I thought we should start a project thread, so here it goes. Purchased this car for $300.00, and we are the 3rd owners. Background, 2.8 runabout. As of today we have the motor apart and the block and heads are getting tanked. the car had sat for 18 years under cover till we bought it. Interior is in very nice shape, just needs a good cleaning and going over. the rugs are in good shape, the leather is in perfect condition, no tears or any wear marks. the body will be the most time consuming aspect of this project, and the motor the most expensive.
the block needed hot tanking because the water that was in it evaporated after 18 years of sitting and left some rust damage. nothing that wont be cleaned up.
I say the engine will be most expensive because of the parts cost. the Cam is going to a custom shop this week for a custom grind, we have a MSD setup for the spark, and going to be running a 2BBL Rochester on this build. I will be doing a complete build of the motor.
Angie and I will be doing all the body work, spraying at least 3 base and setting 6 coats of clear onto the finish with 2 being layed then a complete wet sand between every two coats. followed by a full polish finish to bring the clear to full shine. Angie made a custom red mix up today from old part cans of red that we had laying around the shop, and we are going to be giving the starsky stripes painted on with a pure white doused in white pearls to make it stand off the red.
We have been slowly buying parts that were missing from the car, and as far as we can tell we have about 95% of all missing or broken bits. the rest of what we need will be made by us or bought as we see fit or as needed. Thanks to the people on this wonderful site for their bonanza of spare parts we are happy to report that finding things has been way easier than we thought it would be when we started out on this project. CHEERS guys!!!
here are a few pics, today we tore into engine compartment. we are planning to work on the body of the car on a fairly regular basis now that the weather is turning warm!!! so we plan to have her on the road by mid July, in time for the summer cruising season.
cheers
the day we bought it
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n69/ru_ready_4_r_n_r/78pinto.jpgtodays work (ignore the white patches, that is cleaning agent residue): before
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n69/ru_ready_4_r_n_r/beforeengcomp.jpgafter:
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n69/ru_ready_4_r_n_r/afterengcomp.jpg