The Midget Restoration Chronicles

Sunday, December 1, 2013

Fixing a Hole

You can see how the A post and firewall are mangled...

Getting better...

Straightening out the post...

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Saturday, November 23, 2013

Rust Be Gone

Having removed what seems like the entire passenger's side of the car, it's time to put some of that structure back...

Oh yeah, the rear bulkhead was trashed, too. So it got fixed.

I straightened the footwell out and cut the rot away, then fixed it too.

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The Tin Worm is Hungry

Mmmm. Take a look at what the Midwest does to a car built when the word 'rustproofing' meant 'put a bunch of Waxoil on it'.

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Saturday, October 26, 2013

It's amazing what doing a task can teach you about doing it again. It took me three weekends to gut the driver's side, and only half a day to gut the passenger's side. I went even further this time as there was really nothing left holding the passenger's side A pillar to the car... so it came out too.

Boy, I hope I remember where it goes.

More pics of how much I have to do on the underside...

Out comes the floor pan.

Whoo, man. Look at that rust. Oh wait, you can't see it... it's rusted away! Thanks, Wisconsin.

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Saturday, October 19, 2013

Tunes

Gotta have tunes when you work. I got this from my friend Kevin, who got it from his friend Bob, back in 1996 or something like that. It's got an EQ and everything. It's boss. I plug my iPhone into it and rock out to Tarzan Boy and Huey Lewis. A little Zeppelin, too.

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What Lies Beneath

Here's what I have left... it's not pretty. The passenger's side took a beating some time in the distant past, and the A pillar and firewall is a mess.

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Break On Through, To the Other Side

Fall... what a wonderfully cool and pleasant time in Arizona. It's car-fixing weather!

Now that the driver's side is basically done, it's time to move on to the passenger's side. Here's what I've got to work with.