Work finally underway! Part 2

[Alpine 1789]

The right side rocker panel was damaged and peviously repaired. He felt it was easier to just cut out the damaged area and weld in a new section from a patch panel that I had 'in stock'.



And, finally, here is one of the fresh air vents salvaged from my parts car. The car will really be a SIV/SV hybrid. Maybe I should call it a S4.5?



Note he found a little rust just above the vent. Apparently, the factory missed a bit of seam sealer nearby and water worked its way in. The only other rust was behind the right rear wheel well, in the area that prompted a recall due to faulty seam sealing when the cars were new.

So, that will be it on my V6 posts for a while. The ironic part of the story is that after 8 years the car will finally be ready before I have a garage to put it it! We are working on plans and permits to add a new garage to our NY house, but expect that process to take close to a year. My guess is that he will be done well before that. I haven't decided what I will do about that yet, but stay tuned!

Thanks for indulging me while I waited for my flight. It is finally time to board, only an hour late.

 

[hartmandm]

Jim,

How exciting to get going on that project! Keep sending the updates. Hope it all goes well.

Mike

 

[DanR]

Me too!

Jim, I cut out the fresh air vents from a SV that was very, very rusty and beyond repair (economically) that will go into my '65 SIV GT. I think it is a great idea too

Glad you are making progress. Mine is still going slowly,

 

[Alpine 1789]

Thanks guys. In hindsight, it was stupid to break the photos into two threads. I should have just posted the second set of pictures as a second post on the first part and had everything together. I guess I wasn't thinking very clearly last night. I'll fix that now and delete this post later.