Junk Yard Restoration

[MicroMachinery]

Hey, can you post some pics of how your car looks now with the 1 coil cut out of the d50 springs? Thanks

[speeder]

I am planning on using the Turn Six springs up front along with shortened struts and Contour camber plates (TMC). After getting a few responses on the list about these plate kits I have decided to take Kurt Hafer's lead and make some slight mods to them before installation.

I'm curious about these Contour camber plates and the mods mentioned above. I see a Contour Camber Plate for sale on the Top End Performance website but I can't find it anywhere else. Are these the ones? Do the plates your talking about work with stock strut tops? I'm doing a similar suspension setup on my car utilizing stock strut tops with ST springs (178#), 10.5" struts and Tokico blue shocks. Can you enlighten me?

Thanks.

[bronz808]

nice find......good job on saving this 510 from the junkyard....stories like this makes me happy.

[tr6racer21]

Its about time that I updated this project. I will follow with some pictures and where things stand at the moment

Chip

[tr6racer21]

As I was doing the teardown

[tr6racer21]

A little help from the crew!

[tr6racer21]

tearing out all my previous work on the interior...taking a step backwards to go forward!

[tr6racer21]

Pulling up dynamat and jute

[tr6racer21]

I had the left rear pulled out a little by a frame shop. The rear bumper had been pushed in a bit which caused a small buckle in the trunk floor between the (2) unibody stiffeners. The passenger left rear door had been a little tight closing as well. The door gap is super now and the trunk floor flat!

[tr6racer21]

getting ready to build a body dolly so that its easier to move around the shop...and easy for the paint shop!

[okayfine]

Awesome shop. Very envious!

[Bike papa]

Nice projects lurking in the background.... Jaguar, TR3, 4, 250 ( my favorite of the TR series). And the Vette.


BP

[tr6racer21]

Thanks Julian and BP. I am a very fortunate man to have the wife that I do! When we were married I quit my job at the Audi dealer and incorporated the repair/restoration business that I had been doing on the side in the evenings and weekends. I had rented several small alley style single bay garages at that time. When we decided that children where in our future we moved to a bigger place on the city limits. Beth got the fourties style Cape Cod and I got the room to build my Palace. Its about 1500 sq ft. but seems a little biggger because I mostly work on smaller cars. I can fit about 7 cars in there comfortably with room for 2 more under the lifted vehicles. I am sure it will never be finished as I am always making improvements! The upstairs is slated to be a kids hangout...in the works

[two_68_510s]

Freaking Paradise man! Nice job incorporating work/home. Beautiful building.

[Byron510]

getting ready to build a body dolly so that its easier to move around the shop...and easy for the paint shop!

Too bad you weren't closer, I have both a dolly and a rotisserie not unused, both made for 510's.

Nice car, it's a twin to my brothers 72 and the same colour as a 68 4dr I built and loved dearly. Are you going to keep the colour?

Byron