Thanks. I need all the help I can get.
A friend came over today to see the Pinto. He's been my best friend since we were freshmen in high school. Another car guy. He owned a Pinto wagon back in the 80's for a while. His wife made him trade in his high school 67 Mustang for it. grrr. I had a 69 in school, and another really good friend had a 64 and a 1/2. This was in during the 1976/77 school year.
Anyway, he brought over a copy of the Peterson Pinto book he had from back then. Nice book, but even though the date on it was 79, it really seemed only for the 70-72 Pintos. 1.6 and 2.0 engines only. a bit disappointing to me, was hoping it had the later models as well.
I didn't get anything done on the car today. However I did buy some sort of wood for the lid. Attic/roofing sheathing. Was $4.19 or something for a 2x4 piece 7/16th's thick. I bought two. I had really wanted 3/4 plywood, but even the 2x4 of that was over $19 each. It would have been cheaper to buy a 4x8 of the plywood than 2 of the smaller plywood ones, but I can't handle or transport anything that big.
This cheap stuff will work. It is going to be covered anyway. Maybe I won't be able to sit on the lid, but realistically, how often will I be carrying well over 300 lbs of cargo on the lid anyway? I just have to remember to save money where I can even when it goes against my grain.
I will probably just use this for the whole box, not just the lid. Again, going to have carpet on it whether I use this or aluminum. And wood is easier for me to work with since I don't have much in the way of metal working tools. I need to do the lid first. Plan I guess is to split one of the pieces in half, and cut each half to follow the inner quarter panel curve since at the front I need about 53 inches wide. The part in the rear is about 43inches wide. Then use some of the second 2x4 piece to fill in the center, and see what I have left for the rest of the box. At $4.19ish, I can buy another one if I need to. I may end up making a false front for this box as a subwoofer box anyway. I just don't want to use up all the space behind the front seats. Makes me a tad claustrophobic doing stuff like that. Seriously. I wasn't real claustrophobic before I served on the submarine, but afterwards I have noticed it getting worse as I age.
I did some thrift store shopping today as well. I sold a remote oil filter kit (would be ridiculous on a 2.3L with the filter right there) I had saved from the Lemans project. Got a whole $20 for it, but I only paid $25, so I am not upset about giving something away for once. This was the last of the Lemans stuff I had saved. Kind of a sad moment really.
Anyway, one thing I found at a Goodwill was bagged house door hinges and doorknobs. 3 hinges and a doorknob in a bag for $4.99. So now I have hinges for the lid. No, I am not going to use the doorknob.
I had bought a pair of hinges that are more like gate hinges, but I think these will be better for what I am doing. Stronger as well. I also bought a cheap used clock radio. I have been using my wife's alarm clock in the car, but she wanted it back. Go figure.
Russ