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Engine Swapping / 87 "coug" resto winter project
car updates. we got the bondo work the best we could and now its paint time. the car is blacked out with the first coat after primer, primer sealer, flex agent, and paint. now it needs more black paint then a generous amount of clear coat to buff and hide any last issues we find
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Engine Swapping / 87 "coug" resto winter project
Well. We got the drivers side spring on... Used a ratchet strap. A spring compressor of dad's own design and my welding job. Welds held up great on the thing we made to compress the top part of the spring.

We then used a spring compressing thing we found on YouTube (washer big enough to fit in the hole the bottom of the spring goes around. Then, welded to it, a piece of angled something that dad had in one of the many bins of mystery. Worked pretty good for retaining the bottom spring)

We then compressed the spring using control arm and a comically large ratchet strap used for 18 wheeler beds to hold stuff down...

... We destroyed that ratchet strap (see attached). But it worked.. .
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Engine Swapping / 87 "coug" resto winter project
Cat door is almost done. Seeing as before it looked like like a saw, I'd say we did good.

There's a few imperfections left to address, but that can be handled tomorrow lol
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Lounge / carpenter bees
Yep. The carb cleaner works pretty well....


If I were one of those bees I'd cut and run the second I saw all the bodies. We'll see how that work tomorrow.

I'm gonna miss shooting them out of the air with a pellet gun, to be honest. Lol
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Engine Swapping / 87 "coug" resto winter project
Progress has been long awaited, we know. But, with the coming of spring and warm weather, the tools no longer freeze to our hands as we work. So, it's back to it with some k memeber modifications.

Ideas or opinions?
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Engine Swapping / 87 "coug" resto winter project
started sanding down the Bondo on the trunk. It's gonna need some spots filled in with a second layer of Bondi  but it's coming together.


Also, the bottom of the passenger door is in rough shape  but we have a plan to fix that. So, it's all good.
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Engine Swapping / 87 "coug" resto winter project
Quote from: mcb82gt;443925
Amazing progress, just caught up on the last 11 pages.......

I thought our subframe braces could be straight tubing, without bending it???


If you were to put said braces on top of the frame, than that might work. We bent the subframe brace for the soul purpose of sliding one end of the subframe connector into the front frame for added solidity. Doing the same on the rear frame would be impossible unless you cut into the floor pans Sadly.

Either way, I'm just happy as long as the welds hold and my subframe connectors don't snap off. And, seeing as this is just a street car, I think they'll be just fine lol.
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Engine Swapping / 87 "coug" resto winter project
any water that gets past all this really deserves to be there. we've got it sealed in pretty good

also, the back "supports" for the luggage rack are removed for better trunk access. they didn't help enough to warrant keeping them imo

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Body/Appearance/Interior / folding rear seats complete
To answer the question of clearance. When folded, the seat lays relatively flat against the bottom part of the seat, allowing for an almost flat transition to where the trunk starts. Something that surprised me
 I wasn't expecting it to go that smoothly. I think it might have originally been in the body design for a folding rear seat. I know the body was used for a lot of cars, so it might have been an option on one of them.

Regardless, I won't know anything about the transition untill I get some steel to play with and make a final design with.