Disassemble
November 2nd, 2006
First, forgive my english, i really need to practice a lot more.
In this post ill talk about the disassemble, i started it the same day the car got home, i was really exited, this was our second restoration - the first one was a m38a1, military jeep - but they are really diferent. First of all i started removig all the lights, cause they didt work, the electric system was complete but only a 20% was in working condition. After that the fenders went out, all the interior, and everything that needed to, cause the next step was remove the body from the pan, it was not that hard, really, you need to remove the bolts all around the car, then 4 in the front, 2 more below the gas tank - it was removed first - and 4 in the rear behind the wheels, then we and 4 friends lift it up, and puted in the ground next to the pan, dont do what i did, forgot to remove the acelerator cable, and with the car in the air i had to remove it. After all that i couldnt belive how easy it was, and how good the chasis and the body were, in that moment my love for german cars started to grow really fast : D. Of cuorse you cant forget to clean, i think that maybe a 50% of the final results in a restorations depends on it, so clean, clean, clean and clean, sure it is really boring and discosting sometimes, but you will see the diference.
With the fenders out, we found something we didnt realized before, the car was crashed hard in the front, but at least it was complete, so the disassemble contiued, we removed the engine, trans, front beam - not sure if it is the name in english - and then finally all the windows, doors, cables, everything. For now thats all!.
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