« March 2002 | Main | September 2004 »
April 10, 2004
After the glass, the
After the glass, the soft parts of the interior were removed and stored. The wiring harnesses were carefully removed. I will rebuild these carefully in order to insure that there will be no electrical problems when the car is reassembled.
--------
Posted in 2004-present | RESTORATION | disassembly | wiring | link to this page | | Comments (0)
Windows out
Carefully removing all of the glass from the car was a critical step; with the glass out, I will be able to start doing serious work to the rest of the car without worrying about damaging the fragile 35-year-old glass.
--------
Posted in 2004-present | RESTORATION | disassembly | glass | link to this page | | Comments (0)
Body disassembly
Next, the major body panels were removed, giving me better access to the inner parts of the car, as well as helping me determine what repairs, if any, were needed on the panels themselves.
--------
Posted in 2004-present | RESTORATION | body | disassembly | link to this page | | Comments (0)
Engine compartment, stripped
After carefully removing everything that needed to come out immediately, I then labeled and stored all the components. The engine compartment will now wait for the rest of the car to be stripped of paint, grease, and rust.
--------
Posted in 2004-present | RESTORATION | disassembly | link to this page | | Comments (0)
emptying the engine compartment
With the engine out of the way, next it was time to carefully gut the engine compartment.
--------
Posted in 2004-present | RESTORATION | disassembly | link to this page | | Comments (0)
view from the front in the shop
The view from the other end in the garage. There is plenty of room to walk around the car and work. At this point I couldn't wait to get started with further disassembly.
--------
Posted in 2004-present | RESTORATION | disassembly | link to this page | | Comments (0)
in its new home
My Charger arrives in its new home (for the next few seasons anyway). Many spare moments will be invested between these walls over the next several years.
--------
Posted in 2004-present | RESTORATION | disassembly | link to this page | | Comments (0)
Engine coming out
Here's the 440 on the engine hoist, on its way out of the car. It was an odd sight: the engine that had propelled me at nearly 140 mph, dangling in the air.
--------
Posted in 2004-present | RESTORATION | disassembly | link to this page | | Comments (0)
THE BEGINNING
They say the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. And so the restoration of my car began with the disconnection of the transmission cooler lines. Within a couple of hours, as the upcoming pictures will show, the 440 engine and 727 transmission were safely out of the car. This was in April of 2004.
--------
Posted in 2004-present | RESTORATION | disassembly | link to this page | | Comments (2)