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Yes, guy's, it is the wiper motor recess. I looked at the driver dash photo too fast and saw that thing and there is a metal piece hanging down and it looked like a tube was connected to it. My bad! I am not use to seeing a dash that naked, LOL. Lou.
Well, even as a restomod, you are much more ambitious than I. I agree with Bazza77 that it might be a good idea to look for a parts car. Buying all of the missing parts piecemeal might put you under water (and I am talking Mariana Trench deep) pretty quickly even with aftermarket stuff.
Good Luck with this car and I cannot wait to see the final result.
Hello "C" and welcome to the forum! Great project! You can do what you want, and are in a position to get all the frame and suspension issues dealt with! Take the time and do it up right and the way you want. BTW I have family in Waco and have spent a lot of time there. Great place!
That's awesome Andy, as long as my family has been here there is a good possibility one of us knows them lol!!
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Well, even as a restomod, you are much more ambitious than I. I agree with Bazza77 that it might be a good idea to look for a parts car. Buying all of the missing parts piecemeal might put you under water (and I am talking Mariana Trench deep) pretty quickly even with aftermarket stuff.
Good Luck with this car and I cannot wait to see the final result.
Oh yes, this is going to be a very expensive endeavor hahaha!!
Well, I was able to get the t-top trim, windshield reveal, and driver side windshield trim off. Every screw was either seized or the inner clip was rusted so I couldn't actually get the screw out. It took forever and it made me real sad with the amount of rust found!! Also, it seems as though some mystery substance was in between the trim and the windshield frame itself, surely this wasn't factory.
Also, found another mystery substance on the floor pans, thoughts?
That's a lot of rust on the windshield frame. Be prepared to have to replace the whole thing. Luckily they do make replacement pieces.
As for the mystery substance on the passenger floor, I suspect it's likely a roofing tar type material. Expect to find either a missing area of floor or a cracked up floor. Lot's of people back then didn't want to tackle fiberglass repair work.
Dude, what you have is what's left of a parts car and a 68 at that which has several one year only parts. Unless you have VERY deep pockets cut your loses now and part it out.
Dude, what you have is what's left of a parts car and a 68 at that which has several one year only parts. Unless you have VERY deep pockets cut your loses now and part it out.
That car is a complete rusted out wreck.
Check out RVZIO 69, far worse on the rust than mine and he's done a great job of bringing it back to life, constant vigilance!!! Plus, my frame is immaculate
Dude, what you have is what's left of a parts car and a 68 at that which has several one year only parts. Unless you have VERY deep pockets cut your loses now and part it out.
That car is a complete rusted out wreck.
Not trying to discourage you (not discourage, maybe change your mind?), but I also think you'd be better off starting with something that isn't quite as corroded.
What is your build date? My coupe is F22, Jan 22, 1968. Good luck with this project, it will be fun. I started with a mostly unassembled one myself. It had a lot more crap, dirt and junk piled in it when I bought it than yours does. Mine had been the beginnings of a frame off and had zero rust issues, but in many ways was very similar to where you are. Ill include a photo to illustrate what I mean....
Check out RVZIO 69, far worse on the rust than mine and he's done a great job of bringing it back to life, constant vigilance!!! Plus, my frame is immaculate
Hey Chonciceptor, your right my whole car I believe was in worse shape.
So, for me it was a surprise. Skill sets or the willingness to learn how to do a lot of the work are your choices. This helps in the pocket book. A lot of the other advice may be true. Your car, if I listened to all of the bail out comments I would have given up a long time ago. You don't get much for selling a project and you may be stuck in the middle so take your time. I am right in the middle of prep work for priming. Took a long time t get to this point but I WILL FINISH!
Only you know you.
Good luck!
Never give up...................................... .......................................
RVZIO
Here's some inspiration for you and show some of those who say it can't be done.
The car as it sits today running. Pick your poison there is plenty. I have never owned a C3 , never did any of this type of work before. You REALLY want to do it like me then go for it.
Good Luck!
Seems like a perfect candidate to make into what you want...that being a resto-mod. Anything goes and you can make it as super awesome as you like and do not have to follow any specific dynamic.
As for the black substance on the top windshield frame....I believe it is like what I ahve seen many times as being a closed cell foam tape that appeared to have some goo in it that can dry out and get quite crumbly.
Nothing I have seen in any of your photos remotely scares me. I have seen and repaired much worse. So...it is quite 'do-able'...if you want to...which it seems you are up to the task at hand..
Thanks guys, ya, It didn't seem to me that anything about this was undoable at all, from what I've researched, fixing the windshield frame is probably going to be the hardest part of this restoration. it's the first thing that I'm going to tackle, so I feel confident that once that is out of the way, the rest should come along quite well. I will have lots of questions for sure hahahaha, but I'm in it for the long haul!!!
What is your build date? My coupe is F22, Jan 22, 1968. Good luck with this project, it will be fun. I started with a mostly unassembled one myself. It had a lot more crap, dirt and junk piled in it when I bought it than yours does. Mine had been the beginnings of a frame off and had zero rust issues, but in many ways was very similar to where you are. Ill include a photo to illustrate what I mean....
Hey Chonciceptor, your right my whole car I believe was in worse shape.
So, for me it was a surprise. Skill sets or the willingness to learn how to do a lot of the work are your choices. This helps in the pocket book. A lot of the other advice may be true. Your car, if I listened to all of the bail out comments I would have given up a long time ago. You don't get much for selling a project and you may be stuck in the middle so take your time. I am right in the middle of prep work for priming. Took a long time t get to this point but I WILL FINISH!
Only you know you.
Good luck!
Never give up...................................... .......................................
RVZIO
Absolutely, I look at your build log quite a bit, here's a question for you, did you have to get a donor t-bar center support, or are there reproductions available?
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