[70ra455]

1. NOS material for the restored dash pad ...

2. Bottom of car ... pre POR15

3. Bottom of car ... after (forget painting with brush ... spray it on ... it works great! But I did use their system of Marine Wash and Metal Etching ... didn't want to play games with it.

4. Front Springs in with spindles ... took 3 hours the first day and I thought I broke both hands ... the "claw" type compressor wasn't working for me and we broke it and I was holding the spring in both my hands! Yep ... swollen 3x the size but nothing broke! Blessed ...
Day 2 4 hours trying to get a new pair of hooks on the springs correctly and couldn't do it ... besides the first day we couldn't turn the bolt enough ... needed a power tool and then realize that you're not supposed to use a power tool on that compressor.
Day 3 3-4 hours looking at YouTube videos and came up with what is termed a "Mercedes Benz Spring Compressor". $600 for the German model. I bought the $82 Cambodia special off ebay ... waited for it to arrive.
Day 4 (a week or so later) ... 15 minutes and BOTH springs were installed with ease with one person manually turning/compressing the spring. BEST $82 I ever spent!

5. Rear End Ram Air Restorations suspension installed ... easy peasy without any issue.

[Heybuck]

Originally Posted by 70ra455

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Day 3 3-4 hours looking at YouTube videos and came up with what is termed a "Mercedes Benz Spring Compressor". $600 for the German model. I bought the $82 Cambodia special off ebay ... waited for it to arrive.
Day 4 (a week or so later) ... 15 minutes and BOTH springs were installed with ease with one person manually turning/compressing the spring. BEST $82 I ever spent!

Hey Phil, How's about posting a link to the spring compressor you bought?

I'm thinking about buying one myself and you seem to have bought the right model.

Thanks, Ian

[rick54hearse]

Wow....just wow!! What a transformation from the very first pictures I saw of it sitting in that barnyard trying to decide if I should go look at it to buy it.
You've done a tremendous job Phil, I congradulate you on a job VERY well done so far.