Here are the latest pictures. I clean the original fuel and EVAP lines and repainted them. The brake lines are off a 92GT that was turned into a roadrace car with all custom lines installed and he did not need his perfect condition OE lines. Installed all of them on the car and I will get an underbody shot once I am done repainting the rear axle and replacing the suspension. The doors are built up minus the door panels and harnesses, she's coming right along!

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http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/d...akeandfuel.jpg

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Now that the body is mostly done it’s back to the powertrain, I pulled the rear axle out and will be acid dipping the housing and repainting it. I will also be replacing all of the bearings, races, seals, and bushings. It will be just like new.

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I got the rear wheel wells painted, so now all the underbody paint is done! The fuel tank and all new brakes and hardware are next. I installed the sway bar, hood hinges, p/s cooler, and started installing all the airbag sensors and wiring.

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http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/d...underbody2.jpg

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I picked up all new bearings, seals, brakes, etc. for it. While the car is stuck on the lift I decided to finish off the fuel system and install all of low mileage almost NOS control arms and shocks.

Cleaned the tank and replaced the fuel pump:
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/d...ol/Newpump.jpg

Installed:

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/d.../FuelTank2.jpg

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New calipers, wheel cylinders, master cylinder, booster, brake hoses, brake pads, shoes, rotors, drums, seals, hub/axles/pinion/carrier bearings, hardware, axle housing bushings, etc.

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/d...rol/Brakes.jpg

very nice. working with clean new parts is great!!

Wow, what a magnificent job so far.

I got all of my parts back from the stripper; everything turned out very well, except for the wheels, more on that later. This weekend I was able to spray a few thick coats of POR15 black on everything and it turned out fantastic!

Rust free rear axle with new bushings pressed in:

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/d...l/SAM_5512.jpg

Sway bar, trans cross member, and trans oil cooler brackets all bare metal.

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/d...l/SAM_5513.jpg

Everything painted!

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The Goodyears were delivered this morning and I am very impressed! The tires look great and I am so happy I have a Gatorback I am not scarred to drive on. Rusty was great to do business with and I suggest anyone that is looking at these tires contact him. The Quality of the tires is very good, on par or better than anything that is coming out of the Goodyear plants I have visited. The only Quality items I would note is that there is a little excessive flash around the bead but probably not enough to cause any sealing issues. One of the 4 tires I received was also slightly ground on a section of the tread, very common and an OE approved method to help with balance and RFV.

Well Packaged:
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Light grinding on the tread:
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As far as the car goes I have been pretty busy so I don’t have the redone rear axle in, but I did a little more work on the engine bay. All the airbag sensors are in, the new booster and master cylinder are in, an new condenser and repainted original SSP A/T oil cooler are back in.

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/d...nebay82212.jpg

Onto Wheels, so I have a rash free set of what I though was very clean 10 holes, my thinking was to acid dip them to remove the clearcoat, grim, and corrosion. Well it did not hope like I had planed so the wheels will have to be machined or I will have to find a different set. As you can see in my before and after pictures the wheels came back very clean, especially the insides but the dip didn’t phase the corrosion where the clear had peeled away:

Before:
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After:
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/d...heelsafter.jpg

Sorry to hear about the wheels. Maybe best to just get them re-machined at this point. Not sure what your Keyston/LKQ will charge you there, but I did my second round of some here at $85/each + tax. They turned out great.

Test the corrosion affected area with some household vinegar on a clean rag and dab and wipe it. Sometimes that cleans certain corrosion spots in my experience. If it's etched down then yes machining is the only way to take it off.

... but I again have to compliment you on your work. Absolutely stellar!

I see your reference to Rusty...and saw his posts over on ORG. What is his pricing like and do you have contact info you can post here for those that aren't on over there? Thanks.

Sorry Mike though he posted over here, Rusty's Contact # is 816-654-3400, he asked that the pricing not be posted online.

No prob, thanks for posting that up.