All right the car is stripped to the bone. Read all about that exciting adventure on the blog:
see the pics on flickr at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48781057@N05/sets/72157623719964406/
Progress
87isMan
#2
How long did that take you guys? Looked like fun, I love taking cars apart.
Also you are a brave man for letting SteveD handle tools.
Btw: the flickr link isn’t working
IndyJim
#3
Fixed the link. It is on the blog too if that breaks again.
Time - about an hour on Friday while the auto glass guys did their bit. We removed the hood and wipers to make it easy for them. Then Saturday we started at 8am, car was stripped to a shell by 3:30pm, 3 hours to sort and move parts and get on the trailer (6:30pm). About an hour and half to drive to the ‘storage’ facility, put in Craig’s garage and finish up. I was at home eating dinner by 8:30pm.
It was a lot of work, but we only cut one wire, and broke a small plastic mounting clip inside the dash. Now we dropped the front and rear subframes as entire units and the doors still need to be gutted. So some work left there.
The guys that ‘helped’ us (as in did all the work) are no joke. Brendan, Ted, and Jason have probably 60 years of experience as professional mechanics as Jason says, “This ain’t no hobby, this is how I eat”. Having Mo come with the dealership knowledge helped significantly on the steering column and dash removal. You would not BELIEVE how much stuff is inside a car’s dash these days.
Steve D. was also a suprisingly big help.
87isMan
#4
That is quite an accomplishment!!! running car to stripped chassis in one day.
I wish you guys the best of luck!!
Steve_D
#5
IndyJim wrote:
And by “started at 8am” Jim means that Jason Mascow and I were the only ones there… But when Jim made his grand entrance 15-20 minutes later, he rolled out a smorgasboard of ChickFilA biscuits, Dunkin Donuts, Gummi Bears, Coca Cola products, etc. [Since they are going pro racing he told me we had to work on our sponsor plugs.]
The hospitality was good enough I am thinking of volunteering to crew for a race weekend.
I appreciate that. I really do. Sorry I had to bail mid-afternoon and couldn’t help with the sorting/loading. Shockingly, my wife and daughters were not as psyched about me working on cars that day as I was.
I had such good momentum going, I went home and stripped my E30 shell of the rear subframe while the kids played in the driveway. Sawzalled the tub and finally got the “project” bay back. The daily driver suspension project is next…
PS - The part about towing the shell to Craig’s is one of the best DTOM stories in quite a while!
IndyJim
#6
I don’t think having the kids yell “Mom that strange junk man is in the garage again”
means that they were happy to see you, but I guess it’s all about baby steps.