33 Coupe Before Paint 11        5/15/05

Another area that Bart addressed was the rear fenders. The problem that I had was one fender was higher than the other when measured from the ground up. Once that was fixed, he had to add about a 1/2" of material to the top of the rear apron and then covered it with some primer. It looks and measures much better now. I also had a clearance problem with the rear tires being very close to the fenders so we decided to space the fenders away by 1/4" using washers which made a big difference. I had to place my shocks to the highest mounting point (I have three holes to bolt them in) and now I can drop them back to the middle hole which means the car will sit lower.
 

 

 

This bench is holding my entire exhaust system which I plan on coating with a ceramic plating before I put the engine back in. It's times like this when you wish you had a bunch more bench space. I guess it's only going to get worse before it gets better. 
 

 

 

I've started taking the front-end apart along with removing all the wiring. The wiring is going to be the biggest headache of all the disassembly because you have to take your time so when you put it back in, everything still works. To make sure things still work when it goes back together, I've marked many wires with tape and wrote notes on them. Notice the wires coming out of both sides of the car.
 

 

 

Here is what the wiring harness looks like out of the car. I put one side of the wiring in one drawer and the other side in another drawer to keep things off the ground. I sure hope everything works when it goes back in.
 

 

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