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my pythetic atempt to fix a 72 rust buket

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Got Some Free Goodies From The Recors

sweet lucked out today whent out to get parts for are 87 accord LX luced out it on axes that were new sweet eh. anyhow there was a 245 out there that looks like some one was in the proces of fixing or somthing. they hadd the roof rack all apart so i grabed all the peaces that were sitting there, and grabed the visors cause well my driver side one is busted won't stay up lol. grabed both and put them on today put my head light back together just need thoughs little plastic thingies to hold the bu

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Hmm Hmm Been A While

well been a while did some finish work on the rear wheel well hole and along the botem if its warm tomarow will do some sanding put my driver side headlight back in aswell well since last post we had a tree split in half out fron cleaned the mess up and drank beer with the niebors had a party in oner of the tree that died was a great big old amarican balsom 30' high musta been 100 years old sad to loose the tree stupid storm school started so i got busy but i gues i should get major work

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More Pics Of The Beasts Rust And Patches Ect

we got a new digital camera 6 mega pixel fujifilm finepix S20 Pro looking for some pics on my dads pc and found this pic that shows my hole in my wheel well befor we patched it and what it lookes like now rust along the side windows how whould i fix hatt? my instrument panel driver side door area the progres on the paint repare job on head light mount area half done almost done just have to bolt the horn back on and drill a hole for the spring to grab for the head light

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Should I ?

should i keep this car off the road during the winter since being they salt here doesn't help being it is below -30 90% of the wintertime here in winnipeg just use it during the summer for going camping and for gardening and crusing lol and for hauling stuff also you guys think i should not let my parents talking me into not taking this car for my drivers test being it all manual everything on this beast my one friend says he would give me 100$ if i pased my drivers test in this car lol

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Almost At A Loss

if it wernt for the niebor triming her trees cuple weeks ago i could lost my car to tree damge yesterday from a huge wind and rain storm car made it out unscaved as for the progres that i have made i have painted the front fender and the drivers door and fixed the headlight socket area up no more hole there all painted up now only problem is i just relized that the paint i am using the color is not made any more rust oleum medtranium teal oil based expoxy premium paint was discontinued in 200

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Some Pics

sorry about the low quality i am using a cheapy agfa ephoto smile digital paid 8$ for it so w ya exspect lol any ways heres some pics my dash area lol looks so weird without it's grill closer look were we did some work around the headlight coverd the hole were the spring atches to doh the borken part of my roof racks the red is were the msive hole was patched were the signal light goes the lower hole there is the lower signal light's opening took it out to clean it out and to do

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Another Bday Gone Bye

(28th) yesterday was my 18th bday spent the day over at a frineds playing need for speed underground2 and playing doom 3 then came home and started to work on the headlight mount cleaning the rust off of it from a leaking batery who knows when that happend but i cleaned that off and we started to patch the hole underneeth of were the batery sits with is on the drivers side behind the headlight got the cheapy digital camer working again but then it quit and and did not get any pics unfornatly :

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Another Update No Pics Though

well today we patch the gapeing hole around on the left front fender panel around were the uper turning light goes with sheet metal riveted in place and then put body fill over that but befor we body fuled that we took the sand blaster to it. then after we did the body fill we smoothed it out then put another layer on and smoothed it out with the grinder then with sand paper and took some fibor glass body filer and shuved it in were the hole is in the fender is above the head light if you look b

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Pach Work Has Begun

that week end we started to patch the gaping hole in the rear drivers side wheel well with a goood old riviting gun to rivit the tin in place and put fibor glass over it to cover it all up and make it all smooth and nice lol will get some pics of progres soon

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Sweet!

it runs on the road still bit stiff but it runs. stupid gas cap caused it to over preuize so got stuck on main street for 10 minuts trying to get it to pump gas till we pull the gas cap off only 2 turning lights do not work right front both of them in the right font. brakes are stiff but it runs souded happy to get on the road put 8 miles on it today lol but it ran took plates of other car that has engin apart. trany wines till you get into high gear my dad was shifting it like the honda lol b

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About My Tank

i have a 1972 volvo 145s lime green rust buket as i atempt to fix my tank i will put bits and peaces of w i am doing to it and sometimes pics hear is some info about it b20a dual carb for an engin runs good for its age the trany is nosy but eh it has sat for 5 years w ya exspect lol. have been painting the rust with the ati rust paint to stop it but inside along the rear side windows the rust has takewn off and not sure how i can fix it gas gadge it not working properly rear door latch does

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