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Offline juhap

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Re: My 81 Wagon Project
« Reply #30 on: December 02, 2011, 08:12:31 AM »
It has been done by a swedish guy... this car was at the time of its first crash in Sweden...
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Re: My 81 Wagon Project
« Reply #31 on: December 02, 2011, 01:34:15 PM »
Now it looks like that...


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Re: My 81 Wagon Project
« Reply #32 on: December 04, 2011, 10:40:44 AM »
There is no rust anymore, just shiny black paint. And a "new" windshield from my Hornet...



And here it is, a "new" dash...



It is much better than original one.

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Re: My 81 Wagon Project
« Reply #33 on: December 04, 2011, 02:59:49 PM »
Much,much better.
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Re: My 81 Wagon Project
« Reply #34 on: December 04, 2011, 06:45:51 PM »
I have never seen that color combination on the seat covers. Must be very rare and looks factory.
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Re: My 81 Wagon Project
« Reply #35 on: December 06, 2011, 01:35:52 PM »
Testing... New dashboard is about 4 mm too much on right... There is not enough space between it and right door...



I think that this darker color is not bad at all... Needs no painting.

Here is a wrong color, but who cares...




OT: today it is Finland´s Independence Day   :hello2:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(Finland)
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Re: My 81 Wagon Project
« Reply #36 on: December 06, 2011, 03:42:49 PM »
You do great work friend.  Happy Independence Day!!!
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Re: My 81 Wagon Project
« Reply #37 on: December 06, 2011, 06:16:35 PM »
Hope you had a safe and wonderful Independance Day my friend.
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Re: My 81 Wagon Project
« Reply #38 on: December 09, 2011, 09:10:12 AM »
I have done some modification to get fresh/warm air to driver and passenger...

My Eagle hadn´t air conditioning at all, so there is just a empty hole in the middle of dash...

I had extra aiconditioning parts taken from my Concord, so I could fill that area with air outlets

Air ducts with holes...


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Re: My 81 Wagon Project
« Reply #39 on: December 10, 2011, 04:27:52 AM »
What kind of speedo do do your eagles have? Do they have km and miles?
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Re: My 81 Wagon Project
« Reply #40 on: December 10, 2011, 12:06:39 PM »
Now there is a brand new dashboard...  :rotfl:

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Re: My 81 Wagon Project
« Reply #41 on: December 10, 2011, 02:43:13 PM »
maybe some vynil paint would do the trick to match the original color for that new dashboard. hello from mexico eagle fella.
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Re: My 81 Wagon Project
« Reply #42 on: December 10, 2011, 09:36:47 PM »
Quote from: EAGLER on December 10, 2011, 02:43:13 PM
maybe some vynil paint would do the trick to match the original color for that new dashboard. hello from mexico eagle fella.
Juhap, as good as you are at painting, that should be no problem.
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Re: My 81 Wagon Project
« Reply #43 on: December 11, 2011, 10:02:03 AM »
Does time move slower over there Juhap?? ;D Because you sure seem to get a heck of a lot of work done quickly : )
Looks great !!
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Re: My 81 Wagon Project
« Reply #44 on: December 11, 2011, 11:28:21 AM »
My main task is to get this job done by the end of May. Then it is the best time for this car to have road test done. Why is it so? In Finland your car must have its annual road test before the original day of registration (i.e. when the car was new). My Eagle is private import, so it hasn´t this official day of registration... If it is so, then last number of the license plate gives the last day of road test. 7 means end of August. I have three months to do the test. June, July and August... If I want to drive next summer, Test is end of May.... If I do road test before, I have to do it again by the end of May... One day earlier, you have to do the test again by the 31st of May....  :banghead:

Today I fixed left front brake. Not so easy as it should have been... Cylinder had some rust... It took 1,5 hours to get it done. Think I´m gonna buy new calibers...

Started to strip driver side fender flare. What was hidden there... Guess what? Rust of course.  :help:

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