Topic: '79 10th Anniversary T/A "freshening up" started!

[SnapOnBilly]

Billy, youre making me drool!

control yourself man- get a napkin or something

[SnapOnBilly]

Are you using the stock wheels or larger custom wheels...I gues what I'm trying to get at is will the upgraded brakes and rotors fit the stock rims?

i'm curious for my application

unfortuneatly i can't use the stock wheels with those brakes. i plan on going with some 18's maybe...

[Frode_skj]

Looks awesome what control arms, springs, shocks and brakes are you using? any links?`^^

[bhooray]

Billy,

Nice work man! 

Soon one day my TATA will get the same treatment.  Its got 170,000 miles so restoring it to original factory specs won't be my goal.  It'll still look factory...but thats about it.

Wouldn't mind if you sent me all of your pics so I can have a good reference   



--Brian

[Nexus]

Are you using the stock wheels or larger custom wheels...I gues what I'm trying to get at is will the upgraded brakes and rotors fit the stock rims?

i'm curious for my application

unfortuneatly i can't use the stock wheels with those brakes. i plan on going with some 18's maybe...

Do you have anything in mind yet to wrap rubber around?

[SnapOnBilly]

NEXUS- haven't made up my mind yet. might go with CCW's

BHOORAY- most of my pics are in the gallery

FRODE- i'm using Global West suspension parts, and Baer brakes

[Nexus]

Hard to keep up with all the questions eh!!!!

lol

[SnapOnBilly]

   not at all, i can handle it haha 

[SnapOnBilly]

here's a couple more. got the front suspension all taken apart and will taking the frame down to get stripped and possibly powdercoated

[SnapOnBilly]

  hey guys, sorry for the delay. took a short break from the car with the holiday and me getting sick. however, i'm back on it now! it's officially half of a car now with the frame out of the garage and being dropped off tomorrow. got the master and booster off, and started cleaning the firewall in preporation for paint.
  there is ton of this "gooey" crap all around where the evap case was, and it's taking me forever to scrape it off. i've noticed the firewall paint job the factory did (or lack there of). they seemed to have just sprayed the center, and didn't even take it down the trans tunnel. this has led me to question how exactly i plan on painting the firewall.

notice the silver on the right side of the firewall.

[FF273]

Man looking at your project has sure encouraged me. Nice job, cant wait to see the end result.

[SnapOnBilly]

Man looking at your project has sure encouraged me. Nice job, cant wait to see the end result.

  thanks, glad i could be a source for motivation.

[SnapOnBilly]

question for everyone who is undergoing a project: what did everyone use to clean up the firewall? i've been scraping all this gooey crap off and i'm thinking of scuffing it all up then hitting it with some kind of primer. then maybe eastwood's chassis black or underhood black. thoughts/ input?

[4SPEED]

I use paint stripper and a razor blade scrapper. and the next day use a soft wire wheel on a grinder.  if you what to see if GM put an thing on the firewall I put paint stripper on it and after a bit wipe it of with a rag of thinner.  i did it so I could get pics of it, before it was gone forever.

[SnapOnBilly]

I use paint stripper and a razor blade scrapper. and the next day use a soft wire wheel on a grinder.  if you what to see if GM put an thing on the firewall I put paint stripper on it and after a bit wipe it of with a rag of thinner.  i did it so I could get pics of it, before it was gone forever.

yep, i was thinking the same thing- soft wire wheel on a grinder. what did you use to paint it?