FInally got moving on my 64 Barracuda!!
My Summer (week of) Vacation
My summer vacation, the first day of my summer vacation, I woke up. Then I drank copious amounts of hot coffee, along with a bagel, then I played on the computer for a while. Then I went to NAPA to get new front rotors for my Camry, and see if they had anything that resembled a torsion bar removal tool.
Once home, the real fun started. NAPA (and everyone else around here for that matter, had nothing resembling the tool, so I had to improvise. I took a brand new pair of vise grips, placed a 3/4"(actual inside size 15/16) clamp(muffler style) on the torsion bar, cranked it down really tight, locked the vise grips on the bar @ the clamp, and took a BFH and knocked them out. Now, I plan on putting new ones in, so nicking the old ones was not a problem.
Then, I proceeded to remove the K-Frame completely, of which Wednesday(spending tomorrow with my daughter) I will finish disassembly of the front end(k frame, steering etc) and get the stuff ready to go to blast/powder coat.
Also, a co-worker brought by my driver's side inner fender, which another co-worker had sand blasted over the weekend, and dropped it off, and we quaffed a coupla Sam Adams Summer Ales. Here's a couple pics of the k-frame, and a before and after of the inner fender, as far as sandblasting is concerned.
FF
My Summer (week of) Vacation
My summer vacation, the first day of my summer vacation, I woke up. Then I drank copious amounts of hot coffee, along with a bagel, then I played on the computer for a while. Then I went to NAPA to get new front rotors for my Camry, and see if they had anything that resembled a torsion bar removal tool.
Once home, the real fun started. NAPA (and everyone else around here for that matter, had nothing resembling the tool, so I had to improvise. I took a brand new pair of vise grips, placed a 3/4"(actual inside size 15/16) clamp(muffler style) on the torsion bar, cranked it down really tight, locked the vise grips on the bar @ the clamp, and took a BFH and knocked them out. Now, I plan on putting new ones in, so nicking the old ones was not a problem.
Then, I proceeded to remove the K-Frame completely, of which Wednesday(spending tomorrow with my daughter) I will finish disassembly of the front end(k frame, steering etc) and get the stuff ready to go to blast/powder coat.
Also, a co-worker brought by my driver's side inner fender, which another co-worker had sand blasted over the weekend, and dropped it off, and we quaffed a coupla Sam Adams Summer Ales. Here's a couple pics of the k-frame, and a before and after of the inner fender, as far as sandblasting is concerned.
FF
