Garage Queen

I finally got my garage the other day and got Bryci inside so I could start working on her. I've been working on her all day long and I have to say that I have made substantial progress. I got a lot more done today than I was expecting. I took out the radiator and fan assembly so I could have some more room to work in the engine bay. I honestly don't think they could have gotten that 1.8L any tighter in that engine bay.

I got the heat shield off of the exhaust manifold and removed the A/C condenser and all the piping with it. I still have to removed the A/C accumulator, but that doesn't need to be removed immediately, though I'm planning on getting it out of there as well before I officially get started on the water pump.

  After I got all that out of the engine bay I started to lose some weight off the back of the car (the A/C and accessories adding up to almost 75lbs alone), so I got busy ripping out EVERYTHING I could possibly rip out in the rear of the car.

Before

After

I've still got a lot of cleaning up to do. I have to remove the hundreds of feet of speaker wire that the previous owners had in the car. That's all that I got finished tonight, just removed all the interior panels, seats and seatbelts, then I had to go check out the Boise Roadster Show, but I've got tomorrow off so I'll post up what I get finished tomorrow.