86 Cabby saved (thanks to the people on this forum)

[hyperlightboards48]

AND CABBY INFO
Well figured I’d throw together some pics of my cabbie’s last 6 months.
I’m down in the middle of nowhere in Illinois for school right now and spotted this on craigslist. The guy was getting it scrapped the next week but a friend said to try craiglist first. He wanted 500 for it I gave him 375 for it towed to my house.
Once we got it home


Engine compartment was absolutely filthy this is it after degreased a bit

[hyperlightboards48]

Replaced
Dist cap, rotor, plug wires, air filter, Timing belt, water pump, radiator, radiator hoses, dipstick, fuel filter, exhaust and all new belts... and then some. Anyways at this point the car was running decent but there was oil in the coolant when I was doing the radiator

So I ran the glove test. Here's a video


Failed miserably!!!

[hyperlightboards48]

Off comes the head



Had the head resurfaced at a local machine shop and they got it all cleaned up

The Install


Then replaced all the vacuum lines with silicone lines and lots of trouble shooting later the car started running well so I got to start working on the cosmetics

[hyperlightboards48]

Gutted the carpet


Pressure washed and reinstalled

Detailed the dash

[hyperlightboards48]

Waxed it up

Here’s the bay

[hyperlightboards48]

Now the fun part stopping the curse of the drippy knee (thanks brian for all your help)

[Beetle.freak]

Gutted the carpet


Pressure washed and reinstalled

Detailed the dash

Any promblems with the carpet shrinkage ???

[mileycyrus]

WOW...nice safe there!!

[kamzcab86]

Before:


After:


Nice job! Looks beautiful! I wish more folks were like you.

Has the PO seen it since its restoration?

[hyperlightboards48]

Nice job! Looks beautiful! I wish more folks were like you.

Has the PO seen it since its restoration?

Crazy!!! I just went to his house about 20 min ago for the first time since i bought it. He and his wife were very impressed!

[riotbeast]

great job on it man glad to see their are mosre people out their not scared to buy something somone else thinks is junk and trandform it to something sweet. keep up the good work

[hyperlightboards48]

Well i finished up my program down on the corn belt so now the cabby is moving to Minnesota

Was a pain it the butt to get the car up on the trailer, the ramp was only like two feet long so it was way too steep to get on. I ended up driving on a hill on my yard

[firefighter62]

congratulations for the restoration of the convertible!

[KYDUBBER]

Very nice save! Good work

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[hyperlightboards48]

Looks real nice beetlefreak. are you rubbing on hard turns in thr front at all... oh you have all the sway bar stuff, that probably helps.

Great Job Man! Red and black '86's are the best.

I've also got those same black pleather seats in mine. The height adjust is awesome. Keep the updates coming.

I'm a short guy so the hight adjustment isn't necessary for me but it defiantly is nice!

this thread is maus approved.

Oh thank god! Thanks man!

Very nice save! Good work