It has been about 3 months since my last update. Things have been going slowly mainly due to time constraints. I have been ordering parts and having things plated. I decided a while back that anything that was safety related would get new hardware, nuts, bolts, etc... Also anything relating to cosmetics and mechanical unless they are NLA in which case I would have them plated such as door lock, trunk lock and hood latch mechanisms.
This past Labor Day weekend was spent assembling sub frames, and struts. The differential was rebuilt and I finished assembling it last week. Everything went rather smoothly with Saturday being the most productive. It has been nearly 5 years since Darin and I disassembled the coupe so my memory isn't very fresh and how everything came apart. Fortunately I have the orange parts books, the blue shop binders, and realoem to lean on. Gathering the parts is always a challenge, you think you have everything until everything starts coming together. I had everything for the sub frames, I ended up having to order to spring pads for the rear springs and had to run to the hardware store for 2 washers. I guess this wasn't too bad in the grand scheme of things.
After assembling the differential I mounted the rear sub frame to it then moved it closer to the car where I installed the trailing arms and the sway bar. I installed an adjustable rear camber kit and adjustable toe kit to the sub frame prior to powder coating.
Filling the diff with vital fluids.
Here's a better shot.
One more.
I had to finish off the fuel lines prior to installing the differential and sub frame.
Before the rear sub frame.
And after.
Adjustable rear sway bar.
Strut assembly. If you look closely you can see that the spring perch has been separated from the housing and a threaded collar has been welded in . This along with a collar nut makes the perch height adjustable so I can fine tune the ride height.
The weekend in a nutshell.
Later this week I will install the front sub frame, front wheel bearings, rotors and eventually all 4 calipers.
I picked out the leather last week, 6 hydes of something reminiscent of oxblood red.
I am having a hard time capturing a good photograph of the leather/color. It would be helpful if I could actually use a camera. It is hard trying to capture the color against the car. I'll take a better picture eventually. The color on the blue swatch is not as dark as the color of the car.
This really doesn't depict either color very well.
