RUSH55
SILVER Star
Could have @gonzopancho send it to his people in Cartegena, or maybe ship it to Australia and let @brisveganbj42 get crackin.
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bugger that. im retiring from pig restorations when mine is on the roadCould have @gonzopancho send it to his people in Cartegena, or maybe ship it to Australia and let @brisveganbj42 get crackin.
I'll let my dad say if he wants to, not my callcurious to know what you paid- but not my business
I think so, the suspension in our other pig is flat so I can't get much of an idea of how they should look OEM and brandnew-ishPig got a lift in it?? Looks like it. Body's very rough, but get it running and I know someone to help with body.
Totally, I thought the turn signals were gonna fly out of the fenders on the way home!That body is gone.
Really not as bad as I thought, especially for the rest of the body. Very clear it rusted from the outside from just sitting under that tree in a coastal area for 10 years.I’m thinking what do the floors look like?
Somewhere out in the south west of America is a donor shell...just have to have patience...Or find a better body and swap everything over.
I have been seriously considering this recently, the starter wouldn't engage after late July so tinkering with it came to a halt, along with me going to college 6 hours away. I came home for easter sunday, switched over the starter from our other pig and it started right up. Got me thinking... If I could put enough money and time into getting the brakes somewhat solid on this rustbox I think it would be a pretty solid daily... mechanically that is haha. I was thinking I could drive it up in the winter months of the year at college where they heavily salt the roads. This winter I felt horrible driving my troopy around and seeing all the salt collect on it, with this 55 I really wouldn't have to care at all. Figured the $500-1000 I put into it to get it braking would pay off for itself in rust repairs for the troopy later down the line. Being a 1976 it's got discs brakes which I like working on quite a bit more than drums.Rivet in some patch panels to hold the turn signals on, get a new hood, spray all the cavities/rust holes with fluid film, all new fluids an fully greased, and run it.
Yes exactly, once I'm back home for the summer I'd have to fully evaluate the frame and see if this pig is a total lost cause or not. Given that its bones are solid.. I could get it braking, rivet those turn signals in, clean up some of the wiring, and then wire brush the entire frame, paint, fluid film, etc, and drive it around some in the summer but most importantly in the winter up at Appalachian State. It was just such a bad feeling, like I had a bunch of plaque on my teeth and wasn't brushing it off, just for my car and even worse.At least for awhile till you decide, don’t hVe to worry about show and shine, just enjoy it
I have been seriously considering this recently, the starter wouldn't engage after late July so tinkering with it came to a halt, along with me going to college 6 hours away. I came home for easter sunday, switched over the starter from our other pig and it started right up. Got me thinking... If I could put enough money and time into getting the brakes somewhat solid on this rustbox I think it would be a pretty solid daily... mechanically that is haha. I was thinking I could drive it up in the winter months of the year at college where they heavily salt the roads. This winter I felt horrible driving my troopy around and seeing all the salt collect on it, with this 55 I really wouldn't have to care at all. Figured the $500-1000 I put into it to get it braking would pay off for itself in rust repairs for the troopy later down the line. Being a 1976 it's got discs brakes which I like working on quite a bit more than drums.
Yes exactly, once I'm back home for the summer I'd have to fully evaluate the frame and see if this pig is a total lost cause or not. Given that its bones are solid.. I could get it braking, rivet those turn signals in, clean up some of the wiring, and then wire brush the entire frame, paint, fluid film, etc, and drive it around some in the summer but most importantly in the winter up at Appalachian State. It was just such a bad feeling, like I had a bunch of plaque on my teeth and wasn't brushing it off, just for my car and even worse.
Short video of it running with no valve cover, pretty carboned up but I've seen worse, perfect candidate for some seafoam.
Anyways, does anyone have thoughts for or against this idea? I do realize that this is the Iron Pig Preservation Society and so most of y'all will be voting for yes, get this thing moving again. Any other blatant challenges I may run into that I've not expected? Tips or tricks? Really anything is appreciated. And yes I do realize that once I may get it braking that then I could find out that 4th gear could be blown up or the rear diff is on its last legs, etc etc. Really just gotta inspect that frame very well and go from there...