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gotcha. stupid question.

okay, gotta ask. Is that a for sale sign making up the bottom of your fuel tank?

looks amazing for a diy on the cheep. Great job sir!

that's an awesome set up. You've got plenty of room left in there for plenty of fun bits, like, say, a supercharger. Great work.

gotta go with nelsonian on this one, hold out for the real deal. You want a seat that's not going to snap into a million pieces if you wreck.

my misunderstanding, either way it looks great. Keep it up.

I'm curious to know if you had any weatherstripping in between them and the car. And if this is a common problem amongst others that ride with louvers?

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here's some louver shots of my 78. She's taken apart right now and i'm considering leaving them off but mine are made of metal. I'm thinking that a new coat of rattle can black will shine them up nicely once I blast them clean.

That's looks great love the color! what are your plans with the louvers? Are you keeping them? However when it comes to the broken bolts, my wife got me one of these sets for x-mas last year, and they work pretty well. http://www.amazon.com/Alden-4017P-Drill-out-Broken-Extractor/dp/B00004Z2FC/ref=sr_1_7?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1290991418&sr=1-7 It took a little getting used to, but they work better than the sets that are only meant for screws.

yeah I found the fuel pump under the car but there's also an access panel in the trunk area that leads to something in the fuel tank. I just drained about 11 gallons of fuel out of it yesterday, and i'll drop the tank when I'm not busy frying a cow. I'll let you know what I find. and Rossman, i'm also really happy to get this one saved from the scrap yard. I've saved several other things from the scrap yard in the past, but this is my first JDM and i'm really happy about that.

If by intake pump you mean in tank pump, then I'm pretty sure I have one, Access panel in the trunk and all. Unless, it's just the level sending unit.

sweet! i'll go check that thing in the morning. Let you know what happens.

that's an amazing gauge cluster. Great work, can't wait to make one up for me self.

that's the plan, I'm pulling it apart right now. I know a guy who runs a soda blasting company and the first $200 I can put towards this is gonna go to a total body blast.

Okay, random electrical patch for the day. I found this random purple wire coming out of my dash today, that was attached to this aftermarket button and an indicator light. I traced it to my engine bay and found that it was hooked in, badly, to a harness plug that was unattached. anyways, long story short, I found where I think it comes out. To what appears to be a secondary fuel pump placed in front of the differential. Confused, but i'm unable to test anything because I'm out two fusible links and an ignition relay. anyways, it just seems weird to me because i've already got an in tank pump. thoughts?

So here are some of the promised pics. This is one of the quarter panel braces on my passenger side. it has been smashed inwards quite a bit and it was hidden under that badly painted quarter panel. and this is where I'm pretty sure somebody drilled into the frame rail to pull it back out with a slide hammer. they did a decent job except for the above bracing. But from the look of things this is the most severe damage that isn't rust. however she does have her whole face ripped off. and there are only two real problem rust spots that are new. they are near the hood hinges. but she's looking good. over all it's going well I think. I don't have any money set aside for her yet, still looking for a job, but we'll see if I can't scare something up soon.

gotcha, wasn't talking about selling. Another member contacted me about buying it, no sales pitch was made. as for the radio though, I've been looking in my service manual and I can't find anything on this. Just curious if anyone has experience.

Hey all, I just pulled out my center console because is was broken and someone on this forum already called dibs on my stock radio. So the question now becomes, how do I separate the stupid thing from the center console. The center console bracket is sandwiched in place by the face plate and the radio casing. Like I said I already have this going to another member, so I want to get it out without damaging the thing. any advice would be great. Thanks.

are there any reccomendations for the Santa Fe NM area? I live down the street from custom craft auto collision and I see some of their work. It looks nice but I'm wondering if anyone has experience with them.

Hey guys, sorry for the lack of updates but I've been slowly pulling out the interior and today I got a yen to remove the front end. I'm glad i did. I found a bunch of crap wiring and evidence that the car had been in a wreck at some point. The passengers side front QP is brown under a bad white paint job. and the headlight/turn signals on that side have been patched on with electrical tape. In addition to that the guy who did the body work went a little nuts with the undercoating and covered the shock/spring assembly with it. I'll throw some pics up soon. I'm roasting a chicken right now.

this is a great build up dude. You've been getting alot of work done on this in a short amount of time. Keep it up.

This is going to be a monster build. That engine sounds great. Congrats on your progress.

this is looking tight, can't wait to see the rest of the progress.

Your car is an absolute inspiration man. That CF intake manifold was looking tight, bummer about the fitment.