Matthew

[TominMO]

Made a few minor changes:







I'm in the process of pulling the motor/trans to stick in my Aspire, in the spring. Matthew was pretty rusty; on both sides the floorpan was no longer connected to the side rails. One of the fuel return lines or whatever they are disintegrated in my hands. Surprisingly, the fuel tank was in good shape. I never did get Matthew plated or insured. All the good parts will be stripped off and will either be put on Larry, sold, or kept as spares. Man, I love sawzalls!

[bhazard]

Should really fly now

[gergorian]

Yes. that seems to be very minor... Why the slice 'n dice?

[TominMO]

Should really fly now

It will have to fly, without a gas tank or rear tires! Almost as fast as I can put the body parts outside the garage, some Bosnians come by in a pickup truck and cart them away for scrap metal. The roof and windshield were taken off separately, in less than 10 minutes. The back third took a lot longer. The next cut will be across the body, at the front of the hole for the shifter. But I still have a few parts to pull, like the steering rack, wiper motor assembly, brake vacuum thingy, etc.

Front knuckles and brakes are worth saving, but the rear brakes were ridiculously rusty, tho they functioned well. Had trouble getting the backing plate bolts off, so decided to forget it. All that Ohio and Indiana rust. Still, Matthew lasted for ~200K miles, and many parts of him will live on, here and there. Now I'm down to four cars.

Edit: Dan was nice enough to loan me his engine hoist with leveler. Gonna use it tmw, hopefully.

[M3NTAL]

Holy crap!

[william]

Hey tom hows that carpet? I was gunna buy new but.....
Lol

[TominMO]

Hey tom hows that carpet? I was gunna buy new but.....
Lol

It's history. Wasn't in bad shape, but I wanted the car gone ASAP so I just cut thru it.

[zoom zoom]

Yea you never really know how extensive the damage is until you start knocking off the bad stuff...usually in an attempt to fix it but usually they're just too far gone. Gotta stay ahead of it before it becomes a problem. Bubbling paint means there's a 8" rust spot underneath, if it's ate clear thru you might as well start looking for new panels, or a new car.