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2007 Walter Mitty

Teardown

Behind each front fender there were two corners on the pillar where the hinges attach to.  These areas are exposed to water and grime.  To make things worse, a sealer of some sort was used to seal off the corners.  This stuff just trapped moisture and required a patch panel.

The rest of the body was in decent shape.  The tub was taken to a media blaster and this revealed where other patch panels needed to be made.  The majority were small, mainly to the floorboards. 

The frame turned out to be a different story.  Overall, it was in decent shape.  However after some very close inspection problems were found.  This is covered in detail in the next section devoted to the frame.

The dash was completely delaminated, so it would require a new one made.  As the dash came apart, the spaghetti bowl of wiring was revealed.  What a mess.  While the wires 'looked' OK, they are far from perfect.  Many connectors were rusty and the great majority were brittle.  So, the harness was taken out and replaced with one of my own design.

The fuel tank was a mess.  Unfortunately the tank was not drained when the car was parked.  After time passes, fuel turns to a messy tar like substance.  So the tank had a big gob of this stuff, plus whatever moisture was in the tank caused it to pit and scale severely.  The tank was a total loss.

And so the rebuild process started... 

 

 
 
 

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