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Step one for the rocker was to get access to the front spot welds so I can drill them out. I cut off the bottom of the door pillar just below the bottom door hinge and drilled the welds. It came out nicely in one piece.

As you can see in the pic, the fender has multiple issues. I’d love to buy a new one and a new apron, which are available, but that’s out of my budget for this beater. If anyone has a pic of the inside lower corner that has rusted away, I’d...

The biggest challenge I ran into having rustoration work done in Liberia 12 years ago was the unavailability of quality preservation and rust proofing chemicals. I brought as many Eastwood products as I could in my luggage but it often wasn’t...

This is probably well known by most but I learned taking this apart that the fender comes off before the apron. The apron slides over the front frame/body horn and can’t be removed without taking off the entire front sheet metal with the radiator...

There are probably better threads out there than anything I’m going to document but I thought it might be worth something to share my work. I’m not an experienced welder or body guy so this will be the average (or below average) joes body job...

got the fender off. The outer fender comes off with the inner fender as they are tightly joined with glue and at least one spot weld. Both rows of bolts in the fender liner have to be removed. The liner stays in place. In order to remove the...

How do the gutters actually attach to the car? Are they welded directly to the roof? Mine need attention as well but understanding how they attach seems important before I start grinding away, especially if I'm going to have to patch them. Thanks!

So I’ve got all of the bolts out and I’ve ground off/cut all of the welds that held the fender liner to the fender wheel well lip. There was one spot weld on the front tip of the outer fender where it meets inner upper fender, which I cut. Seems...

Maybe Joe Katana has them.

Got out a wire wheel on an angle grinder and started the long delayed inner and outer rocker repair on passenger side. I’ve been unable to mount the running boards for too long and the passenger side fender rattles because the tab that holds it...

Test drive complete. I have smoke AND EGTs are down. Pump timing was the issue apparently. Now I've got to dial in the boost and boost fuel regulator. Thanks again!

Ok I finally got Beast in the garage and taken apart to check the pump timing. It looks like my timing was off. After locking the LX model cold start lever, I use the dimple on the cam pulley to confirm TDC. I reversed it a bit like the famous...