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- This 1958 Speedster came to me after sitting disassembled in another shop for 17 years. Less than 18 months later is was being driven regularly.
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- This is just one of the usual places Speedsters are prone to rust.
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- Without too much work it is good as new.
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- Of course the opposite side of the dash was rusty too.
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- Three areas of the frame were the only bad parts of the replacement trunk lid. It was not kinked and very straight.
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- A scrap hood donated the frame sections needed to do the repair.
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- The trunk lid hinges were torn out due to a previous unsatisfactory repair where the secondary trunk catch was not installed.
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- Here is some poor damage repair from an earlier incident.
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- The trunk lid and hinges are fit with the old nose section intact for fitting purposes.
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- Nose and battery box removed awaiting new sheet metal.
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- On the rotisserie, a new floor and longitudinals are installed.
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- Painted in epoxy and topcoat black. It will be undercoated later in the process.
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- The new nose being fitted.
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- Beautiful body line fit.
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- Nose complete with headlight buckets.
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- The car now has the suspension on and weighted for door to body panel fitting. This puts stress on it to simulate how it will be when assembled.
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- The process of panel fitting.
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- While stressed, the windshield and top are fit. Replacement glass had to be ground and reshaped to fit the car with no stresses in it.
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- Original Speedster seats with all the normal stresses and cracks.
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- One of the stiffeners used to repair the seat shells for the long term.
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- Two coats of epoxy primer.
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- High build primer to fill tiny voids and scratches.
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- Body guide coated to aid in block sanding.
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- Special order orange applied. Only 28 Speedsters came with this color.
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- Body masked for undercoating.
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- The assembly process begins after sanding and polishing.
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- Everything is returned to as new.
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- A Skirmants built transmission.
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- Long block from Competition Engineering.
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- Ready to go in.
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- Ready to be enjoyed!
