Day 16 - Fender removal, Rear glass and hardware

Today my good friend Tami came over and gave me a hand with the car. She removed the front passenger fender and the rear glass, regulator and hardware from both sides. We also compression tested the motor and I found 1 cylinder a little lower than the others. So we will have to look into that later.

Compression test results:

Cylinder --------Pressure
1 ------------------105
2 ------------------105
3 ------------------103
4 ------------------102
5 ------------------100
6 ------------------115
7 -------------------90
8 ------------------105

For reference a diagram of the motor is below:

Day 15 - Field Trip! (Rod and Custom)

Today was a field trip; my friend Paul and I went to the Rod and Custom Show at the Expo Center. I was mostly looking at interesting color combonations. Some notable cars:

This one was a very Interesting color combonation. Just Unique.

This a brillant shade of orange



Another good combonation.



Other Photos:

Day 14 - Front Valance and Grill Removal

Today I was able to remove the lower valance and grill. This took some work, it seemed after every time I thought I had it all disconnected there would be more hidden bolts.

Day 13 - Front Bumper Removal

Today, my good friend Mike came over and helped me remove the hood and bumper. We had to remove the 2 center bolts and then the supports that ran to the frame. Once the support bolts were removed we were able to slide the bumper forward enough to remove the other bolts.

Day 12 - Driver side door

Today I removed the driver side door. After removing the passenger door hardware I realized there is no freaking way I am going to remember how all this crap went together. so I took a few pictures of the inside of the door, before dissaembling it.

So then I went ahead removed the hardware and the door. It really is amazing how much of the body is the door.

awww.... there doors! ... how cute....

Day 11 - Passenger side door

Today I disassembled the door glass and locking mechanisms and removed the door hardware. I then removed the door from the car. In doing so, I cut my freaking thumb. That's it for the day ... Time for a soda.

Day 10 - Window Woldings

Today I went ahead and removed the front and rear windshield trim. along with the upper window trim on both sides. This took a long time because the PO poured a clear silicone over the windshield trim. This took a lot of cutting and work to remove the silicone and clips.