Temp Hiatus

Sorry there hasn't been an update in a while.  With football season started, I've been a little preoccupied... fantasy football, gambling, etc...

I'm debating on what's next for the car.  I'm leaning toward doing the engine swap now, but to go RB25 or RB26.  I don't feel like doing the SR20 because it's just way too common now, and a v8 swap seems like too much work.

After the swap, I'll start on the suspension and brakes.  Most likely a 5 lug conversion with 300zx brakes.

The interior and exterior will be done as I find parts available.

Back together

Time to put things back together.  Reinstalled the hatch, bumper, side markers, seat belts, door sills, etc...

Now the rear interior is complete.  For the front half, I still need to find carpet, head liner, some random interior pieces, and paint everything one color.  I also need to get rid of that awful fur on the doors and glove box.

Hatch Match

With the back side of the interior finished, I needed the inside of the hatch to match.

Then I finished reinstalling the wiring harness and tail lights.  I do need to try to reroute them better or clean it up somehow...

Battleship Gray

Spent yesterday and today painting the interior.  Smoke gray (best thing I could find to match battleship gray) and clear coat.

Fiberglass Fun

I was excited today because I woke up at 9:30am.  I will have so much time to work on my car.... or so I thought.  Before I could start working on my car, my dad needed my help buying some lumber.  This was a lot of wood I needed to move.

After that was done, finally time to work on my car.  I've messed with fiberglass before in aviation maintenance school, but this was the first time using it on a car.  And I don't have too much experience working with bondo either.

Remember this rust hole?

Here's the repair process.

And here's the other rust hole and repair.

I was able to prime most of the interior; ran out of primer (and daylight) before I could finish.  I still need to prime the spare tire area, then should be complete.  The primer is still a little wet in the pictures.  I'll post more pictures when it's all nice and dry.

Bath Time

I got a lot accomplished today.  Started to sand the entire interior with an electric sander to prep for paint.  Then hand sanded the areas that the electric couldn't reach.  This took forever.

The removed the rear hatch, the rear bumper, cleaned off the left over sealant from the tail lights and weather stripping , and prepped the car for a power wash.

Gave the car a nice interior bath.

Nice and clean interior.  As soon as it dries, it's ready for priming.

While that's drying, time to mask off the windows and panels I don't want paint on.

And so the priming begins.  The color is Rustoleum Dark Gray primer 2089.  Looked like black when I was painting, but it started to turn gray as it dried.

So... one can is definitely not enough... lol.  But it's starting to look a little better after the primer dried.

Ok, I think it's time to invest in a respirator.  Rattle can fumes are quite toxic.  Those cheap dusk masks aren't doing anything for the fumes.  Hopefully on Friday, I should be able to get the rest of the interior painted and have those rust holes fixed with fiberglass and body filler.