A 50 year old Japanesse lady: SRL311 01228

[2mAn]

I love this!

Man, I need to get my priorities together and get back on the Jensen. This gives me the little jump I need to get back into that car....

Bravo!

Yes, get back to work on that damn car! Are you not jerkin anymore?!?

[slammin.e28]

I love this!

Man, I need to get my priorities together and get back on the Jensen. This gives me the little jump I need to get back into that car....

Bravo!

[2mAn]

I remember doing that. Lots of fun. Helps if you do it when it's 20 degrees out.

Oh its a blast, I can only imagine how much more fun it is when its 20* out haha

I remember watching a video of a guy pouring some dry ice on top of all the shit on the floor and he effortlessly chipped it away.

I have always planned to use dry ice, but this was one of those situations when I went down to the garage to deal with one thing and an hour later Im halfway through hammering out the old undercoating. Its not too bad actually, mostly noisy and my knuckle isnt too happy with me and my poor aim

I will need to get dry ice for sure soon because the footwells are harder to get to, but also because I want to pull the trunk tar out of the E30 also, so I can kill two birds with one stone.

I'll get around to it eventually ;)

[MrBurgundy]

I remember watching a video of a guy pouring some dry ice on top of all the shit on the floor and he effortlessly chipped it away.

[rturbo 930]

I remember doing that. Lots of fun. Helps if you do it when it's 20 degrees out.

[2mAn]

Today was fun... I had to remove a few things from inside the car and while the pass seat was out of the way, I decided to start chipping away...literally...

Here was a "progress" shot

Chipping away by 2mAn

and this was the "Im done" shot, even though Im still not done yet.

Chipping away by 2mAn

My knuckle/ wrist started to hurt from hammering it too many times, and I had basically gotten the large section done that I wanted to. A few more sessions of chipping away at this stuff and I will be ready to cover it all in POR15. Then I can finish the driver seat, bolted completely down once and for all, followed by some floor mats and my interior is "done"

[2mAn]

Your car looks good. Its come a long way.

Will

Thanks Will. None of this would've been possible without your help

[BlackbirdM3]

Your car looks good. Its come a long way.

Will

[2mAn]

I had a great MLK day. Took the Roadster out and ran a few errands with it. First, I went to Santa Monica Lock & Key on Pico with my trunk lock. Asked the guy if they could make me a key. They certainly looked like the place that could. He spent a few minutes looking at the lock, checking some books and came back to me saying, "This will either work perfectly or will fail badly." I replied saying that this has been the story of the Roadster, and was hopeful it would be perfect. Sure enough it was, so I had him cut me a 2nd key. Now I actually have a key that locks the doors and I could reinstall the trunk lock. I never lock the Roadsters doors, but having the trunk lock functioning was well worth the $30 they charged me.

Heres what I had been dealing with (notice the offset plate that should be fixed soon too!)

Details by 2mAn

Everything ready to go
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Functional. Its the little things that matter

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Next stop was at a self-serve car wash. I really needed to vacuum the crap out of the floors as Ive been chipping away at the floors. While I was there I wiped her down and snapped a pic. Im really liking the way she is coming together now. The looks wont change much from here

Driven by 2mAn

My friend was also off work, so I took the long route to his house. Pacific Coast Highway to Topanga Canyon Rd and then to the freeway. I stopped at the Scenic View at the top of the Road.

Driven by 2mAn

I also let him drive it and he really enjoyed it, I also enjoyed the pass seat, but I prefer the driver seat!.. I really hope to get the tank squared away soon, so that the only major piece left will be to pull the motor, change the timing components and then really enjoy it until its time to drop serious money on an engine rebuild.

One last thing I finally installed! haha

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[2mAn]

Very happy with how things are shaping up!!

R888s fit! I was a little worried but there’s just enough room



They also fit on the Roadster! Lol

[kid325e]

Awesome to see the seat made it back home and into the car (even if just temporarily at the moment!).

The car is looking great! Give me some info on your workspace!

Lots of time spent in that seat on the floor, rocking back and forth, looking at my 2002.:nice:

[Poorhouse]

Loving the progress.

That seat is perfect!

[alistairolsen]

Enjoyed reading this, good work so far!

[2mAn]

Side mirror.

DING

and Door trim.

DING

and dust!...

I had always wanted to add a Talbot style mirror and I found one with almost the perfect dimensions for it to be a "bolt-in" but I ended up having to still drill a hole. Its not visible when the mirror is installed and is also not visible if one were to decide to go back to the OEM mirror.

I should be finally getting the R888s installed today too. Im very excited for this!

[IceWhite]

and Door trim.