Project Lazarus

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[Cobalt88]

Interior is almost stripped, exterior panels are coming off, the worst if the cancerous rust has been cut out and new metal is welded in, should be ready to paint the car in a few weeks!

Parts on the way:
Tail lights,
Forged Rods,
Engine gasket kit

Parts ready to go:
Brakes
Rotors
Control arms
Ball joints
Tie rod ends
High density urethane bushings
Door seals
Seats
Misc sensors.

 

[Cobalt88]

Car is finally stripped, sanded, and ready for primer!

 

[Cobalt88]

Coilovers, Brake Rotors, and freshly painted calipers are in! For right now I am leaving it at pretty much stock height then once everything else is done ill go ahead and lower it an inch or two.

 

[Cobalt88]

Main body is primed, next up is a lot of sanding... but the bulk of the body repair work is done.

 

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Playing with some ideas for how I might re-shape the rear of the car.

 

[Cobalt88]

Turbo Aquired. Fitment is going to be insteresting

 

[Cobalt88]

I think I'm going to need to rename this thing project rust bucket . Even the inside of the engine is rusty and gross.

 

[Cobalt88]

Finally found a spare cylinder head and I started the long process of porting and polishing it. $700 ebay find, fully remachined, nice and clean, everything is in excellent condition. Also got lucky on marketplace and found someone up in Colorado that had a set of new 88.5mm weisco pistons and eagle rods for a very reasonable $600.

Next up I'm planning to swap out this head and have some fun with the car before doing a full rebuild, or maybe see if I can find a spare block and crank to build a full spare.

 

[Cobalt88]

Well... I went to swap the head... And pulled everything out .

After finally getting the head off I noticed there were 2 different types of piston in this thing, 3 flat top and 1 domed. All cast but with 2 different compression ratios. After seeing that I decided this thing can't wait for a rebuild.

After finally getting everything stripped down I found that the thermostat was seized shut, the coolant passages were full of water and super sludgy, the head gasket was leaking oil, rod bearings were cooked, main bearings were new, one piston had a chunk missing from it, all the motor and trans mounts had the wrong bolts holding them together,. In short this engine was a mess.