Melon's E30 Thread.

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Rest of the interior is out. About one more solid day of work, and another just organizing and labeling and I'll be ready to get to sanding/bodywork.

Hoping to be ready for paint by the end of the month. Possibly painted early May. ImageImage

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Melon wrote: Mon Apr 02, 2018 8:46 pm Rest of the interior is out. About one more solid day of work, and another just organizing and labeling and I'll be ready to get to sanding/bodywork.

Hoping to be ready for paint by the end of the month. Possibly painted early May. ImageImage

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Holy shit. :yikes:
:wap: Where are these mangos?
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Melon wrote: Mon Apr 02, 2018 8:46 pm Rest of the interior is out. About one more solid day of work, and another just organizing and labeling and I'll be ready to get to sanding/bodywork.

Hoping to be ready for paint by the end of the month. Possibly painted early May. ImageImage

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:impressive: you going to do the heater core while you have this thing apart ?
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wap wrote: Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:03 pm
Melon wrote: Mon Apr 02, 2018 8:46 pm Rest of the interior is out. About one more solid day of work, and another just organizing and labeling and I'll be ready to get to sanding/bodywork.

Hoping to be ready for paint by the end of the month. Possibly painted early May. ImageImage

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Holy shit. :yikes:
Yeah. This is the one I was telling you about. It's real fucked up.
Detroit wrote:Buy 911s instead of diamonds.
Johnny_P wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:21 pm Earn it and burn it, Val.
max225 wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 5:35 pm Yes it's a cool car. But prepare the lube/sawdust.
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max225 wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 10:53 am :impressive: you going to do the heater core while you have this thing apart ?
Most likely, I'm going to go in there tonight and label the connectors, well, the ones I know.

I found this:
https://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showpo ... stcount=89

I have to drain the coolant anyway to pull the radiator, and condenser, in order to paint the core support, and the A/C isn't hooked up, would be a perfect time to go in there, clean it out, and replace the foam as shown in the thread above.

He built one good unit from four. I have the one in the car and a spare, so I have a decent bin of parts to pull from.
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Melon wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 1:56 pm
max225 wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 10:53 am :impressive: you going to do the heater core while you have this thing apart ?
Most likely, I'm going to go in there tonight and label the connectors, well, the ones I know.

I found this:
https://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showpo ... stcount=89

I have to drain the coolant anyway to pull the radiator, and condenser, in order to paint the core support, and the A/C isn't hooked up, would be a perfect time to go in there, clean it out, and replace the foam as shown in the thread above.

He built one good unit from four. I have the one in the car and a spare, so I have a decent bin of parts to pull from.
Do these have blend door issues as well?I figured since it is such an early car it was "lever" driven and didn't have the typical issues of that sort. I'd change that or "re-enforce" it for sure, a :rage: inducing old car problem that pretty much requires dash removals.
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That's all to come later, I need to focus on getting this thing prepped for bodywork.
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max225 wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 2:02 pm
Melon wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 1:56 pm

Most likely, I'm going to go in there tonight and label the connectors, well, the ones I know.

I found this:
https://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showpo ... stcount=89

I have to drain the coolant anyway to pull the radiator, and condenser, in order to paint the core support, and the A/C isn't hooked up, would be a perfect time to go in there, clean it out, and replace the foam as shown in the thread above.

He built one good unit from four. I have the one in the car and a spare, so I have a decent bin of parts to pull from.
Do these have blend door issues as well?I figured since it is such an early car it was "lever" driven and didn't have the typical issues of that sort. I'd change that or "re-enforce" it for sure, a :rage: inducing old car problem that pretty much requires dash removals.
Yeah, fortunately it did work, it diverted air up, and down, the only one I couldn't get to work properly was the front defroster.
I'm hoping it's due to a piece of worn foam or other simple fix.
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Maybe we can get a "Let's get high on sanding dust and chemical stripper" party going.
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Acid666 wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 3:20 pm Maybe we can get a "Let's get high on sanding dust and chemical stripper" party going.
We can play music, drink Dr. Pepper and sand all night, will be just like the old days in Fletcher.
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Melon wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 4:17 pm
Acid666 wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 3:20 pm Maybe we can get a "Let's get high on sanding dust and chemical stripper" party going.
We can play music, drink Dr. Pepper and sand all night, will be just like the old days in Fletcher.
The quantity of bondo dust that I must have inhaled has got to be somewhere in the range of several metric tons.
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Acid666 wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 5:02 pm
Melon wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 4:17 pm

We can play music, drink Dr. Pepper and sand all night, will be just like the old days in Fletcher.
The quantity of bondo dust that I must have inhaled has got to be somewhere in the range of several metric tons.
We're still *cough cough* here!

I bought a 3M cartridge respirator. In my old age, my goal is to not die.
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wap wrote: Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:03 pm

Holy shit. :yikes:
Yeah. This is the one I was telling you about. It's real fucked up.
I'm afraid I don't remember this conversation. :( :wap:
:wap: Where are these mangos?
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wap wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 6:29 pm
Desertbreh wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 1:06 pm

Yeah. This is the one I was telling you about. It's real fucked up.
I'm afraid I don't remember this conversation. :( :wap:
Go to 1:40.

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Johnny_P wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:21 pm Earn it and burn it, Val.
max225 wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 5:35 pm Yes it's a cool car. But prepare the lube/sawdust.
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Desertbreh wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 6:54 pm
wap wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 6:29 pm

I'm afraid I don't remember this conversation. :( :wap:
Go to 1:40.

:lolol:
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:wap: Where are these mangos?
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Desertbreh wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 6:54 pm
wap wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 6:29 pm

I'm afraid I don't remember this conversation. :( :wap:
Go to 1:40.

Haha

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I am super impressed with the work going on in this thread. I am also super jealous of your mechanical ability. I would have that car in a million pieces with no chance of it ever going back together.
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Got the interior cleaned up, and all rust spots found. Got the doors disassembled, and removed from the car. Also, tried to get to the smooth material beneath, picked up some lower grit sanding discs to get to the good stuff faster.ImageImageImageImage

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:wap: Where are these mangos?
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wap wrote: Fri Apr 06, 2018 11:11 pm:impressive:
:dat:
Legit :impressive:
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[user not found] wrote:Now this is a build thread.
Well this and Detroit's GS crusher.
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Tarspin wrote: Sat Apr 07, 2018 6:51 am
[user not found] wrote:Now this is a build thread.
Well this and Detroit's GS crusher.
:dat:
:wap: Where are these mangos?
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[user not found] wrote: Sat Apr 07, 2018 1:41 am Now this is a build thread.
No love for the gromlin or the formula vee
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No love for the gromlin or the formula vee
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I'm getting there. Gotta sit down and read the FBF Raceteam thread.
Charging virb now for content generation
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Had to sand the paint off of the rear quarter on both sides, the driver's side was way worse with the damaged paint. Made the cutout for the exhaust, and got some primer on there to keep it from rusting.

Really impressed with the Dupli-color self etching primer, I'll pick some more up and use it where I have bare metal.

Patched the hole in the floor board.

Also, going to need a new front fender, the passenger side panel has a few rust holes.
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