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-:|Update - 2009-03-29|:- Today I started with the hard to reach place in the right rear wheelhouse. I took the easy way: Cutting. Pictures: Fitting a tin in the floor Some cutting Grinded down the welds and cleaned them

-:|Update - 2009-03-26|:- Continued with the undercarriage and worked on it with the wirewheel. Then I did some welding :) Pictures: Another friend came to visit me :) Tried some welding inside the car More welding under the car Let the wireweel do it's thing

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But it's still around the rear wheels so it's cool. Hell no! I always want to learn more and by repairing this rust I'm learning more. And besides this is not that much rust.

-:|Update - 2009-03-24|:- Today I attacked the undercarriagepaint with a hotair gun and something to scrape with. I did as much as I could around the proppelershaft and gearbox. Not it just needs a date with the wirebrush. Pictures: I guess you wonder what I'm doing while I'm...

-:|Update - 2009-03-23|:- The work continues! Pictures: Another idol pic ;) Removed a part of the rusty beam A little less undercarriage paint

-:|Update - 2009-03-21|:- Another mini workday. Pictures: No more hole

-:|Update - 2009-03-20|:- Another mini day in the garage today. Test mounted a bushing half. It's not perfect :-/ But when the subframe is cleaned and painted I think the bushing will have that extra support to make it perfect. I also managed to do a little bit of welding. Pictures...

-:|Update - 2009-03-19|:- Bushing halfs # 9, 10 and 11 are started getting made. Pictures: My friend wanted to be pretty for this pic What I did today

-:|Update - 2009-03-17|:- It's going a little bit slow with the wheelhouse, but atleast it's going in the right direction :) Pictures: Banged out the old subframe bushings The rear right wheelhouse is only getting better :D And on the inside it looks like this...

-:|Update - 2009-03-16|:- The right rear wheelhouse does now look like a wheelhouse and not some cheese with alot of holes in it :) I'm also a couple of burnmarks richer from the welding...even on the ass :S Pictures: A lot less holes :D Started welding the piece that I...

You're welcome :) With a house it's just easier ;)

Well, you don't need to roll to get under the car ;) If it's possible to drive a car there without a problem, then you can put a car on jackstands there. Just use some bigger plates of stone, steel or wood under the jackstands to even out the weight so that it's more safe. My other car is...

Thank you :) Ofcourse you can. I have been working on cars since 2003 and I just got the garage. So I have been working with the sky as my roof. I have been working while it was sunshine, raining and snowing. It was in my driveway. The big diffrence is like you said, I can now leave stuff...

-:|Update - 2009-03-14|:- Today was a good day :) I had a friend with me so there was some welding, grinding, cutting and some drinking (energy drinks, no alcohol), so it was a good day. I was pleasently surprised when he acctually did some work with me instead just drinking my energy...

-:|Update - 2009-03-10|:- Some more time has been spent in the lathe :) Only 9 more bushing halfs to be made. Pictures: More bushings is getting made The front upper ones now look a little bit better after some more work The front lower one has now the right radius Six...

-:|Update - 2009-03-07|:- Finaly a visit to the garage :) I continued with the right rear wheelhouse and managed to almost finish the front part of the arch. I have test fitted the plastic detailes and they fit very good. I took of the diff from the rear subframe and started cutting the...

-:|Update - 2009-03-06|:- Didnt get much time to work on my own parts today, but I did manage to do the radius that was needed on the bigger bushings. Pictures: The bushings that I have made so far Did some radius on the bigger ones in the lathe

-:|Update - 2009-03-05|:- Today it was time to start with the big piece. It's to big for the lathe, so I had to cutt it in a big saw. From every piece I cut I will get 3 bushings. Pictures: A big piece is up in the lathe One bushing is ready for the next step The last 2...