New project: 1976 Cosmo RX-5

[djmtsu]

Still no pics. Because all it looks like is various stages of half assembled sub sections of the car.

This is the recent work done:

Front springs cut 1/2 coil

Strut cartridges installed.
-this was a PITA. The cartridges were a little taller than OE. So Adler ground down the cap nuts to take up the difference. This worked perfect, but was another set back.

Front hoses are in.

Calipers are disassembled, cleaned and ready to be installed. Just need to pick up some high temp grease for the slide blocks. Stuff I have is only good for 275 degrees. Then the pads can go in too.

All the excess wiring BS for the CB radio and cruise control is gone. That was not fun either.

Waiting on a lower shifter bushing and T stat to show up from Mazdatrix. Also scored a Holley carb and intake manifold, which should be here sometime this week. Wheels are supposed to ship tomorrow (maybe, geez). I've also been doing some more rust repair, and random tinkering while waiting on parts, or having something fabbed.

Disassembling everything was easy. Putting it back together, not so much.