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Old 02-24-2015, 03:15 PM
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So my plans for my SSP have changed a bit. I was planning on pulling the engine and fixing the inner apron and frame rot this winter. Although at this point it seems like winter will never end I was hoping to be well into this process by now. But I am still weeks away from getting it into the garage. When I bought the car I was not sure if I was ever going to fully restore the car. But knew I would not change anything that could not be easily put back to original if needed. Today I am still not sure about fully restoring it. But I 100% want to drive it. So I am going to start working on it with the plan of putting it on the road this year. I don't want it to sit waiting on a full restoration or rip into it and it never be put back together. I am going to start with the under hood wiring once I get it in the garage. I will update with pictures once I get started.
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Old 02-24-2015, 03:19 PM
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Realized that maybe I should have posted this in the 1982-1986 section, if needed please feel free to move it. Ty
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Old 02-24-2015, 03:27 PM
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You've got a good plan. Getting it on the road will keep your interest in the car up for sure. Then as you are enjoying it you can decide what you ultimately want to do with it.
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Old 02-24-2015, 04:27 PM
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Sounds like a good plan. I know that I much prefer to have a running project than a pile of parts in the garage.

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Realized that maybe I should have posted this in the 1982-1986 section, if needed please feel free to move it. Ty
This is the perfect place for this thread!
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Old 08-04-2016, 08:51 PM
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Well I finally got it on the road. Still needs a full restoration, I did just enough to get it on the road. I am sure the original cats are shot so its not breathing really well. It certainly is the ugly ducking for now. It had been sitting for the last 10 years so still took some doing to get it on the road. Just going to keep plugging along doing what I can for now. Next is putting the power windows back in. I switched out the doors but the ones I put on have no power widows or locks.
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Old 08-04-2016, 09:01 PM
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Looks great! Keep up the work and don't give up.
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Old 08-05-2016, 03:06 PM
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^ ^ ^ Well said ^ ^ ^
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Old 08-05-2016, 06:58 PM
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Very rare and cool!
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Old 08-10-2016, 08:44 PM
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To be honest I have been up and down about selling it. Even when I bought it I was unsure what I was going to do with it. But I didn't want to loose out on a four eyed SSP. So for now ill just keep moving along doing what I can. One thing I was sure of from the beginning was that there would be no modifications that could not easily be changed back. Things like exhaust, carb etc.
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Old 06-18-2018, 09:33 PM
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So a short time after my last post I was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. So the last year and half or so has been challenging to say the least. I was going to sell it several times but decided at the end of day to keep it. I did get a few things done. Even if it was only 15 minutes a week at the beginning it got me out of bed and thinking of something else for a few minutes. So here is the dash pad I replaced. First what was in the car, then a grey pad that was totally sun baked and even though you cant tell from the picks it has cracks around the face and edges. But a can of SEM paint and it looks way better than the red one that was in the car. The dash pad cost me nothing came in a parts car I had.
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