh it's fine whatever!" SMH! You're better than that! Got the inline tube issue sorted out. It doesn't lay in perfectly like the original which is what I wanted, but in all honesty, look at the "union built" line above, should I really care about how a line that wont move when bolted in UNDER the engine looks. Especially when it still works just as good as it should and is stainless after all? Whatever, it's a little tight in it's spot but it DOES work. And I don't have to bend anything else... Fuel lines are all laid out and run. Now before you say anything about the rubber etc etc go ahead and try to snake that line through the frame and get it to clip in and run as a single piece with bends and running through a sealed up frame blind THEN get back to me. IF I was going with an elec. pump and higher fuel pressures, then it'd have to be solid, and honestly I wouldn't have run them in the frame at all. And I think that'd be ugly... Go carbs! I also FINALLY fixed the rear sway bar. I am really SHOCKED no one has called me out on that at all! LOL especially with how many times it has been featured in the thread! That's that for now. More to come of course! On a side note, I did some work for friends/family today on their cars. Couple oil changes and dealing with few elec. issues on my girlfriends car. This is all going towards a foreign parts rant. The turn signals haven't been working in the car for a month or so and I finally got together with her when I was in Mr. Fix it mode instead of relax mode. I ripped apart the dash to find the flasher and there is the good old 552 round flasher relay. It was a cheapie no name replacement that I knew was done at least 6 years ago when my sister owned the car. I figured that couldn't be it, but just for laughs... I dig through the shed and find a box of parts from the 84. I took out this old dusty flasher FROM THE DAMN 84 that was obviously original and whaddaya know! Know she has working turn signals, it clicks louder than ever, and they are the perfect speed. I told her this and she shrugged and said "they work though right?" Foreign parts SUCK! /rant and jacking my own thread. | |
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MASShole9C1
Posts : 4294 Join date : 2009-12-16
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Wed Jul 24, 2013 7:32 am | |
| The lines all look fine to me. If I was closer, I'd come over and flare/install them for ya. Lines are one of my good points As far as compression fittings go, they're ok in NH, but I THINK illegal or something in MA cuz they are prone to leaks and failure under pressure. At least, that's what I was told 10 years ago when I bought my '87 Caprice that came from NH. Had to redo ever fuel and brake line due to heavy rust. I also used rubber hose for fuel. Goodyear I think. Made for fuel use. Again, 10 years ago, no budget, no place to work, trying to pass inspection | |
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1984twodoor
Posts : 4068 Join date : 2010-03-30 Age : 30 Location : Wilmington/Wakefield/Andover
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Wed Jul 24, 2013 10:15 am | |
| - MASShole9C1 wrote:
- The lines all look fine to me. If I was closer, I'd come over and flare/install them for ya. Lines are one of my good points
As far as compression fittings go, they're ok in NH, but I THINK illegal or something in MA cuz they are prone to leaks and failure under pressure. At least, that's what I was told 10 years ago when I bought my '87 Caprice that came from NH. Had to redo ever fuel and brake line due to heavy rust. I also used rubber hose for fuel. Goodyear I think. Made for fuel use. Again, 10 years ago, no budget, no place to work, trying to pass inspection They also don't hold up to pressure. Rated for 500-600psi max in most cases. Veh. brake systems are running 800psi normally to 2000psi in a panic stop. That's why they're illegal in MA. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but it's still not allowed in MA. Why they stock them at autoparts stores directly above the brake lines is beyond me... | |
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MalibuSSwagon
Posts : 595 Join date : 2013-06-17 Age : 39 Location : Weare, NH
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Wed Jul 24, 2013 8:56 pm | |
| - MASShole9C1 wrote:
- The lines all look fine to me. If I was closer, I'd come over and flare/install them for ya. Lines are one of my good points
As far as compression fittings go, they're ok in NH, but I THINK illegal or something in MA cuz they are prone to leaks and failure under pressure. At least, that's what I was told 10 years ago when I bought my '87 Caprice that came from NH. Had to redo ever fuel and brake line due to heavy rust. I also used rubber hose for fuel. Goodyear I think. Made for fuel use. Again, 10 years ago, no budget, no place to work, trying to pass inspection Oh man, the guy I bought my Malibu wagon from had replaced the main fuel line with rubber all the way down the frame rail, just clamping it to the good ends of the line. Passe inspection tho....lol | |
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MASShole9C1
Posts : 4294 Join date : 2009-12-16
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Wed Jul 24, 2013 9:20 pm | |
| Gotta love the rust belt gems. Nonetheless the next year it failed for rot. The bottoms of the doors were gone, under the cladding was rotted, and the rear frame was questionable along with the floor pan. Good first car for $150. My '85 was fee and just needed paint/body, suspension, wheel cylinders (wouldn't bleed) and an engine swap (262ci). Was a cool car. Sold it for $200 when I bought my '87 Aerocoupe. I wish I kept it. It was a base classic with cloth, full bench, manual everything, and no tilt. | |
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1984twodoor
Posts : 4068 Join date : 2010-03-30 Age : 30 Location : Wilmington/Wakefield/Andover
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:05 pm | |
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MASShole9C1
Posts : 4294 Join date : 2009-12-16
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:19 pm | |
| Nice! Good call on the bed liner. The 9c1 has that texture in the rear wheel wells. Not sure if undercoating or rubber.....
What'd it cost to have that stuff blasted? | |
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boojum
Posts : 2182 Join date : 2009-01-21 Age : 36 Location : NH
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Wed Jul 31, 2013 11:31 pm | |
| Did you SEM another plastic table? | |
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toomanytoyz Club President
Posts : 6876 Join date : 2009-01-20 Age : 47 Location : East Hampstead, NH USA
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Thu Aug 01, 2013 11:11 am | |
| Dude... That is looking effing awesome! I don't know how I missed the last couple updates. Totally bitchin, dude! | |
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Pooge
Posts : 1700 Join date : 2009-03-24
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Thu Aug 01, 2013 1:09 pm | |
| - toomanytoyz wrote:
- Dude... That is looking effing awesome! I don't know how I missed the last couple updates. Totally bitchin, dude!
Same here, not sure how I missed the last few updates, but you are making some great progress! BTW: I love the parts hanging from the tree | |
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sdstick
Posts : 4292 Join date : 2009-03-20 Location : Revere, MA
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Thu Aug 01, 2013 1:33 pm | |
| - Pooge wrote:
- ....BTW: I love the parts hanging from the tree
I'm sure his neighbors agree.... ... | |
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1984twodoor
Posts : 4068 Join date : 2010-03-30 Age : 30 Location : Wilmington/Wakefield/Andover
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Thu Aug 01, 2013 2:15 pm | |
| - MASShole9C1 wrote:
- Nice! Good call on the bed liner. The 9c1 has that texture in the rear wheel wells. Not sure if undercoating or rubber.....
What'd it cost to have that stuff blasted? That stuff dried hard as a rock! Any spot where there is a drip they are squishy but that's to be expected. It actually turned out to be a great undercoating. Still not what I would slam bricks and tools and rocks on in a truck bed. 100 bucks to have it blasted. It would have taken me a full weekend to wire wheel them that clean and I would have lost over 100 in side work by doing it so...yeah. Easy choice to me. - boojum wrote:
- Did you SEM another plastic table?
No lol. Same one. - toomanytoyz wrote:
- Dude... That is looking effing awesome! I don't know how I missed the last couple updates. Totally bitchin, dude!
- Pooge wrote:
- toomanytoyz wrote:
- Dude... That is looking effing awesome! I don't know how I missed the last couple updates. Totally bitchin, dude!
Same here, not sure how I missed the last few updates, but you are making some great progress!
BTW: I love the parts hanging from the tree Thanks guys! It's so damn close I can taste it! - sdstick wrote:
- Pooge wrote:
- ....BTW: I love the parts hanging from the tree
I'm sure his neighbors agree.... ... LOL listen, they all shut up when I knock down the three foot snowbanks at the end of their driveways in the winter for free without them asking. | |
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sdstick
Posts : 4292 Join date : 2009-03-20 Location : Revere, MA
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Thu Aug 01, 2013 2:34 pm | |
| .. ...well played | |
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1984twodoor
Posts : 4068 Join date : 2010-03-30 Age : 30 Location : Wilmington/Wakefield/Andover
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1984twodoor
Posts : 4068 Join date : 2010-03-30 Age : 30 Location : Wilmington/Wakefield/Andover
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Thu Aug 08, 2013 8:58 pm | |
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1984twodoor
Posts : 4068 Join date : 2010-03-30 Age : 30 Location : Wilmington/Wakefield/Andover
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Mon Aug 12, 2013 2:36 pm | |
| So as many of you know the body came off the old frame FINALLY after sitting unbolted and ready for over a year. I just wasn't ready to have it on the timbers I guess. Anyway, I took plenty of pictures throughout the long day. I can't stress enough how much of a help Steve was. Having done it before he knew exactly what to do...or maybe he just talked like he did This was easily done with four jack stands, two floor jacks, and a whole mess of wood blocks of various sizes. Who needs a lift! That's when the tent came back, first time in two years! Then I started to jack the front up, but it got me little to no progress as I was alone for most of it. When steve came we actually started to get some work done! Surprisingly clean in here! lots of jacking, blocking, jacking and blocking. Then we were able to get to the point I wanted to. Body supported and moving on to the back, the best possible method was to just ease the frame on down. Worked out very well. If I had to do this again I would still use this method, it was flawless. We moved to the rear with the same method Only time I'll lay frame! Eventually the timbers were slid in and ceremoniously raised to hold the big body up. I was as happy as I could possibly be. Happy that I have such a solid body so I can hold up the body by the rockers. And I don't need new ones! Then of course I had to get the frame out, and not wanting to risk any more height for too long, I decided to drop the rear end down by pulling the springs and shocks. Then of course, the crime was committed. Don't hate, the frame really wasn't half as good as the car itself. Plus the HUGE flaw with the whole front end being squashed! I'd like you all to meet my new trailer project... And if anyone is looking I have a MINT custom front subframe for a project... Get it while it's hot! And so it was free. It didn't want to go back into it's home either...fought me the whole way! But she's in, ready to get some under body pampering watch for that coming up soon! | |
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MASShole9C1
Posts : 4294 Join date : 2009-12-16
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Mon Aug 12, 2013 4:09 pm | |
| Nice! Lots of jacking....ahem..
Anyway, great work! I was thinking you should remove the trim so it doesn't accidentally get squashed. JMO
This is one reason why I'm looking for a house with a 2 car garage. Not exactly easy.
The body on one side, and the frame on the other. That way, no one is tempted to steal what's outside, for scrap money. Very common problem here.
My garage = fortress.
Lets got some underbody shots!! | |
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1984twodoor
Posts : 4068 Join date : 2010-03-30 Age : 30 Location : Wilmington/Wakefield/Andover
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Mon Aug 12, 2013 10:32 pm | |
| - MASShole9C1 wrote:
- Nice! Lots of jacking....ahem..
Anyway, great work! I was thinking you should remove the trim so it doesn't accidentally get squashed. JMO
This is one reason why I'm looking for a house with a 2 car garage. Not exactly easy.
The body on one side, and the frame on the other. That way, no one is tempted to steal what's outside, for scrap money. Very common problem here.
My garage = fortress.
Lets got some underbody shots!! A sturdy barn would have been perfect, just suspend the body from the rafters and lower it onto stilts. A two car would suffice however. The trim is so far out of the way it would be impossible to squash it, unless the body slid off the jacks and hit the ground with force, and at that point, trim is the least of my concerns! Underbody pics will have to wait. Tomorrow morning I'm heading out for a three day stint of staying in NH to work, hopefully it'll only last two because I'd rather be home working on this and getting more applications out so I can kill the whole having three jobs thing. Not to mention working on this damn car! It will give me time to order up my White SEM for the floor! | |
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V8Killer
Posts : 1691 Join date : 2009-03-12 Age : 52 Location : Southern, NH
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Tue Aug 13, 2013 9:27 am | |
| Looking good! Not many people would tackle such a major PITA. So, do we have you hooked on SEM now? In a tent you should be able to reach the third stage of enlightenment..... (Great stuff, but man man it stinks!) | |
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IMPALADAKID Admin
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1984twodoor
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| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Wed Aug 14, 2013 10:53 pm | |
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1984twodoor
Posts : 4068 Join date : 2010-03-30 Age : 30 Location : Wilmington/Wakefield/Andover
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Wed Aug 21, 2013 12:26 am | |
| Ok so as requested here are some under body pics. This car is clean but not mint, still better than most of NE boxys! Regardless I'm still planning on stripping everything out and painting it with SEM, I'd just rather not lose the solid floors and all to some surface rust that I "will take care of later on". Not worth it to me! At this point I'm keeping it forever! BUT...Wire wheeling all of that crap REALLY sucks! So I've been thinking about blasting it, but have questions about equipment...refer to this thread... https://badass-of-ne.forumotion.com/t5557-i-m-wondering-about-sandblastingharbor-freight-style#71431Any feedback to that would be sweet! the ugliest part... YUCK! I'm assuming fuel vapor is the cause, oh well. I'll attempt to fix this up this weekend and if that turns out to be a bust, then I'll be running it and then installing one of those kick ass low hanging fuel cells you see in all the pretty cars in the mags! because why not! Oh and, this trailer idea...is AWESOME I wheeled down the whole cowl, as best as I could, even where there was no rust. But it came out pretty good I believe. I'm waiting to paint it however until I do some more of the floor up front, and the humidity to GTFO. This 90* crap ain't cool! So I'll probably have to buzz it all down again... A coat of SEM was added, though some of it looks like brown poop because it ran a little...oh well That's it for now, don't forget to reply to the blasting thread! OH! And I've filled a facebook album, where all of these are hosted from, and because I moved pics a year ago the first few pages lost the pictures , I made a new one. And for the cover I brought it back a bit to remind anyone looking of where this all began two years ago... Anything is possible. Long live the B-body! | |
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GasTT
Posts : 2675 Join date : 2009-01-19 Age : 36 Location : Treasure Coast, FL
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Wed Aug 21, 2013 9:38 pm | |
| Nice work Matt. I'm glad you are painting the floor white and not black like everybody else. I hate when cars have the entire undercarriage floors and all BLACK. When I finally do my Caprice I'm painting my floors RED! | |
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MASShole9C1
Posts : 4294 Join date : 2009-12-16
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Wed Aug 21, 2013 11:08 pm | |
| That's funny about the black floors thing. Kind of a waste since they'll get dirty no matter what and look like ass.
I'll be doing mine in that silver/gray undercarriage stuff POR15 has. | |
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1984twodoor
Posts : 4068 Join date : 2010-03-30 Age : 30 Location : Wilmington/Wakefield/Andover
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Thu Aug 22, 2013 12:45 am | |
| - GasTT wrote:
- Nice work Matt. I'm glad you are painting the floor white and not black like everybody else. I hate when cars have the entire undercarriage floors and all BLACK. When I finally do my Caprice I'm painting my floors RED!
Thanks Tim! The firewall and floors are supposed to be white, so that's what they will be! Look at the high price restos in muscle magazines, the floors are body color or half primer half body color not BLACK. I'm totally with you on that! | |
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1984twodoor
Posts : 4068 Join date : 2010-03-30 Age : 30 Location : Wilmington/Wakefield/Andover
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:20 pm | |
| So, I am going to say I gave up on making it to the round-up in this.... But don't for a second think I gave up on it completely! I sprung for the HF sandblaster, and will be using it exclusively this week as that is how long I rented the compressor for. And I don't want to get bent over...ah...I mean rent it a second time. My house can't run anything electric and most compressors I could afford to purchase were electric and under-spec for the blaster. I rented a 20 CFM gas unit. The blaster itself works great! I really am glad I got it, I might even keep it! Once you figure out the settings you need it is amazing. Only one problem so far...But I'll fix it by grabbing a bunch at Lowes tonight. Guess the sand was too much for it! Anyway the results are good. I think I can get the whole floor, especially the hard to wire wheel areas done this week. Finding a few small rust holes, but I'm glad I am. That way I don't have to deal with find them as BIG holes 10 years from now. Much, much more to come. | |
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toomanytoyz Club President
Posts : 6876 Join date : 2009-01-20 Age : 47 Location : East Hampstead, NH USA
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Sun Sep 22, 2013 11:26 am | |
| Nice work, but that must be making one Hell of a mess! | |
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1984twodoor
Posts : 4068 Join date : 2010-03-30 Age : 30 Location : Wilmington/Wakefield/Andover
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Sun Sep 22, 2013 10:20 pm | |
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Matt Trakker
Posts : 5093 Join date : 2009-07-30 Age : 42 Location : Reading, MA
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Sun Sep 22, 2013 10:49 pm | |
| Haha, wow, I hope you're wearing a good mask and eye protection there, you don't want to be breathing that stuff in. Also, it's gonna say what you wrote in the dust in your paint when you wash the car off, just so you know... I need to get a sandblaster now after seeing this. Was that a hole that wore through the fitting from the media Matt? | |
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1984twodoor
Posts : 4068 Join date : 2010-03-30 Age : 30 Location : Wilmington/Wakefield/Andover
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Mon Sep 23, 2013 10:37 pm | |
| - Matt Trakker wrote:
- Haha, wow, I hope you're wearing a good mask and eye protection there, you don't want to be breathing that stuff in. Also, it's gonna say what you wrote in the dust in your paint when you wash the car off, just so you know...
False! I blew most of it off and it's gone. so Plus, who cares about this crappy checked paint. The whole car needs to be done! I am wearing a good mask and goggles BTW. It still gets in the cracks however... - Matt Trakker wrote:
- I need to get a sandblaster now after seeing this. Was that a hole that wore through the fitting from the media Matt?
Yes you do! It's awesome for this particular job. I wish I saw the light sooner. Yeah, the media burns through the valve lol. I bought all of the 3/8 gas and ball valves that Lowes had the other night. Just to have spares. | |
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1984twodoor
Posts : 4068 Join date : 2010-03-30 Age : 30 Location : Wilmington/Wakefield/Andover
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Mon Oct 14, 2013 10:57 pm | |
| So, after I got the floors cleaned up perfect...well almost, I missed a few spots, but I'll get to them later , I have FINALLY started to paint. And yes, I had to scuff everything back up because some flash rust happened in a few spots. Luckily it all came off easy and I was back in business quickly. I of course used SEM, as it has been my paint of choice in the whole project, but for the floors seeing as the car is white and will be white for a long time to come, I used their white rust shield instead of the black. Lays down the same but seems to mix thinner...strange. Either way it is another great product and I'll be picking up some more of it just to get things in at least one coat all over and a second in the spots I cant get to with the frame in the way. If I have enough time and supplies I'll get EVERYTHING in two coats before the frame makes it's way under there. Without further delay, here are the pictures. In all of their low quality glory! Did I miss a few spots? Abso-freakin-lutely! But, this is hard work on your back, upside down sucking down SEM fumes after a day of working! Long story short, I'm getting there! | |
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silverfox103
Posts : 1540 Join date : 2009-01-25 Age : 29 Location : Littleton, NH & St. Simons Island, GA
| Subject: Re: The Official 1987 Two Door Body Off RE-build Thread! Mon Oct 14, 2013 11:16 pm | |
| I'm impressed! Keep up the good work.
Tom | |
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