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'74 2002 Vermont (newbie)


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Worzella - sick ride!  Nice work!  I hope my car will look that glossy at some point. 

 

 

TobyB - love how you stated that. It sure does feel that way. I will be tapping on it a bit. This car was under-coated with oil too. So I need to scape a bunch of oily sand build-up off. Should be interesting. Maker's - haha!  Love it!  I've been hitting micro brew double IPAs latily. 

 

Z3M - we were all noobs once right? Thanks for the words  :-)

 

Mike - I should take your advice and get it going - the whole no key is slowing that down. I need to remind myself to take it slow. Tear down is so fun, though. I love how simplistic these cars are!  I'm not a welder - but I think need to be with the holes I found in the floor. :-/

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22 hours ago, 2002VT said:

Mike - I should take your advice and get it going - the whole no key is slowing that down. I need to remind myself to take it slow. Tear down is so fun, though. I love how simplistic these cars are!  I'm not a welder - but I think need to be with the holes I found in the floor. :-/

 

If it makes you feel any better, the only rust of any consequence I've ever found on my '73 was in the same spot (driver's floor where the toeboard joins the cowl).  Since the patch is in three planes, I cut the rust back to sound metal first, then made a cardboard template, and cut out a metal patch from the template, bent it to fit and mig welded it in place.  If you don't weld, by making the patch 3/4" larger than the hole in all directions, you can pop rivet it place.  Where the patch touches car's sheet metal, butter those edges with "wet patch roofing cement" (buy at Lowes/Home Depot etc), then set the rivets.  The roofing cement will seal the joint and prevent rust.  Then once the patch is all riveted in place, prime the metal and slather roofing cement over the whole underside of the patch.  Quick, easy fix, won't show so doesn't have to be perfect, and the rust is gone.

 

Happy tinkering.

 

mike

 

PS--do remove all that sound deadening from the front floor on both sides; chances are more rust is lurking under there...

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'73 Sahara sunroof-Ludwig-since '78
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Great project you've got on your hands! And for free! How can you go wrong with that?? With any luck, I'll be taking possession of a '02 on Sunday. I'll be doing a total rebuild/restoration on it as well, so I'll be keeping an eye on what you're doing, learning things along the way.

~ don't need nothin but a good time...

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2 hours ago, svgarage said:

Great project you've got on your hands! And for free! How can you go wrong with that?? With any luck, I'll be taking possession of a '02 on Sunday. I'll be doing a total rebuild/restoration on it as well, so I'll be keeping an eye on what you're doing, learning things along the way.

 

Congrats to you!  :-)

 

i am just in the teardown phase. It's the cheapest phase. Lol. Considering I pay like garbage to myself - I'll do anything for a microbrew. ;)

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1 hour ago, 2002VT said:

i am just in the teardown phase. It's the cheapest phase. Lol. Considering I pay like garbage to myself - I'll do anything for a microbrew. ;)

Funny you should say that- it was on my to do list today to start a batch of beer that I've been sitting on for a couple of months! Too bad we live on opposite coasts.

~ don't need nothin but a good time...

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Sounds good svgarage!  I brew too - but am a newbie to it. :)

 

Drained all my fuel - yummy!  The white five gallon bucket was clean. ?

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That bucket looks full of stout gasoline, or maybe a porter...

I prefer a pilsner, when it comes to gas.

 

As for the sound deadener on the floors, I think it is a good idea to remove it, once you see that there is probably rust underneath.  There are big four inch 'drain plugs' in the floor pan that have a tendency to grow rust as well.  I would twist them out and treat them/paint them, along with that portion of the pan.  I used 'body panel caulking' to bed mine, after painting them.

 

There are a lot of posts about removing sound deadener and dry ice makes the most sense to me.  It pops up in big brittle sheets, once it is frozen.  One youtube vid I saw added alcohol (not beer, but the medicinal stuff) to make a dry ice slurry.  I'll bet that works really well and smells good too.

 

I made a tool for the air chisel, which I will use again, if I ever clean off another floor.  Here is a link to the crappy vid I made.  It worked better than this suggests.  Might as well turn off the volume, it is obnoxious sounding.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwi7t-jC-L7OAhVE6mMKHZIvAC8QtwIIHDAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DQpFQOtDQbYw&usg=AFQjCNHciWiAj2RujqZS-X3aAUWezfE8DA&sig2=OH1etfurJr_LrhZrFHr4yw&bvm=bv.129422649,d.cGc

 

I sort of like the center console, but if yours is trashed, you might skip it.  The cubby is useful to me, but the open look without one is cool too, depending on your carpet situation.  

 

Definitely save the masonite insulation panels on the hump and firewall and add new tabs to the floor patches to hold them in place.  I detailed this in a few posts I made and will dig them up, if you want.  Those masonite panels do a good job of absorbing sound.  They have an inner layer of tar mat and thin open celled foam on the back.  Good stuff.

 

As for adding new tary mats, I don't think you need to do every square inch of the floor.  I was told that it only takes a small patch to stop the panel from vibrating.  I put it on the vertical portions (firewall) on both sides, but have yet to put it on the horizontal areas fwiw.  I do not feel like much sound is coming from there.

 

It is dirty work, what you are doing now, but essential.  I hope you keep posting photos of your progress, so I can live vicariously.

Tom

     DISCLAIMER 

I now disagree with some of the timing advice I have given in the past.  I misinterpreted the distributor curves in the Blue Book. 

I've switched from using ported-vacuum to manifold, with better results. 

I apologize for spreading misinformation.  

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On 8/10/2016 at 1:55 AM, 2002VT said:

 

GoGo,

 

For sure we are twins!  I dig the black center wheels on this color too - and the way you tucked the us-spec bumpers. What did you lower it with? 

 

JD

Well JD,

You're making quick progress. That pic was the day I bought the car, and the PO to my PO did most of the work.  I crawled underneath while doing the front brakes, and they are blue springs, front and rear. No stripes like the normal springs, so can't help there. As far as respray, the color charts say granite is a rare color. My color is also growing on me.

I've been busy reading this site, tons of info. Keep enjoying that car.

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Granatrot-metallic is rare?  Well now I feel super guilty if I do a color change!   

 

Actually, I think with the right wheels this color could be awesome. I am not a red (of any red) fan. So this is new to me - I feel so lost!  For real, the black center wheels look awesome!  Maybe some BBS RS with gunmetal centers would be prefect with this color. :-)

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12 hours ago, 2002VT said:

Maybe some BBS RS with gunmetal centers would be perfect with this color. :-)

 

That would be nuts!

 

Man you cleaned that thang up. Did you polish it already? Looking good, and way to flush out the rust.

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19 hours ago, '76Mintgrun'02 said:

 

 

It is dirty work, what you are doing now, but essential.  I hope you keep posting photos of your progress, so I can live vicariously.

Tom

 

Hey Tom!  Thanks for the kind words and advice!  I'll take all the advice you want to share. I'm having a great time with this!  It's been a while since I got to play in a car project! :)

 

epic beer references ;). I gotta say, I prefer my fuel the same way as you!

 

Heres a shot of my last project - but I never finished it. A guy bought it when I was nearly done (for an offer I could not resist). 

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3 hours ago, GoGo Garnet said:

That would be nuts!

 

Man you cleaned that thang up. Did you polish it already? Looking good, and way to flush out the rust.

 

I have not - but I did wash it by hand to get all the pigeon poo off it. PS - the PO told me the car has a homeless man living in it for a few weeks!  Crazy backstory, huh?  I guess they found him and had him go elsewhere. 

 

I did touch some wax to the trunk - maybe you can see the difference. (Left had some wax)

 

 

 

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That paint would really pop with a proper detailing.  I'm a big fan of Maguire's #7 Glaze, and/or Griot's correcting cream...then wax, wax, wax. 

 

Here's my '75 after many years baking in the Texas sun. 1/2 the hood polished. 

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But here's what a real professional can do with an orbital, proper polishes, and an experienced hand...

from MidAmericaFest a couple years ago (look at those reflections)

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Use the lightest polish first! Nothing aggressive at all. I like that Maguire's Glaze because it very oily and seems to emulsify old dirt off the surface. It worked wonders on my Papa's truck that had years of tree sap buildup. 

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I've found that having a clean, pretty project motivates me to keep working through the difficulties. 

 

Ed

 

 

 

 

 

'69 Granada... long, long ago  

'71 Manila..such a great car

'67 Granada 2000CS...way cool

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