Esprit Rhinoplasty

"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit) 09/24/2019 at 14:33 • Filed to: esprit, parts car, rust bucket, firebird, firebird esprit

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Braved the bugs to rip into the ol’ parts car some more. Gave up though because it rained a lot lately, and there were a LOT of bugs.

If you remember where we left off, I had removed the driver’s side fender to access some nuts and wiring.

Well I need to get the passenger fender off too so I can remove the HVAC housing, and save the (hopefully rust free unlike the driver’s side ) inner wheel well for my Trans Am. Mine has a couple large holes cut into it. Stupid easy way to access the blower motor, but the Esprit’s is un-cut and from what I can see, perfect .

So I started with the remainder of the bumper cover, unplugging the lighting harness and un-bolting the bumper from the remaining fender and core support. After finding a row of plastic clips still holding on the bottom of the fascia, and the hood release’s two bolts it came right off once they were removed .

Revealing the LEAST rusty part on the whole car! So un-rusty, I only broke ONE bolt, and it was at the top of the bumper cover, nowhere near the rust-line.

I’ll get to that other fender another day, and start attacking the rest of the bits around the engine before THAT fun day gets here. For now I guess I can clean up and dismantle the front bumper cover.... it might make a nice wallhanger. I was never a fan of the ‘79-81 nose, but the look is growing on me.

My bird IS the word > Takuro Spirit 09/24/2019 at 14:49

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Btw nobody is currently reproducing the egg-crate bumper filler. Might be something to hang on to.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Takuro Spirit 09/24/2019 at 14:59

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Everyone in the midwest/north east: eh...that’s not too bad for this age vehicle

Everyone from the south/west: *unintelligible screaming*

Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! > Takuro Spirit 09/25/2019 at 12:29

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Yup mine also has a huge hole cut into the inner fender to get to the blower