It's time to really start taking the car apart, right down to the bare bones. The engine, transmission, rear end, brakes, suspension, gas tank, everything comes off, and will either be cleaned and painted or replaced. Just like new... sort of.
It's pretty easy to get all the parts off a car, using lots of air driven power tools, which most of goes into the salvage bin. The pictures here kind of show the progression from a semi running, almost drivable car, to a motorless, wheeless shell. Some of this stuff was old, I mean like original, we may offer the front shocks to the Smithsonian, and the ball joints to the GM Hall of Fame
This all started about 9:30 in the morning and by 2:30 in the afternoon, it's done, stripped down naked. No doubt, it won't be as simple to put it all back together. I know we have boxes full of nuts and bolts, and somebody better remember where they all go.
We still have a few things to get done, like getting the motor built, or rebuilding a transmission, for instance, but we'll get to that. We're in the midst of gathering our mountain of parts to put it all back together.
So it's good-bye Mr. 283, adios 2 speed Powerglide, aloha old drum brake friends, auf wiedersehn ancient suspension, see you on the scrap boat to China. We are on to bigger and better.
NEXT TIME: Parts is not just parts
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