My '75 2002 Sleeper

[jakeb]

Pipe bender?

2nd

[pandaboo911]

Rotisserie?

Edit: Nvm you already have one

[Massimo]

Took a break from sandblasting today, but got some parts ready for the next small project with the help of one of my friends.





Lets see who can figure out what these will become in the near future....

Hint: While the parts pictured won't end up on the car, what they make is directly involved with the project as a whole.

Pipe bender?

[tinkwithanr]

Took a break from sandblasting today, but got some parts ready for the next small project with the help of one of my friends.





Lets see who can figure out what these will become in the near future....

Hint: While the parts pictured won't end up on the car, what they make is directly involved with the project as a whole.

[Simon S]

Labor of love there..

[Alberthype]

Bravo!!!

[tinkwithanr]

Let me start by saying that this was just something that I threw together very quick this afternoon. I was anxious to test out the Hero2, and so I took this video of some undercoating removal. Not the most glamorous topic I know, this was mainly just an exercise for me to be able to practice with. That way when the good stuff comes along I'll know what to do and how to do it.

Without further adieu:

https://vimeo.com/45860561

Sorry about the link, I can't seem to figure out how to embed a Vimeo movie directly into my post on this forum.... If anybody has any experience please shoot me a pm.

[tinkwithanr]

^depends on your post count per page ;]
i haven't got around to changing mine. says we're on the 9th page

Well duh, but all the cool kids have maximum posts/page. :rofl:

You and Gary are my fucking heroes.

I gotta disagree there, I can't be mentioned in the same paragraph as Gary and his project.

boss man, keep it up. im gona steal some ideas for my 74 2002. keep us posted.

Go for it! Just be sure to give me all the credit lol.


:jk:

The next 2002 I own will be done just like this one. Over a long time with much more detail, and patience taken on every part of the project over more then one year. I really regret rushing my last car which led to me having to sell it. Live and learn.
Keep up the good work!

Thanks for the kind words man. I'm was bummed to hear you had to sell your '02, but just think how nice your next one will be. I'm just very lucky to be able to do what I'm doing right now in my life!

[deutschman]

The next 2002 I own will be done just like this one. Over a long time with much more detail, and patience taken on every part of the project over more then one year. I really regret rushing my last car which led to me having to sell it. Live and learn.
Keep up the good work!

[e30_neverstock]

boss man, keep it up. im gona steal some ideas for my 74 2002. keep us posted.

[ck_taft325is]

You and Gary are my fucking heroes.

[Kevinxkrazy]

^depends on your post count per page ;]
i haven't got around to changing mine. says we're on the 9th page

[tinkwithanr]

Lol, I'm only just starting page 4.

Thanks! I'm trying to have much more regular updates so you'll hopefully have some catching up to do.

[BergerNJ]

I'm only on page two, I cheated and read top of eight and all of nine.....

All I know is, this is one impressive build.....I will be following this closely.

[tinkwithanr]

More progress on the underbody today. First up was removing the spring perch on the passenger side.

Hmm, I wonder what's under there:





Surprise!! More Rust!






Wheel Well after drilling out the spot welds and grinding off all of the undercoating. Now it's ready for sand blasting:






The worst of the rust was actually on the passenger compartment side this time. Either way, it'll get cutout and replaced.





And to think one of the reasons I bought this car was because it had solid shock towers. :rofl:





How it looks from the passenger compartment. Think of it as ventilation for the rear seat passengers.





Here's the underbody after getting blasted. Pleasantly surprised with how solid the metal is here, both the original metal and my patches from two years ago are holding up well.





I think there may have been a hoard of angry chickens in my car at one point in time.





And finally here's the same wheel well after being blasted. Fairly clean, just needs the one patch and some modification for my true-coilover setup.







Last but not least, I picked up a GoPro Hero2 this past week. I got it mostly for recording drives and other outdoor activities (snowboarding, hiking etc), but until then I'm also going to use it to help document the build in a different way than just the pictures. That being said I don't really want to take it in the booth while I'm sandblasting, so that will have to wait until I'm done with this stage. Hopefully here soon.




Thanks for Looking!