So I've had this car for a few years now, and until recently haven't been able to do much with it. But I think I've done enough recently that I should put up a build thread. Just some catching up...
here's what it looked like when I got it back in April of 2010:
Shortly after I got it we built a little roof rack for it
I didn't do much with it but put a new fuel pump on it for a while after that, but I recently drove it out to Oregon from Alabama and have had a much easier time getting parts for it out here.
I decided to replace the front end with round-eye parts. I got a new grill, fender and hood from eagle_adam
And last week I swapped it over from an autotragic to a 4 speed... but I have no oics of the swap.
I made a run up to portland yesterday and found a wrecking yard with a brand new right fender in the original box for $50. Hell of a score.
I'll be dropping it a few inches and throwing some different wheels on it soon.
That's all for now. Later dudes.
later on:
MOAR LOAR.
Or, just enough to make it not drag it's ass when I've got a full load in there.
And the wheels I'll be throwing on there once I get some good tires put on all of them.
And after that:
Still haven't put tires on the other wheels, but I did score some 510 hubcaps today for free.
I must admit, I kind of like the look.
Soon after:
Finally got the tires mounted on the wheels and rattlecanned the front fenders to match the body a week or so ago.
Then I welded up all the trim holes, rattlecanned some rust, drove it across the country again and got a 5speed
