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Re: 1980 Eagle Sport STW 258+TF998 "Silver Beast" (from Finland)
« Reply #120 on: June 20, 2020, 12:23:03 PM »
Made that rust hole a bit larger...  :hello2:

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Re: 1980 Eagle Sport STW 258+TF998 "Silver Beast" (from Finland)
« Reply #121 on: June 21, 2020, 12:20:01 PM »
Some cleaning and "rustoleum"



Leaf spring plate needed a "pan handle"....



First phase done...

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Re: 1980 Eagle Sport STW 258+TF998 "Silver Beast" (from Finland)
« Reply #122 on: June 22, 2020, 11:00:55 AM »
Hot sunny summer day means more welding...

First I cut all rust away. And started to finish sheet metal with bead roller...



Cut this to fit....



And then "just" some welding and grinding...

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Re: 1980 Eagle Sport STW 258+TF998 "Silver Beast" (from Finland)
« Reply #123 on: June 22, 2020, 12:20:40 PM »
Excellent work as always!
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Re: 1980 Eagle Sport STW 258+TF998 "Silver Beast" (from Finland)
« Reply #124 on: June 23, 2020, 01:01:39 PM »
Hot, hot, hot and sunny....

But some work done...

Drilled spot weld out...



Behind backseat it looked like this... nice....



Rest of this nice rust...



First patch



Sits nicely...



CAD planning... Cardboard Assisted Design...



Automatic laser cutting....  :rotfl:



Result... It is amazing what we can do with computers and those modern wonders...  :o



Some welding done... not finished yet, because of heat wave here in Finland...



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Re: 1980 Eagle Sport STW 258+TF998 "Silver Beast" (from Finland)
« Reply #125 on: June 23, 2020, 07:11:56 PM »
Looking good. Guaranteeing the car will last a very long time.  :occasion14:
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Re: 1980 Eagle Sport STW 258+TF998 "Silver Beast" (from Finland)
« Reply #126 on: June 24, 2020, 03:00:35 PM »
You have done some terrific work! That is a very nice Eagle. In fact, when I first got mine and started looking at new tires and wheels, I based a lot of, if not all of my decisions on the appearance and function of the Silver Beast. That is to say that your Eagle is an inspiration!
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Re: 1980 Eagle Sport STW 258+TF998 "Silver Beast" (from Finland)
« Reply #127 on: June 26, 2020, 04:01:22 AM »
Ok, thanks....

Do you mean these black Cragars and All terreain tires?



Those, I believe, are in a Jeep Cherokee..

Today I did some cararchealogy, again...




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Re: 1980 Eagle Sport STW 258+TF998 "Silver Beast" (from Finland)
« Reply #128 on: June 26, 2020, 08:42:14 AM »
Hot, hot, hot...

Trying to find spotwelds... this revealed some old patch work and more rot... Some swiss guy had done some welding to front part of wheel well... Now it has to be done again...




This is inside... more rot...



This is third hidden place where I found signs of old accident...



Job of a hot summer day finished... Free of rust and some chemical rust treatment done. Just new sheet metal needed...

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Re: 1980 Eagle Sport STW 258+TF998 "Silver Beast" (from Finland)
« Reply #129 on: June 26, 2020, 03:43:24 PM »
Quote from: juhap on June 26, 2020, 04:01:22 AM


Do you mean these black Cragars and All terreain tires?


Precisely that photo! Great look!

And I appreciate all of your progress photos. They are very useful for future work.
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Re: 1980 Eagle Sport STW 258+TF998 "Silver Beast" (from Finland)
« Reply #130 on: June 27, 2020, 09:35:44 AM »
This was done today...

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Re: 1980 Eagle Sport STW 258+TF998 "Silver Beast" (from Finland)
« Reply #131 on: June 27, 2020, 10:55:59 AM »
That's a lot of work. But it looks like it's coming along nicely.

Quote from: juhap on June 26, 2020, 08:42:14 AM


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I've never seen a coil around the rear shocks on an Eagle before. Interesting way to address sagging leafs.
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Re: 1980 Eagle Sport STW 258+TF998 "Silver Beast" (from Finland)
« Reply #132 on: June 27, 2020, 01:04:07 PM »
I  belive that when this was as a taxi in Zurich Switzerland, they added these...

But in my RAmbler/AMC cars and wrecks I´ve had four sets of those shocks... Popular in Europe??
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Re: 1980 Eagle Sport STW 258+TF998 "Silver Beast" (from Finland)
« Reply #133 on: June 27, 2020, 03:12:10 PM »
Interesting.
And I don't recall my rear sway bar being so robust. I'll have to take a look.
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Re: 1980 Eagle Sport STW 258+TF998 "Silver Beast" (from Finland)
« Reply #134 on: June 28, 2020, 04:42:40 AM »
Last ones... Trunk´s done... Just some finishing jobs... paint and such...

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