I'll back Ulix up here. In 1/4 elliptic cars, the spring mounts are
somewhat prone to rust and they are more work than 1/2 elliptic
cars.
You are probably better off finding a new shell from Nevada or
New Mexico or inland California. Hell you could probably find a
rolling chassis for < US$500 if you look around.
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
To: Metallian6@aol.com <Metallian6@aol.com>
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, 22 April 1999 1:38
Subject: Re: Found a big suprize (Kinda long)
>James,
>Gulp, this doesn't sound so good. If I were you, I would take out the
>right seat, all the carpet, then take a wire brush on a drill motor or
>grinder and hold it to your worst rust spots to see how much metal is left
>there. Then take some pictures of the areas and post them on your web
>site. Let the body experts on this list advise you how bad it is.
>If the leaf spring mounts are rusting away and you can see through your
>rocker from the inside, this may mean thousands spent in bodywork. You
>may be better off buying a car or a body shell from the west coast with
>very little or no rust. This will be cheaper and better in the long run.
>But I am no body man...
>
>Ulix
>
>
>On Wed, 21 Apr 1999 Metallian6@aol.com wrote:
>
>> Hi list. I took the drivers seat and the seat cushion from the passenger
seat
>> out the other day. Couldn't take passenger seat completely out cause
someone
>> put screws in the front frame holes and bent them over underneath the car
and
>> the seat is no longer mobile and the two back bolts are right under the
>> frame. Going to let the bodyman deal with that. I ripped the carpet out
and
>> almost had a heart attack. The floor by the pedals was almost gone. No
>> kidding I could see the grass that hasn't been mowed yet this spring. The
>> floor pan where the drivers seat goes was ate out in the back were the
leaf
>> spring mounts to. Isn't much holding it there. On the passenger side
there
>> were a few holes but not to bad. The edge where the floor meets the side
was
>> a little ate out. I mean I could see daylight but not near as bad as the
>> driver side. Now the side is another story. The side panel from the
inside is
>> bad. I can look through it from the drivers side and see my lawn. I am
going
>> to have the body work done first then I'll worry about the engine and
tranny.
>> I mean I have to have a good body to drop the engine into right. I just
don't
>> want to see it rust to the ground anymore than it already has. Sorry this
was
>> so long. Thanks for listening.
>>
>> James
>> 1962 AH Sprite (Not feeling her best)
>> 1979 Trans Am (The bat out of h*** hehehe)
>> Web site links:
>> <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/fl2/darkside/mycar.html";>1962
>> Austin-Healey Sprite Restoration
>> </A>
>> <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/biz2/harleyitems/index.html";>The Best
>> Harley Davidson Items
>> </A>
>>
>
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