'72 tii rebuild - update - 3/22/08

[ibjettin]

Well I thought I'd start posting some pics of my newest project.

Check out my other blog for more updates on my progress.

http://my73tii.blogspot.com/

Thanks!

[BLUNT]

nice, in looking at the pics of the interior i can smell that old car smell i love

[ibjettin]

Sadly I was working on her today and found something very, very bad I will post pics tomorrow...

I will also be sending an email yor way Blunt

[BLUNT]

Sadly I was working on her today and found something very, very bad I will post pics tomorrow...

I will also be sending an email yor way Blunt

i hope its fixable. it has to be if you just discovered it

its not a body in the trunk is it?

[ibjettin]

A body in the trunk would be an easy, I'd call the police and they wold take care of it for free...

I found one of the rear shock towers is rusted all the way through! I will take a pic later and post since I will need some advice on what I should do. The P/O is a very good friend of mine and knew nothing about it. And I'm finding the owner (or shop) before him did the worst job on body work... Hiding things with bondo w/o taking care of the rust first. Who bodo's rust??? It didn't surprise me when I realized that the strange textured paint in the trunk was there for a reason... to hide rust! It's a thick tar like covering that was then painted over, when I inspected it yesterday I noticed a crack and started chipping away at it only to uncover a huge gapping rust hole...

It will make more sense when I post a picture.

[ibjettin]

pictures posted. My question? Do I need to have the whole tower replaced or could I have a patch welded?

[jgerry2002]

You could patch it temporarily to at least get it safe again. Basically you'd have to cut out a whole section of the tower to get back to good metal.

I'd consider replacing it in the future if you have major body work coming up.

[ibjettin]

I have a buddy that's going to help me take care of the tower and show me how to weld. I've alsways wanted to learn and this is a perfect reason to learn.

[powelli]

Be sure to lift out the rear seat and check under the sound deadening material. Mine had similar rust issues.

Driver shock tower from trunk

Driver shock tower from cabin

The shop that I took it to cutout the rust, seam welded patches in place and covered the patch with POR-15.

[GeorgeP]

Not the greatest looking job-maybe they could have turned the welding machine up little bit to get more penetration on the welded part. Also rust can go through front portion of part reapired to front car part behind seat, hope you had that worked on too or the seat could catch fire if they did not take it out prior to welding with the old horse hair seat pad!

Hope shop will at least grind the patched part down a bit to make it less proud from teh factory type of metal.

Thats an ugly patch job, I think, not to offend. But very obvious.

Much like a patch I used to see on freight ships while working the docks in my home country when I was young. it may hold water, but maybe from wrong side.

Nice car though. Keep the work up. It looks nice and I like the engine!

[ibjettin]

These arrived earlier this week -

[oz_tom]

VERY NICE WHEELS! They will look awsome! Ive always been a lover of BBS wheels

[TMK-001]

NICE!!!! What are they? RS or RM?

I cant wait to see them on the car!

Todd

[ibjettin]

Thanks guys -

These are RM's. The best part about them is that I can add wider lips to them when I get flares

I'm hoping to get them all done by next week.. So I will post pics and update my blog for sure.

FYI - Here's a set of RS wheels for sale with tires - I think they are offering free shipping

http://www.memoryfab.com/wheels/used/detail/20060306034255/

[ibjettin]

Over the past few days I've been removing the front end for a complete rebuild with new ball joints, tie rods and bushings.

I've updated my blog with some pics.

Thanks!