I guess it is about time I take over this thread and bring it to life. After a short trip to TX to pick it up, we got it home and started to inspect the car. After a thorough look over, it was evident that some of the previous assembly work was going to have to be redone mostly due to not ever being finished off properly, along with a couple other "iffy" things.
First item on the list was the firewall. Several issues led to the changing of it. The factory hanging points for the vintage air were gone and did not want any exposed hardware. The DBW pedal was mounted too low and would have interfered with the carpet once installed. Lastly the firewall itself had not been seam sealed before paint, it was badly warped, and looked like a sack of walnuts around the tunnel opening from a wreck many moons ago.
First thing was to protect the paint on the car by wrapping it with spark deflection paper
here is the center of the firewall badly warped
unfinished edge and not sealed
unnecessary holes and not pretty to boot
out came the firewall a little too easy only to find bare unprotected metal
firewall and panel weld through primed, and welded in place. I also welded on the clutch cylibder bracket to further prevent flexing of the bracket
