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Another good day - blood sweat and tears


2002newb

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Well spring seems to have come earlier than usual so took advantage of the good weather to put a little more time into the car - much to the dismay of my wife as usual!!

Although the front subframe is not reassembled, still have to weld the engine mount supports in, repaint and then reassemble, it was time for the rear subframe to divorce itself from the car. Haven't decided whether to clean this one up and reinstall or tackle the big job of putting an e30 rear subframe in its place. Still not sure which way to go but as an LSD rear end is a must the e30 seems like the way to go but then there is sooooo much more work to get it into the car.

ANYWAYS got things lifted up and ready to drop it out when the wife called me in for lunch. Reluctantly going inside I couldn't help but think that the time taken to eat could have been better spent dropping the subframe, but fighting with the wife only causes her to look more closely at the money spent on the JUNK CARS lol

After appeasing the wife and getting back outside I gave the subframe a quick yank to check how tight it was and it surprised me with a quick drop - right onto my finger!! Wrapping the bloody thing in my shirt I went inside and got the wife to help wrap it up before going back outside to work on the car. Who can pass up days like this right, and if you don't bleed on your car atleast once it isn't yours in my opinion!!

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Here is it out!!

After hauling my daughters bike to school and watching her ride it home for the first time I got back to business tearing the interior apart. Didn't really intend to go as far as it did but the daughter wanted to help and I couldn't be stopped - not even by the wife!!!

First stage - front seats and carpet out!

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Second stage remove the rear seats. What is this stuff??? Looks like steel wool

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Do they make foam to replace the horse hair for the rear seats?

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Or is it time to look for a set of e24 seats??

Once the seats were out the next step was the centre console and then onto the cardboard surrounding the trans tunnel - anyone want an intact centre section? lol

Lastly out came the vacuum for a quick cleanup before finishing up for the day

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All in all a good day! Got some work done without getting in too much trouble with the wife, got the kids involved in the car and was pleasantly surprised at just how clean this car's interior really is.

Stay tuned for more updates....

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