It’s all done! Well…as much as can possibly be done before we actually take it to the cage shop. I was going to take out the firewall today until I realized I would have to remove the steering column. I need to leave that in until we get it to the cage shop incase we need to turn the wheels.
On to today’s progress. The heater core & blower came out first:
Then everything from the engine bay had to go. Significant progress was already made in this department as the car came without an engine.
And poof, all the wires are gone:
Here they are:
The final result:
The only things left to strip are the body panels (doors, bumpers, hood, trunk, roof) and of course the steering column and firewall that I wasn’t able to do today. Other than that, the wheels are barely held on by struts with 1 or 2 nuts so the thing is about ready to fall apart as soon as it needs to. Dropping the axels, driveshaft, and various suspension components should take 2 hours max and then they’ll just end up in the dumpster so that makes things easy. All-in-all, there’s only about 1 full day’s work left once it gets to the cage shop.
This weekend Wes is coming over (thanks!) and we’re going to tackle the sound deadening material with dry ice and pick away at the seams to prep for seam welding. I also think a serious vacuum job is in order as the car has about 13 years worth of dirt inside of it…
Stay tuned!
