Aaron's 76 Type LT Project

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I made a little more progress this weekend. I was able to get the control arms, coil springs and spindles installed. It took a little longer than I thought it would, since the LCAs were a little stubborn and coil springs are always tons of fun. But it all went together well.

The UCAs, LCAs and coil springs are PTFB. I went with the low friction ball joints for both upper and lower and the tall upper ball joint. The LCA bushings are the spherical style. I'd like to take this car to the track, so decided to upgrade these areas to improve the suspension. Keith Smith @ Custom Works did the work to the spindles to accept C5 calipers, which will get installed down the road. I am waiting on a set of rear leaf spring pads to arrive so I can finish installing the rear end. Then it's time to start work on the 1/4 panels.

11-17-2010

Not much to report. I got the other pair of leaf spring pads in so I was able to get the rear end secured into place. Since that was done, I decided to pull the driver side door down from the attic so I can bolt it up in preparation of removing the driver side 1/4 panel.

Pat, is this one of your doors? The shade of brown is a little off



I have a legit question though. The door has an edge guard on it. It appears that the strip mount is held on with rivets. Do I need to simply drill these out with like a 1/8" drill bit or is there another way to remove them?