Disassembling Classic Car

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See How To Disassembling Your Classic Car Restoring your first classic car is fun, exciting and sometimes confusing. Within a few days of beginning the project you soon realize how much you've already learned. The next car you restore will benefit from this real world experience. The goal of this article is to reduce the learning curve of the disassembling process. Following the advice outlined below can help you achieve better results on your first attempt. Disassembling a car properly takes a long time and a lot of work. A good way to minimize the hours and dollars you spend putting it back together is by doing things slowly, methodically and carefully. The pace will be slow because you need to document every step. It needs to be methodical …show more content…

Take a lot of high definition digital pictures before you begin the disassembly process. This is one of those moments when cellphone images aren't good enough. Make sure you get all the body parts, chrome and hinges from all angles. Take close-up shots of the seam lines around the hood and doors, corners of the windshield and window moldings, and the engine compartment. When taking pictures of the interior, don’t forget to take shots of the underside of the dash and capture shots of the doors opened as well as pictures [with the door panel removed]. It may be a long time before you start putting it back together again. It is almost impossible to remember what went where. Finally, Keep the digital camera handy and charged up. You will need to take more pictures at each major disassembly step. In our opinion you can never take too many pictures along the way. You'll find in [the restoration process] that one photo is worth 1,000 words. Organizational …show more content…

Small parts like door handles and window cranks can be stored in plastic bags. Larger items, like seats and panels, can be wrapped in the plastic bags dry cleaners use to cover your clothes. Moving on to the Engine Compartment Clear the firewall and take all the accessories off the engine. In a typical restoration, the firewall is painted and all mechanical parts are removed and rebuilt. This is a good time to send the engine out for rebuilding. You can [rebuild the carburetor], generator and other accessories while you are waiting on the machine shop work. If the engine doesn’t need rebuilding, make sure to wrap it up securely with heavy gauge plastic to keep moisture away. If possible, don’t remove wiring. Use it as a guide when installing new wiring and wiring harnesses. Then remove the old harness as you complete each step in the new installation. Additional Car Restoration Tips Go through your notebook and highlight all the parts that need replacing. This is a good time to make a separate "to do" list for ordering them. Use your local car club for referrals to find shops that provide reliable, high-quality chrome plating services. We have had a few projects stall out because we got involved with the wrong

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