Andrew, I broke three taking the body off my 69 2L, after you lift the body you
will find the nuts are held on by a spring clip. you can easily bend them down
and remove the whole thing to remove the bolt.
Russ southwell 70 1600
Andrew Murphy wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I really enjoyed the pics of the cars at Shasta. My hat is off to the people
> who put the time and effort into the cars. Some stunning examples of the two
> things needed to make these cars shine: Time and money.
>
> I have been doing mostly the former the last four months taking my 67 2000
> apart. Today was the day I removed all of the parts and panels from the
> place where the car is. The only things left are the body and
> engine/powertrain. It's really a shell now.
>
> Next weekend I am going to put the car up on jack stands to drop the drive
> shaft, drop the gas tank and pull the engine and transmission. Following
> Victor's advice, I removed the 14 bolts holding the body to the frame. They
> were all pretty easy although for some reason, the two in the foot wells
> gave us the most problems and I broke off the one on the passenger side. I
> am hopeful there is enough of the bolt to grab and remove once the body is
> off. July 22nd is the day that the better part of the frame will see the
> light of day for the first time in 34 years.
>
> So it is getting there. Here is my question: I am an apartment dweller and
> do not have a place to keep the parts or to put my car back together. I am
> working with another person who is restoring a car to rent an industrial bay
> where we can keep both cars, but we are on a waiting list.
>
> Has anyone rented a workspace or garage space to have a place to work on
> their cars? Are there places that have workbays for rent? How about just
> renting someone's garage?
>
> Food for thought,
>
> Andrew Murphy
>
> 1964 1500
> 1967 2000 Solex
> SoCalROC
>
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