Freds 73 Scamp restore on a budget

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A couple of pictures in the dark at the track. The paint looks ok in distant shots in the dark ! 340 4 speed, one of my babies.

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Fred Scigliano said:
View attachment 1715511839 Deck lid is on still have to do a little adjusting but new weather strip installed and have to break it in for a few days.
Ordered the new flexible tranny cooling lines today and hoping to get the front and rear glass rubber ordered next week. Should be on the road next month but not putting any interior in it till I drive it around a bit and make sure I have no water leaks,rattles or wind noise.
Not that I can here a thing without hearing aids but will have someone in the car that can hear. lol
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chrome pencile tips. :)
 
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New tranny lines in just have to tie them down but no leaks so I'm happy.
 
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Rocker chrome is next to clean up but gonna use bed liner on the rocker panels below the molding.
 
Rechecked all the nuts and bolts on the front end and rear end so making sure nothing falls off real soon. lol
Doing cavity wax on the inside of the frame rails and rockers next. Well when I have some extra money to buy it.
Breaks good and tight gonna do a homemade front end alignment real soon so at the point of :wtf: am I forgetting to do?
 
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I think after trying to feed this wire through the inside of the trunk lid for my elec. trunk popper I came to the conclusion after a 1/2 hour I need some guidance on getting the damn wire in the hole. was there before when I bought the car and someone was smarter than me. Pored me a whiskey and 7/up to make me smarter but still can't feed the wire in, I tried running a fencing wire down but NO GO. HELP!!!
 
Fred Scigliano said:
View attachment 1715517038 I think after trying to feed this wire through the inside of the trunk lid for my elec. trunk popper I came to the conclusion after a 1/2 hour I need some guidance on getting the damn wire in the hole. was there before when I bought the car and someone was smarter than me. Pored me a whiskey and 7/up to make me smarter but still can't feed the wire in, I tried running a fencing wire down but NO GO. HELP!!!
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More velvet less wire! How’s that for technical help! Don’t make me come up there! Hah. Looks great Fred, be patient you will get it.
 
Sublime one said:
More velvet less wire! How’s that for technical help! Don’t make me come up there! Hah. Looks great Fred, be patient you will get it.
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Ya need to come up soon and check out what I did so you can double check my work and make sure it doesn't fall apart on the first cruise.
Crown waiting for ya.
 
Got some solid copper electrical wire and snaked it through and got the wire in finally.
Took to stiff drinks to get it but was worth every sip. :D
 
Fred Scigliano said:
Got some solid copper electrical wire and snaked it through and got the wire in finally.
Took to stiff drinks to get it but was worth every sip. :D
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Nice! I was just about to escape to the the garage to see if I could find the trick for running that cable in one of my books but since you figured it out I'll have to go back to watching American Idol with my wife LOL. Hey that seems like a highly optioned Scamp with the sun roof and all. Did it have or are you putting AC in it?
 
Scamp Rohnda said:
Nice! I was just about to escape to the the garage to see if I could find the trick for running that cable in one of my books but since you figured it out I'll have to go back to watching American Idol with my wife LOL. Hey that seems like a highly optioned Scamp with the sun roof and all. Did it have or are you putting AC in it?
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It had AC but not putting back. Glad you got books I worked on the old cars back in the day but can't remember to much. lol
 
Scamp Rohnda said:
I took my AC out and still am on the fence on wether to keep it or not. It's on the shelf above my car in this picture. It's gotta be well over 100 lbs. total of dead weight. Lol
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Nice garage buddy love to get pictures of what everyone is doing.
Would love to get together someday and see your car.
 
hi fred,
did you load the suspension before you locked down all the bolts? if not when it's back on it's wheels all the bushes will be twisted and it'll seriously shorten their lifespan. i'm sure you did but thought i'd mention it just in case.
cheers, neil.
 
mygasser said:
hi fred,
did you load the suspension before you locked down all the bolts? if not when it's back on it's wheels all the bushes will be twisted and it'll seriously shorten their lifespan. i'm sure you did but thought i'd mention it just in case.
cheers, neil.
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Hi Neal hope all is well there.
Yes I did but thanks for the info that's why I like FABO It's like having you guys here helping me.
 
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Was nice to have the garage door open for once and able to ventilate the shop.
 
Hope you guys don't mind the simple things I'm doing getting my car done but I'm really bored here.
 
You are almost through! I have enjoyed watching your progress and have done a truly amazing job. Joe
 
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