"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
03/14/2018 at 15:05 • Filed to: trans amess, trans am, wrencheveryday, wrench every day
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"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
03/14/2018 at 15:05 • Filed to: trans amess, trans am, wrencheveryday, wrench every day | 8
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It IS day 11, right? I skipped a couple days so I’m all discombobulated.
Anyways, I put the other door on last night.
It fits worse than the passenger side door, probably due to this FUBAR hinge:
I have more hinges in various states of non-FUBAR-ness, but to get it moved I’m just putting the stock stuff back on.
Some may be asking HOW I am wrangling these huge heavy doors by myself late at night and lets just say I get by with a little help from my friends Stool and Jack(stand)
Close fit with the toolbox there. Surprisingly both doors are able to open 90% of the way in my narrow garage
They’re actually not that hard to install. Just line them up close, shove one of the tapered METRIC bolts in, and start twisting. Repeat many more times but do not tighten.
A peek inside the door jamb reveals the FACTORY SILVER color of my car
Close door to where it SHOULD hang, and tighten the bolts. Once the latches are installed I’m sure more fine tuning will be needed, and then a little MORE when the fenders are on.
More Tesla-esque panel gaps, but then again the door is not closed or latched
But yay, attached doors!
shop-teacher
> Takuro Spirit
03/14/2018 at 16:33 |
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Starting to vaguely look like a car again!
Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy
> Takuro Spirit
03/14/2018 at 17:07 |
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Oh man, I got excited for a second thinking it was an original Firethorn Red car. My dad had a ‘76 numbers matching 455 4 speed in Firethorn Red. Sadly, the guy my dad had hired to refresh the paint ended up selling it to a junkyard as scrap for drug money. It was the first car I really learned to wrench on too, so that color will always stand out in my mind. Good luck with the build man!
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Takuro Spirit
> Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy
03/14/2018 at 18:38 |
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Thanks! Nah I don’t know what color it was repainted in. Factory is Sterling Silver, and I don’t know if it had a hood bird or not.
BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
> Takuro Spirit
03/15/2018 at 06:01 |
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Nice!
I know what you mean with keeping track of days on a project as they roll on. I wanted to keep track of the GS500 build to see if I could do it in a week of 8-hour days. Think I managed to do it in 11, but definitely lost track around the 5-7 mark...
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Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy
> Takuro Spirit
03/15/2018 at 11:55 |
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Are you doing a full on restoration? Or are you going the resto-mod route?
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Takuro Spirit
> Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy
03/15/2018 at 12:04 |
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Depends on money and time. Plans are to fix the rust, find a drivetrain to bolt in, drive and enjoy it and work on upgrading suspension, interior, etc as I go. Unless I land in a pile of money then I’ll be doing everything at once.
But leaning more toward the resto-mod side of things.