Minor Makeover

[Fullthrottleguy]

Lots of work - looks like it's paying off nicely!

 

[FOG]

Back from my road trip and getting back at it. What a mess but almost done with the stripping. 

 

[SandTrap]

FOG you are professional stripper?

 

[FOG]

FOG you are professional stripper?

My professional stripper career was doomed before it started.  
But I did get all of the paint removed from the panels. 

 

[FOG]

Slowly but surely making some progress. All 8 shocks were rebuilt by King and back on the car. Howe rebuilt the power steering rack and I got that installed. 
 

 

[FOG]

I’ve been working on few things this week. Mainly fixing little things that I didn’t like. A trans vent tube that was way too short and wiring that could result in some chafing if not addressed. The OEM ECU mounted in the wing trunk moved around so I added another strap to secure it. That kind of time consuming stuff.

 

[ROBERT L]

The big stuff makes for great progress pictures. The small details are time consuming and a lot of people won’t even notice them. Looking forward to seeing the finished car.

 

[SandTrap]

Lets see the New wheels for it Ken

 

[FOG]

Lets see the New wheels for it Ken

Here ya go.
But I have another problem……. now I have to polish the old fronts.

 

[SandTrap]

Yeah I don't miss Polishing Buggy wheels at all..

 

[Sand phene]

Here ya go.
But I have another problem……. now I have to polish the old fronts.

Little sisters truck wash off of I10 in thousand palms does really good polishing.

 

[FOG]

Little sisters truck wash off of I10 in thousand palms does really good polishing.

Thanks.

 

[FOG]

I decided to replace all my fuel lines. Some were starting to crack and they were probably 20 years old like the car. After some research and discussion I went with AN compression fittings as I did on my last sand rail but instead of stainless steel braiding I chose nylon.
Alex @Fullthrottleguy was very helpful and is a site sponsor with the XRP fittings and hose I wanted.
When I removed the fuel return line from the top of the tank I noticed that the threads were stripped on the welded in AN fitting. It’s always something right? Anyway I got a new NPT fitting from Race Ready along with the other stuff.
My plan was to try and keep as much of the aluminum bits from getting into the tank as possible when I cut the top of the fitting off and tapped the hole. Fortunately under the return fitting was the tank outlet fitting at the bottom. So I got a piece of wire and pushed it up from the bottom and through the top fitting. Greased it up and pulled it back through the fitting just below where I planned to cut it off. Cut the top part of the fitting off and then pushed the wire back up the hole and cleaned it off.
I did the same thing when I drilled and tapped the hole. I also used a lot of grease on the tap, removing, cleaning and re-greasing it several times during the process.

 

[rivermobster]

Very nice!

 

[SandTrap]

Nice