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 Post subject: Re: 1961 Baja Resurrection
PostPosted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 9:17 pm 
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Eliot and I finished spraying the bottom of the heater channels and the backs of the kit. If I get a good burst of energy I might have a roller by this weekend.

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I really like the look of the bar sprayed with the Upol I am thinking that this is what I will do with the front bumper ,rear cage, side bars and roll bar.
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I got the fenders mounted.
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also cleaned and painted the frame horns and spring plates.
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also got the parts in to rebuild the spindles
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 Post subject: Re: 1961 Baja Resurrection
PostPosted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 9:30 pm 
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Well still chipping away at the ol girl.
Got the shift rod bushing replaced, I also replaced the shift rod, it had a later model in it and it took me forever to get the shift couple off. Front beam is mounted and trans is now in. Also replaced the brake lines and installed a dual master cylinders.

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My youngest and oldest getting some garage time in.
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 Post subject: Re: 1961 Baja Resurrection
PostPosted: Fri Jul 27, 2018 11:59 am 
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So fresh, so clean! :thumbs:

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 Post subject: Re: 1961 Baja Resurrection
PostPosted: Mon Jul 30, 2018 9:13 pm 
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Well a little more progress....

I got the bars all sprayed with Upol Raptor. I think this looks way better than the gloss black we had planned.
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The wife came out and got some garage time in by helping me get all the stationary glass installed. I did fail putting on the club sticker its a little crooked.
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I really like that I deleted the headliner clips it looks so clean painted under the back window.
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Also got the tires mounted. I had to redo the silicone on the front rims. Both were leaking from the seam of the two pieces.
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I got a couple of the panels mounted as well.
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I still have to assemble the front doors. I am having a hard time getting paint to stick to the vent windows, they were already painted but it would scratch off easily and they looked like crap. I would like to find some new ones but that is just not in the budget right now.

I did get the pan done. I had just enough raptor liner left.
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 Post subject: Re: 1961 Baja Resurrection
PostPosted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:02 am 
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Looking great Ethan :thumbs:

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 Post subject: Re: 1961 Baja Resurrection
PostPosted: Sun Aug 05, 2018 6:43 pm 
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A little more progress. I got the gauges installed. I know... I know... Boyd Coddington is rolling over in his grave. It's a little on the hotrod side of things. But I will remind you that there is an extremely tight budget on this build and these were gauges I bought back in 98 for a 59 I was doing a custom build on. Looking back my taste have sure changed. I had smoothed the dash, grafted in an oval window, installed suicide door hinges, but never finished it and ended up selling it. I would never do those kind of mods these days. But since I had these and they were free, in the baja they went.
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I forgot to pull the plastic off the back, its gonna be hard to get it off of there clean now.
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Also got the rear brake lines buttoned up and the front and rear shocks installed. Yep those are the chepo empi shocks. It was all about saving money. Plus I have the same shocks on my Baja the past 3 years and they seem to be ok. If Dad wants to upgrade in the future he can get better ones then.

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replaced the fog lamps with a 12" LED bar. still have to adjust and tighten headlights
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and I got the passenger door built and am halfway done with the driver door.
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 Post subject: Re: 1961 Baja Resurrection
PostPosted: Sun Aug 05, 2018 6:47 pm 
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Super nice, love that gauge cluster :beer:

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 Post subject: Re: 1961 Baja Resurrection
PostPosted: Mon Aug 06, 2018 9:22 am 
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Yep.. that is still coming along super clean!! :thumbs:

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 Post subject: Re: 1961 Baja Resurrection
PostPosted: Mon Aug 13, 2018 12:24 am 
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Well a little more progress. Got the headliner installed. I used the headliner material with the foam backing. Got it off of amazon for 30 bucks. I am really happy with how this turned out, and it was cheap.

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also got the roll bar installed. I feel sorry for the next owner. I welded the main part in. She is not going to come out easy now.
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Dad brought the seats down from Oklahoma. I made some brackets to mount them they were way to low. I thought the seats would look cool in there, but I am not really fond of them, for a streat Baja I would rather have a set of scat lowbacks or factory lowbacks. But Dad loves them so that is all that counts.

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also replaced the shifter.
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and Dad started installing the carpet.
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I got the wire harness installed.
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Tested everything. I ran into a few snags. I need to get a new turn signal switch it only makes left turns, and the windshield wiper motor does not work. Other than that everything else is powering up properly.

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Waiting on some bearings and a new cam and lifters and I will be ready to throw the motor together. Everything has been cleaned. Luckily the pistons and heads are brand new so that saved a ton.
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 Post subject: Re: 1961 Baja Resurrection
PostPosted: Mon Aug 13, 2018 5:47 am 
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Looks awesome :thumbs:

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