Saving a Coupe

[kittenpuncher]

Its official I am in love.

[getamongst-it]

I sure hope there is more to come with this and that isn't the end, it's a beauty.

Amazing build. Cleanest car I've seen all week!

thanks!

There certainly is much more to come you'll be seeing this car around. I love driving it! There are some interior/exterior details I didn't have time to take care of that I plan on continuing with. I also have my eye on another set of wheels that I've wanted since their debut, but these are cutting it for now.

As far as mechanically, after the trip I've found I definitely need inner tie rods, and an upgraded clutch & flex plate with the added power of the bumped-up fuel, air, and less drag from accessories being gone.

[ktfright]

Amazing build. Cleanest car I've seen all week!

[edirty6eddie]

I sure hope there is more to come with this and that isn't the end, it's a beauty.

[getamongst-it]

I just drove a 26 year old car that I've worked on for the past 6 months straight over 2000 miles with no issues, 17 hours each way, and got 35mpg, all while going 75-80+.

To say I feel accomplished is an understatement. It was awesome as always seeing my southern buddies and meeting some new faces as well!

I'll leave these iPhone pans here for now but hopefully I'll get some proper photos of the car this weekend.

[kittenpuncher]

I wanna see some updated pics of this beautiful creation

[getamongst-it]

Got the brakes workin! very low pedal however which is odd but it stops well. Drove around aimlessly last night, went to Starbucks and stopped at a friend's house. Then took her to work today to put some miles on. 85 so far, no issues!

I'm going to chalk it up to being an older master and an early booster which does not have an internally adjustable rod. When I get back I plan to buy a brand new OEM master and source a good late model booster from a 90-92 car which has an adjustable rod.

It looks like I'll see y'all at SoWo! wish me luck, 1000 miles from Connecticut to GA is a hell of a shakedown!

[getamongst-it]

I haven't tried a power bleeder yet, but the brake lines themselves have no air in them, just seems the master was airbound.

I determined that the master I had was indeed shot, when I took it out of the car tonight it was just draining fluid from the reservoir out the ports, which should not happen unless the plunger is depressed.

I bench bled a used master I had sitting around and was able to get some improvement in braking power. I'm going to bleed the brakes at all 4 corners tomorrow and see where that puts me. If I need to, I'm going to order a master from German Auto Parts which should be here Tuesday, just in time to get installed and make the drive. Luckily I have the whole day off on Wednesday and we depart for GA at 3AM.

FINGERS CROSSED!

[NorCalFocus]

Have you tried a power bleeder? I had a clutch master one time that wouldn't bleed for the life of me. Put on a power bleeder, and it bleed in 5 minutes.

[Matt]

[getamongst-it]

Very nice.. Love your work and commitment to a great car.

Such a sick build. Keep it up, see you at sowo!

Thanks fellas! The kind words have kept me pushing on this thing even though I keep running into problems, the brakes being the latest.

I wanted to pop in a little update that the interior is essentially all together. I've got a little bit of cleaning to do, sprucing up the dash and some minor trim pieces, but I figured I'd rustle a few jimmies first. I put the new headliner in last night, and while it's not for everyone, I absolutely love it. With the 90s styling I'm going with on the car it'll all make sense eventually.

I was really pumped about the Pirelli edition visors and that little piece of black felt trim for the sunroof because I completely forgot that I had either of them. Not to mention, that little piece of felt trim is basically non-existent if I had to source one. A little royal red micro-fleece never hurt anyone.



The egg-crate look you see on the sunroof panel is the stamping used to stiffen it because that is actually a piece of sheet metal that snaps into the underside of the sunroof. Unfortunately when recovering it, I couldn't come up with a way to fill all that in while still keeping it flexible enough to reinstall, but maybe someday I'll pop it off and get creative with some foam. For now it doesn't bother me.

[Trigsby]

Such a sick build. Keep it up, see you at sowo!

[Mystic S60]

Very nice.. Love your work and commitment to a great car.

[getamongst-it]

If I can't source a good brake master and get it installed over the next few days the car isn't going to SoWo. The master I had was from a "show" car that was sitting a few years and I've bled the whole system about 4 times and get no air at the calipers but the pedal still goes to the floor. The booster is good, it came right off a car working fine.

This is beyond frustrating I'm just pulling whatever strings I can to make this happen. Let's see if I can get lucky this time!

---incoming kick in the balls expected---

[ldl180i]

Wow. The coupe is coming along. Body is looking crisp & those seats... My word.