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Added a spook!

 

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Drove another 250 miles today! Hooray!

 

 

 

Edit:    I ended up not using those allen head bolts.  Could not get the bit driver in there.  I used 7mm headed hex bolts, and was able to get'em with a cute little gear wrench.  Also siliconed the backing strips to the spoiler, as well as large round washers to the back of the apron.  Just to make things easier when I inevitably smash this thing off :)

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Pulled the windshield to replace the cloudy chipped up old one. Found a few minor spots of rust that need to be fixed before the new glass goes back in

 

I dragged out the Dremel and cleaned the spots down to bare metal. Next will be a good coating of zero rust followed by som JB Weld to fill the holes. Should be a solid fix.

 

 

Friggin photobucket is not working so no pics now.

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Started "operation DIY rear seat upholstery"

 

Took them apart...

 

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I was pleasantly surprised how well the seat part foam was, it was so well preserved that it didn't even smell, so I vaccumed it and will re-use...

 

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Bought the hog ring pliers at harbor freight for $8.00

 

 

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Tomorrow I'll track down the rest of the supplies and get to assemble them....

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Well...I had a lot of things to get done today...but eventually got around to doing at least one part of the rear seat with the materials I picked up today, I found an almost identical fabric to my front seats....

 

Foam padding...

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Then the finished product, by no means pro but I did it myself and it's very sturdy and comfy...

 

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Can't wait to do the bottom part next weekend and install it :thumbup:

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It still needs to be dialed in a bit, and I have a vacuum leak I need to chase down. It's running very lean at idle and it bogs just a little under 3k rpm... but it's great up top! Whoosh indeed.

 

Next steps: Vacuum leak, timing adjustment, and then misc. stuff like wiring in the lights so I can drive at night.

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