Captain's Build Thread (56k? how cute)

[urcaptnspeaking]

so we should be painting it this week ! Ill snap some pictures Of the body work Im doing and when i get it primed. Then some pics of it painted hopefully !

Also, I will be fixing the rust on the frame after paint.

Then its interior time.

Stay close

[urcaptnspeaking]

So the past 2 days Ive been gettin some things rolling on this again. I finished up the body work for paint, cleaned it up, and got the bumpers remounted.

Im not going to be rocking aero (WC) but I do enjoy how the front bumper almost looks body kit-ish



Side boob



Butt even the rear bumper kinda has that aero-ish look to it without the side effects.



I woulda put that other piece on that goes under the tail lights... but i lost the bolts apperantly, along with the bolts for the lights up front..

But here she sits ready to be masked off and painted soon !

Keep in touch !

[urcaptnspeaking]

its taped up for the most part now. I just got to get in touch with the neighbor and then: paint !

[urcaptnspeaking]

Bump for love.

[White Comet]

im really digging the progress. and im hoping something will convince you to hang on to it instead of selling it

[urcaptnspeaking]

Thanks man, it should be getting some paint here soon, Not sure exactly when. My neighbor has a week or so off so he told me to ust let him know when it was ready. I will be painting it, but he said he would help me out with it. and dont worry its not going anywhere anytime soon.

[visser003]

Looking really nice so far.

I still have to do some minor bodywork/primer and reading this helps alleviate some of the nervousness of screwing up.

Keep it up man.

[urcaptnspeaking]

thanks, The car isnt perfect, But Im not making a show car... If I was I would be stripping the car completely.Ill save that for a vert,coupe, or Zenki s14 whichever I decide to get next.

[urcaptnspeaking]

A little update. I talked to my neighbor and he said monday or tuesday we can get it painted. SO more will be coming !

[unanswerred]

email sent!

[urcaptnspeaking]

unless its one of the emails I already replied to, I didnt get it. ha

[urcaptnspeaking]

Ok so I keep debating on what is best to do: sell this or keep it. I do need the money right now, but i do want the car. Heres my train of thought: If I sell the car its no big deal, because when I can get another one Ill get me a real clean shell for around a grand and swap in a motor of my choice. And right now I am just not seeing this thing getting done on my dime.. So $700 as it sits.

[unanswerred]

straight trade for my shell!

[urcaptnspeaking]

I would but how would we get around the cost of getting the cars to where they are going?

[MastaYu]

keep it

[urcaptnspeaking]

I would like to do that as well, but I really cant right now. I have some "things" coming up... with my music and acting and all that.. and I cant really keep it. I need money to get back and forth to places here soon.

[urcaptnspeaking]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuxBYszG3Zs

and for your enjoyment(hopefully)

this is me singing a song I wrote to friends from the band Hit the Lights,and cute is what we aim for.

This was 2 years ago..so dont betoo harsh..

[MastaYu]

hahaha definately aimed towards the ladies

[urcaptnspeaking]

ha yeah guess so

[Kalypso]

useful thread

[89twoforty]

Any word on this? I hope you kept it, I want more progress.

Nice job on the body work by the way, makes me want to fill my spoiler holes as well. I got to the spoiler before it rusted my hatch though.

[urcaptnspeaking]

useful thread

thank you.

and yes this thread is going to keep going. I still have the car. I am going to be fixing frame rust holes here soon. The plans were to have it painted in which it would have been, but i decided to hold off because of a few things: I am going to pull the motor clean it all up paint the engine bay and get it ready for the RB swap.Im going to sand blast the car instead of just primering over the paint thats already there and this means the shaved body line is going to come back (which doesnt bother me) I have grown to not like it as much as I had originally so although it was a complete waste of time to get it all done, Im glad I didnt and found that I didnt like it than not have done it and wished I had.

My uncle has a sandblaster so as soon as I can get the abrasive and get the blaster over here I will be starting on that.

So even though this hasnt seen much action lately Im getting my stuff together dont you worry !

EDIT: I may go out and strip the interior and clean it all up to get it ready to make over the interior (paint) headliner seats reupholstered, ect.

[urcaptnspeaking]

I posted this all in another thread, but I want to keep my stuff compiled so its going in here as well.

Decided to do some sleepy eyes after finishing up some more body work.









and here are some other pics of me doing a check on body work with a contrasting color.



^^those arent waves they are crappy spraypaint lines+dust



I will be doing a few things here and there to add while I wait to save some money to get some big things done and out of the way !

I Will be making the nose "grills" functional as well so stay tuned for that.

[mouse2651]

haha nice hatch and your rusted *** trunk lid brings back memories lol

[urcaptnspeaking]

haha nice hatch and your rusted *** trunk lid brings back memories lol

Thanks and Correction: WAS rusted.

[presidential]

Hopefully you don't keep this car for long. Your fiberglass patches are going to exacerbate the rust issue and make for some even more interesting rust holes in the future once moisture comes back.

Some hyper-genius did similar work to my 1964 Catalina before I bought it. It was an area a bit larger than your spoiler rust holes. It did so much damage that you could fit your fist into the rust hole the patch helped to create.

In the future, POR15 will be your friend, especially with those Ponchos.

[urcaptnspeaking]

I only understood half of that. But this is temporary anyways. So Im not too worried about it.

[urcaptnspeaking]

So today I made a thread about reupholstering. I then decided I was going to do it myself as I hate for other people to do work for me. Not in a selfish way I just love to learn things.

So I bought some fabric at Joann Fabrics. My goal is to keep a "stock" look but with some updated fabrics and touches to bring the car into a post y2k era. Ive only done the glove box so far but stay tuned for more ! please...

P.s. I DIDNT remove the old fabric first as I didnt want to replace the foam and I wanted to keep the stock contour that it makes. So I used the fabric and the foam underneith as my "new" backing.

Here is how it started out



This is the fabric I bought. Its polyester.



And here is the done deal.



What I used:- LOCTITE brand spray adhesive.-fabric (4 yards) I only needed like half a yard for the glove box-staples

Cost:$25

Get your hands dirty !

[Kalypso]

looks good!

when I do mine im saving up for pig skin leather.

[urcaptnspeaking]

thanks ! I still have a few touch ups, but its basically done.