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sorry about the bad spelling ...

well, my winter project is to tackle the rust on the car and redo all of hte stock-old undercoating underneath. i began by pulling up the carpet, after taking out the seats, center console, radio, moving wires, etc. i looked around online,carpets for the pass cabin go for under $200, so i think i'll scrap this 23 year old carpet for a new one...



looking at he floor pans i noticerd that everywhere is rust free int he car, EXCEPT THE DRIVERS SIDE FLOORPAN AND KICK PANEL AREA. damn. i knew i had to attack it now before it spreads.







this is what i found/knew was there..





while working here on a cooold day




so since i dont have a plasma cutter or mig welder and wanted this done right.. i brough it to PRO FAB CHASSIS located in whitehouse station NJ.. 5 mins off fof RT 78. www.profabchassis.com 908-591-3087 ..they build race cars mostly and work on these cars often too

i asked them to weld in my alston racing subframe connectors.. which can be seen in the above photo.. because i had them only bolted in. i also wanted to runa secondset of sfc's along the rockers (spohn, bmr, or umi type).. the guys at pro-fab know their stuff and they recomended i go with a S&W suspension kit for subframe connectors....

..the S&W kit comes with a few extra pipes that weld to the rockers, a few plates that bold through the floorpans for extra support, and a crossmember support. the kit is designed to be used with the S&W adjustable torque arm, so we ordered that, and this allowed me to run a driveshaft safety loop up there too so the car wont po-go stick if the front u joint fails.

below are the pics of the welded up and bolted S&W kit. it feels very tight. please excuse the underside of the car, its oily and nasty looking... FOR NOW!! in the next 3 months i will be wire-wheeling and sanding down the old undercoating, cleaning off the old oilspray and redoing the undercoating after a rust-treatment of POR-15. THEN it will look good. maybe a new cat back too and an adjustable panhard bar with lca's too.

pics:


























saw this 2010 on the way home


quick pics of other projects they have going..





and as for the rust in the floorpans, they did an excellent job cuting it out, patching it and putting rust -treatment on it, when i took photos of it earlier,.. my flash was OFF ont eh camera, so all the pics turned out badly, ill post other poics of the rust patches in a few days though..

the car felt TIGHT. after a few miles of driving already, i highly recomend the S&W subframe kit.

if anyone wants my old Alston Racing SFC's they can be for sale!


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[ Edited on 11/17/2009 @ 21:18:59 ]

if anyone wants my old Alston Racing SFC's they can be for sale!

you could donate them to my project.

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Posted By: IROCZman15 On: 11-19-2009 @ 22:44:39     Reply | Top | Edit

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heres 2 quick photos of the areas where the rust was cut out, sheetmetal was welded in, with seamsealer, and some temporary paint. the bare metal spots nearby will be sanded down a bit more, then rustproofed and covered





if nobody wants to buy them ill prob end up giving them to my cousin for his 88
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updated october 2008

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