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Lazy8s said:
What do you use for a welder? I've been pricing tigs with the idea of doing my own body work, but man, it's been so long I don't even recognize the gear any more.

Post up some photos of your repair work, would you?
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I just have a Hobart 220v MIG, nothing fancy. Would love to learn TIG but the cost of entry is so much higher.

MIG is fine for panel work IMO. I wouldn't want to TIG a ton of body work. This is my MIG:

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/hobart-handler-190-mig-welder-1021027
 
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Elysian said:
I just have a Hobart 220v MIG, nothing fancy. Would love to learn TIG but the cost of entry is so much higher.

MIG is fine for panel work IMO. I wouldn't want to TIG a ton of body work. This is my MIG:

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/hobart-handler-190-mig-welder-1021027
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TIG's crazy expensive to get rolling. MIG is fine, and that's a nice unit, but I don't think it's going to happen with my truck. I went to another shop this morning and the rust and rot are far more advanced than I thought. Won't derail your thread with details though.

I do like that Hobart...I just need to justify it now lol.
 
Had a dream I finally got to drive this thing, was great, but now I can't stop thinking about it and how much work I have left to do :lol:

I also had to fix lighting issues in my dream, go figure.
 
The wheel centers are back from powdercoating. The only mounting surface they did tape off was to the hub, so I'm going to wind up having to sand some coating off on each wheel center, as well as drill out each hole... Still, they look great. Can't wait to get my wheels together.

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Dropped the wheel centers off at a machine shop yesterday to get the powdercoat taken off in places that were supposed to be masked off.
 
Sold the motor I pulled from the red BMW this weekend, the guys picked it up today. Only asked $500 for it, but sold it to someone who has built an E30 race car already and needed a spare motor, so it went to a good home. Could have gotten more for it, it's a pretty desirable motor, even with a blown head gasket, but I'd rather help out some good people.
 
Freed up a ton of space, I actually have a walkway from the inside door to the outside now, so well worth it from that perspective.
 
Been working on the car a bit lately, friend of mine helped me bolt the suspension back up a few days ago.

Today I finished up the radiator hoses, then ran the brake lines for the drivers side.

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Need to find the clip that holds the brake line on the bracket in the wheel well, but pretty happy with how everything is lining up so far. Still need to run a line to connect to the rear brake lines, and a line to connect the passenger side front brake caliper.
 
Looks like one of those 90 degree bends has the radiator hose kinked pretty good. Not worried about any detriment that may have to flow?

Actually, that looks like an old hose, not the new line you ran!
 
Nunz said:
Looks like one of those 90 degree bends has the radiator hose kinked pretty good. Not worried about any detriment that may have to flow?

Actually, that looks like an old hose, not the new line you ran!
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I think it's just the angle, none of the hoses are kinked. I had some hoses on hand from previous cars that worked for the top hoses, I put those together yesterday as well. The single Gates hose on the bottom cost me $45, so I wasn't really stoked about buying 4 hoses to cannibalize for this.
 
Didn't take pics of everything I did today but got a lot done.

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Power steering lines are made, and you can also see I trimmed back the bracket that holds the power steering pump on.

Lines at the steering rack:

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And where I think the power steering reservoir will live. Need to build a bracket and modify the line, but it's got just enough room there, even if the motor shifts when driving.

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I also finished the front brake lines and the clutch slave line, but didn't take any pictures. I still have two more small hard lines to make for the rear brakes, but that won't take too long to do.
 
Looking really good Elysian :up: You think it’ll be ready for a test run before winter?
 
So I talked to a friend earlier, he told me to get it registered as an antique vehicle, then it wouldn't require inspection. Gonna do that this week.
 
Nunz said:
What year is it? I thought there was a minimum age to qualify as antique.
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25 years in Texas, it's an 88.

I think I didn't go that route originally because I was planning on driving it more... Now I'm planning on moving :lol:
 
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