Duffman's 79 Spark Yellow Restoration Project

[Duffman692002]

So I figure its time for an update for those of you who still remember this, lol.

The reason I haven't been updating is simple, I haven't touched the car. My FB decided it didn't wanna keep the coolant in the coolant passages and started filling the front housing. Here are a few pics and a vid to show ya what I've been up to.

You'll have to excuse the poor quality, kept forgetting my camera so the phone was all I had.

What killed the old motor:

What replaced it:

Assembled:

And in the car:


Short vid of the first 5 min of its life:

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by Duffman692002

And that's it, running outta things to do with the interior. I forgot about that dash Stu posted up till a couple hours ago and missed out on it. :wallbash: Hopefully another will pop up eventually. Next weekend I think I'll start in the engine bay, gotta get a FSM first though. Just about every plastic connector is ruined too, most of them fall apart as soon as they're touched. If someone could post up that link to the site that sells the factory style connectors I'd appreciate it, I can't think of the name for the life of me.

EasternBeaver I believe is the name of the company.... but why not rock the hell outta some Detusch connectors?

Originally Posted by Duffman692002

What replaced it:

Assembled:

And in the car:

Nice... nice indeed... I see you followed a wise man in his route of color choices

My only question is.... when is sparky making her way to CT for TTT? That being of course The Treffeisenizing Treatment

[Duffman692002]

Originally Posted by djmtsu

Sweet, wheres my sunroof

You'll have a PM in an hour or so.

Originally Posted by EJayCe996

Since you're my best friend and all, I've taken it upon myself to search high and low for 79 specific parts for your car to help you out and this is what I've found.

For a split second i thought you were genuinely trying to help. S'ok though, I've got plenty of ideas on how to improve you FC and I cannot wait to try a few of them.

Originally Posted by diabolical1

on a serious note, i'd love to have a '79 someday. all i can say it you have your work cut out for you, but in the end, i'm sure it will all be worth it.

Took me years to find a good candidate and thus far I've enjoyed every minuet of it. Indeed, it will be worth it in the end.

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

EasternBeaver I believe is the name of the company.... but why not rock the hell outta some Detusch connectors?

Nice... nice indeed... I see you followed a wise man in his route of color choices

My only question is.... when is sparky making her way to CT for TTT? That being of course The Treffeisenizing Treatment

Cause I want originality, the Detusch Connectors are cool and all but I want it all to look stock.

Well, it was either that or bright ass red.

As soon as she's road worthy actually, I'll talk to you more in detail about it at DGRR.Don't expect it any time soon though, in all actuality it's prolly gonna be next year before you see her.