I had joined the forum way back on 2015 when my son picked out his first car (1980 spider 2k, 5 speed, carbeurated)
after really looking at the car there was no way i was gonna put my youngest son in that, awesome lil car, but hell no! Way too many jacked up 4X4s here for that. he would be completely ran over. Long story short, i sold my 96 trans Am Ram air Ws6 and put him in a nice 07 civic, complete with safety features, relief! and I assumed the spider. over the course of the past two years i have disassembled the entire car replaced all bushings and ball joints, upgraded the brake disc, patched several floor panels, cleaned and painted everything as it went back together, motor and tranny out (2X), engine bay cleaned/prepped/painted, did the gas tank, trunk the same. most of the body work is done, all major repairs anyway. at the point now of reassembly and the laptop i had all the before and during disassembly on is fried. so that makes the process a bit of a bith. making headway though. i plan on building the car without a top. gonna be garaged all the time anyway so a old style button tonneau will suffice for sudden showers.
I have been systematically scanning all the subject post. so much great information, and some of awesome work. quite inspirational i must say, LOL. I have gotten some great ideas as well as ruled out some others i had. i will say that the bane of my existence right now would be re hanging the drivers side door, it will not work with me. crazy gaps, lol. and the clutch assembly, mainly the throw out bearing, the arm, and the cable, i mentioned before the motor and tranny came out twice, this is part of the reason why. the other being i really wanted a color match engine compartment with the new paint. about to Mosey on over to the general maint page and see what i can dig up.
Definitely wanted to be cordial before i started asking a plethora of questions. Thanks in advance .
