Sunday, March 11, 2007

Engine, Out!

a week has passed and on saturday, the old weathered 1.6 pinto engine is out. along with the propeller shaft and transmission unit.

here's the car under the shade
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can you see the transmission tunnel?
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here you can see the rear of the slam panel
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close-up of firewall, crossmember, and steering rack among other things
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the garage in the background houses the a-team van, a 29 foot limo and some other classics.
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transmission unit, propeller shaft and engine (l-r)
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close-up of the weathered 1.6 pinto.
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weathered gearbox
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now the boys at AMC will be arranging the wiring loom and labeling other miscellaneous parts for storage then in the next week or two the car should be at the body shop. more updates to come when that starts rolling.

4 comments:

Alexis Delon said...

nice to see that work has started, just the other day a cortina MK3, red body black roof passed by my hse, had to doa double take at it.
btw, will u be going to the classic car weekned at sepang?

whatdamn said...

elmo,
yeah finally after months of sitting under the shade leaking engine oil over my patio. haha! i will be going for the track day at sepang as a time keeper! will be following the AMC guys to help out since the putra isn't going to be setup in time nor can it be considered a classic car. and the tina is far from finished.

so i guess i'll see you there?

Alexis Delon said...

yeah i will be going there, ask a busy body la, i don't hav a classic to go in just yet, see u there man, i'll be slightly bald with 2 ear-rings ... i think, i guess i'll be able to recognize u. frm seeing ur pics on ur blog.

whatdamn said...

ok man. in case i don't recognize you, just give wave your arms frantically la. hahah.