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| johnny5ive | Oct 3 2013, 07:17 PM Post #1 |
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Have you ever disassembled a car that burnt? I didn't want to show up at Bob's place down in Alabama and make a huge mess all over his nice shop so I'm doing all the dirty work on the race truck here. The interior is burnt, melted, oh and did I mention that since all the windows are blown out it's full of water, so it's like soot sludge. I'm pretty sure just being inside of this thing and unbolting the seats, dash, steering column, etc is going to take about 10 years off of my life. It's like smoking 10 packs a day with no filter for 10 years... I think the nastiest part about it is the seat foam. That shit melts and turns into a sticky goo that doesn't come off of anything (including your hair, arms, etc) I've spent the last 2 evenings stripping this thing ( I intentionally wait until evening for 2 reasons 1) it's cooler and 2) when I get done working I can't do anything else because of how filthy I am, it takes about an hour to get cleaned up) I've got most of it done now, the seats are out, carpet is out, interior trim, dash, etc. I removed the left side fender and fender apron and all the bolts on the right side, but still have to cut the apron reinforcement off in order to get the right side off. I've got the engine all disconnected and unbolted, but I still need to get under it and get the transmission unbolted, then hook the cherry picker up and get it out, shouldn't take more than an hour or so. After that I still need to get the pedal box out and then it's off to the car wash. I'm going to town it down there with my tow bar and completely wreck that place. I'm thinking I might wait until after dark so nobody can see the crimes I'll be committing on humanity. This gunk is bound to wreak havoc all over their water reclamation system... I think you'll be surprised at how clean this thing is actually going to be once it's all washed out. The carpet and interior trim really took the brunt of the fire, smoke and heat. The red paint on the floor, doors, and interior still looks nice except for the roof, it's toasted like a campfire marshmellow. After the pressure wash dries I'll shoot some ospho all over everything so it doesn't rust. I'm pretty enthusuastic, so I might continue to cheat a little bit by spraying some rustoleum on the burnt spots... All in all it's going well, I feel like I'm ahead of schedule on this thing, I figured I'd be doing all of this at midnight the night before I left for Alabama. Bert (Rhodes) took TrooperChris's Trooper (the one with the Camaro motor and rear sway bar still on it) home to Missouri and has pulled the motor and trans for me and is supposed to come down this weekend with that stuff and the rear sway bar and rear stainless braided brake lines. He's only slightly more on top of his schedule than I am, so I'm not holding my breath. All in all things are looking good, everything is in order, I've still got some work to do, I've got to pull the front inner structure off of another Trooper and then pull all the stuff we'll be using off of it (brakes, steering, etc) I figured it'd be best just to replace all that stuff with nice clean stuff... I'm going to be tied up the next few days, but I'm planning to post up another video within the week once it's all gutted, pressure washed, etc...
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| zudorf | Oct 5 2013, 04:50 PM Post #2 |
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I'd better be able to eat off that thing when I get there! LOL Wish I could come on over and help; but going out for milk and taking 3 hours is easier to explain than 3 days. See you in less than a month, dude! Edited by zudorf, Oct 5 2013, 04:51 PM.
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| Martin | Oct 5 2013, 05:08 PM Post #3 |
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Know that getting filthy feeling lately. Spent all of Wednesday evening running a electric roto rooter through the plumbing in my house. The damn thing kept kinking up . I was covered in what ever lives down there by the end of it. Sounds like your getting all the "fun" work finished before we get there. Yeah your mess tops mine. |
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| johnny5ive | Oct 5 2013, 08:30 PM Post #4 |
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Yeah, it's a mess... Don't worry Tim it'll be spic-n-span by the time you get there... hell seeing as how you're not even leaving till the meet starts I may have it running by the time you get there..
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| zudorf | Oct 6 2013, 07:16 AM Post #5 |
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Well, if work goes well, I'll leave Thursday. Can we set up and camp on Thursday night? Sorry, didn't know there were opening ceremonies. Sure don't want to get any demerits for being late.
Edited by zudorf, Oct 6 2013, 07:16 AM.
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| johnny5ive | Oct 6 2013, 09:30 AM Post #6 |
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LOL... There's a big open field to camp in... I may bring a tent or might just sleep in the Trooper, but yeah I'm planning on being there Thursday night (halloween) in time to do some local trick or treating
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| zudorf | Oct 6 2013, 04:24 PM Post #7 |
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What are you dressing up as? I'm going to be a "redneck from virginy" |
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| johnny5ive | Oct 6 2013, 04:27 PM Post #8 |
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I was thinking I'd be an asshole from Arkansas.. |
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| Gen1Trooper_Jax | Oct 6 2013, 05:16 PM Post #9 |
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I, too, look forward to seeing this thing in a few weeks. Hopefully, I can be of some help putting it back together. |
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| johnny5ive | Oct 6 2013, 05:42 PM Post #10 |
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Oh Dan don't worry we're all going to be of some help... I'm going to just layout all the parts and go over what needs to get done and basically assemble a few "teams" ie the motor team, the transmission team, the suspension team, the wiring team, the paint and body team, etc.. You just jump in where you feel comfortable. I think there's a good chance we'll be taking rides in it Saturday night... |
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I didn't want to show up at Bob's place down in Alabama and make a huge mess all over his nice shop so I'm doing all the dirty work on the race truck here. The interior is burnt, melted, oh and did I mention that since all the windows are blown out it's full of water, so it's like soot sludge. I'm pretty sure just being inside of this thing and unbolting the seats, dash, steering column, etc is going to take about 10 years off of my life. It's like smoking 10 packs a day with no filter for 10 years... I think the nastiest part about it is the seat foam. That shit melts and turns into a sticky goo that doesn't come off of anything (including your hair, arms, etc) I've spent the last 2 evenings stripping this thing ( I intentionally wait until evening for 2 reasons 1) it's cooler and 2) when I get done working I can't do anything else because of how filthy I am, it takes about an hour to get cleaned up) I've got most of it done now, the seats are out, carpet is out, interior trim, dash, etc. I removed the left side fender and fender apron and all the bolts on the right side, but still have to cut the apron reinforcement off in order to get the right side off. I've got the engine all disconnected and unbolted, but I still need to get under it and get the transmission unbolted, then hook the cherry picker up and get it out, shouldn't take more than an hour or so. After that I still need to get the pedal box out and then it's off to the car wash. I'm going to town it down there with my tow bar and completely wreck that place. I'm thinking I might wait until after dark so nobody can see the crimes I'll be committing on humanity. This gunk is bound to wreak havoc all over their water reclamation system... I think you'll be surprised at how clean this thing is actually going to be once it's all washed out. The carpet and interior trim really took the brunt of the fire, smoke and heat. The red paint on the floor, doors, and interior still looks nice except for the roof, it's toasted like a campfire marshmellow. After the pressure wash dries I'll shoot some ospho all over everything so it doesn't rust. I'm pretty enthusuastic, so I might continue to cheat a little bit by spraying some rustoleum on the burnt spots... All in all it's going well, I feel like I'm ahead of schedule on this thing, I figured I'd be doing all of this at midnight the night before I left for Alabama. Bert (Rhodes) took TrooperChris's Trooper (the one with the Camaro motor and rear sway bar still on it) home to Missouri and has pulled the motor and trans for me and is supposed to come down this weekend with that stuff and the rear sway bar and rear stainless braided brake lines. He's only slightly more on top of his schedule than I am, so I'm not holding my breath. All in all things are looking good, everything is in order, I've still got some work to do, I've got to pull the front inner structure off of another Trooper and then pull all the stuff we'll be using off of it (brakes, steering, etc) I figured it'd be best just to replace all that stuff with nice clean stuff... I'm going to be tied up the next few days, but I'm planning to post up another video within the week once it's all gutted, pressure washed, etc...

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