Okay, so I have not been very diligent in updating. I've done bits here and there as time and funds would allow.

I have spent the past three years refurbishing peices of the car, including dash mounting peice, steering wheel mount, inside upper a-pillars, and many other bits. All of these I removed the rust and coated with Por-15.

I have also been learing how to weld, and that has been a big plus in the rebuild department.

1st (summer, 2009) I did get the engine to fire. It simply took a bit of starting fluid. I need to adjust the carbs yet, as I have rebuilt them since I last ran the engine, but at least I know it works. http://s209.photobucket.com/albums/bb266/byak0/engine/?action=view&current=EngRunning.flv

 2nd (ongoing throughout 2009), I have nearly completed the passenger side rebuild. I needed new floor crossmembers so I built some new ones, with the help of a friend who works at a sheet metal shop. He was able to bend new ones for me, out of 22 ga paint lock steel. I needed to weld in new inner supports.  http://s209.photobucket.com/albums/bb266/byak0/passfirewall/

http://s209.photobucket.com/albums/bb266/byak0/passenger%20side%20floorboard%20and%20rockers/

http://s209.photobucket.com/albums/bb266/byak0/Misc%20car%20parts/

http://s209.photobucket.com/albums/bb266/byak0/Floor%20Crossmembers/

I have a corner where the heel board and the inner rocker panel meet that needs to be re constructed, then I will be able to weld the rest of the passenger side together. I have reconstructed and refurbished the passenger side fire wall.

Items replaced or refurbished on the passenger side are as follows: complete floor pan, floor crossmember, rocker panel-all 3 parts, uppper and lower a-pillar (new lower, rebuilt upper) and the fire wall.

In my haste to weld the new components in I neglected to adjust the door first. In the end I discovered the door to be way out of adjustment. I had to slice a bit of the repaired firewall out to make adjustment room to bring the bottom of the door back into alignment. Word of warning. Check your fit before you weld.

3rd (mid 2009), I have started the drivers side rebuild. All components on this side have been replaced by new or refurbished parts from donor cars. No original metal was salvageable. http://s209.photobucket.com/albums/bb266/byak0/driver%20floor/http://s209.photobucket.com/albums/bb266/byak0/driver%20floor/

I also worked on modifying the alternator bracket (to lower the alt 2"-it was rubbing on the bonnet)http://s209.photobucket.com/albums/bb266/byak0/engine/

(summer 2009) I built a new lower a-pillar and floor crossmember.

(3-20-2010, 25, 26)The new upper a-pillar I purchased from rimmer brothers did not come with the door jam so a new one needed to be constructed. I have spent the last two weeks (three days really) building this part, and it is now ready to install. I painted the entire inside of this part with por-15. After welding the inside and the outside, a little bit more needs to be coated with por-15.

http://s209.photobucket.com/albums/bb266/byak0/Upper%20A%20pillar/

4th (3-27-10), I have started rebuilding the firewall shelf as the old one (yeah, you gessed it, rusted beyond salvaging). I am currently in the process of forming the raised rectangles the components are mounted to. http://s209.photobucket.com/albums/bb266/byak0/Firewall%20shelf%20build/

Yet to come, both quarter-panels and the rear lower valance, the emblem mounting portion of the rear, the front lower valance, and replacing the left and right sides of the bonnet.