Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Before: Begining of Time

Some before pictures of the DatProject, it was running like sh*t at the time, spilling oil, coolant, and brake fluid everyday. 





The seats before were all torn apart. The person before had stapled pieces of vinyl together to create a "seat" which was really painful to sit on...
We had sent out the seats to get reupholstered in Santa Rosa. None of the upholstery work was our own work. 




My mentor and I simply used a small razor to fit the head rests in. The headrests make the seats a lot more flush, and they feel more comfortable. 

The paint process was very slow, it took more than 4 months for the paint to be fully finished. The ending result was very worth it however. At the time of the paint, I had the original engine that was swapped in, the Nissan L20b engine with a pos 32/36 manual choke carb and stock 4 speed tranny. The sanding process pictures are listed here.








Another problem I encountered was an accident that happened on the car. Either I left the hood halfway opened, or the hood latch broke, but the hood went flying off when I drove it. It caused one of the welds to break and it also damaged the paint. Here are some of the pictures of the accident. 







Because of this, I couldn't really work on the car since the hood wouldn't open. I halted the project for a good month until I got it fixed. 

Monday, April 18, 2016

Next couple of updates...

The next updates are not to date. They are from before I had a blog. Some of which will be the engine and transmission swap.

Update 4-13-16 Carpet Prep

I left the carpet out in the sun in order to get the wrinkles out. However, at one point the carpet got wet and I had to let it dry for a couple days. By Sunday it was all dry and wrinkle free. I will begin to take out the interior again on Friday. I should have the carpet in by Sunday.

Sunday, April 3, 2016

Update 4-3-16: Dynamat in.

The Dynamat has been fully layed in the inside of the vehicle. The front seats and rear seat have been placed back only because I was attending a show.