I bought this Elky out of Arizona and it has a next to perfect body and interior No rust no bondo. I intended to drive it but found I could not leave well enough alone and wanted an exceptional driver.
After experiencing what I have done this far, I have no idea how some of you take on projects with bad body, frame or interior issues in your home work shops. Although extensive, most of my build is pretty straight forward, and while not easy doing it solo on my 69 year old body, I am going slow and easy Well, I have been tearing things apart for over a year and am about to begin reassembly soon.I have removed the engine and 4 speed , and stripped the engine bay.I have gone thru the tranny and it is ready to go. I mulled over a repower for a long time. The engine is fairly low mileage (66K) and original so I finally decided to rebuild it.Balance and blueprint and no performance mods other than a bigger hydraulic roller cam and roller rockers, being careful to retain enough vacuum for power brakes. It is in the shop for that work as of last week. Mine was equipped with a smog pump which I choose to remove, I bought new non smog exhaust manifolds and had them ceramic coated.
1)I have installed new control arm bushings and upper and lower ball joints in all control arms after sandblasting and painting the arms.
2)It had no power steering so bought the conversion kit, and finally got the bracketry squared away thanx to help from some very kind and patient Forum members.
3)I am converting the factory air to 134a, and using Classic Air's Engine compartment upgrade kit which includes a sanderson compressor, new lines and new condenser as well as their compatible poa and expansion valve and a new evaporator. So, all components that touch freon will be new and compliant.
3)I have a new power brake booster and master cyl.... As well as....
4)New front brake lines in SS, and new rubber lines
5)New calipers,rotors,pads, rear brake cyls and shoes
6)New front and rear springs
7)New front and rear shocks
8)new clutch, pressure plate and throw out bearing
9)New engine, front lights and a/c wiring harnesses
10)All new tie rod ends and new center link, new pitman and idler arm
11)Sand blasted and painted front sway bar, all new sway bar bushings
12)Sandblasted and painted drive shaft and installed new u-joints.
13) Sand blasted and painted transmission crossmember
This week I have been pressure cleaning and scrubbing the engine compartment firewall,front frame, radiator support etc in preparation for paint. The inner fender wells are out so, I will also clean sand and repaint.
To date it has been a 14 month journey of disassembly and parts gathering. Once the engine compartment area is painted I can start assembly of all these parts that have consumed my garage for the past year
I want to get front end together and engine installed and running. Then I will recondition the wiring , dash pad, etc on the interior. Lastly I will clean and paint the undercarriage from the trans tunnel back, rebuild/ replace rear components.
The last thing will be a new exhaust system.
I hope this post was appropriate here and hope it was not too long and/or boring.
Before someone post a WORTHLESS WITHOUT PICTURES, please know I am having difficulty posting photos and will resolve that soon. I would like to share pictures as much as some might like to view them
After experiencing what I have done this far, I have no idea how some of you take on projects with bad body, frame or interior issues in your home work shops. Although extensive, most of my build is pretty straight forward, and while not easy doing it solo on my 69 year old body, I am going slow and easy Well, I have been tearing things apart for over a year and am about to begin reassembly soon.I have removed the engine and 4 speed , and stripped the engine bay.I have gone thru the tranny and it is ready to go. I mulled over a repower for a long time. The engine is fairly low mileage (66K) and original so I finally decided to rebuild it.Balance and blueprint and no performance mods other than a bigger hydraulic roller cam and roller rockers, being careful to retain enough vacuum for power brakes. It is in the shop for that work as of last week. Mine was equipped with a smog pump which I choose to remove, I bought new non smog exhaust manifolds and had them ceramic coated.
1)I have installed new control arm bushings and upper and lower ball joints in all control arms after sandblasting and painting the arms.
2)It had no power steering so bought the conversion kit, and finally got the bracketry squared away thanx to help from some very kind and patient Forum members.
3)I am converting the factory air to 134a, and using Classic Air's Engine compartment upgrade kit which includes a sanderson compressor, new lines and new condenser as well as their compatible poa and expansion valve and a new evaporator. So, all components that touch freon will be new and compliant.
3)I have a new power brake booster and master cyl.... As well as....
4)New front brake lines in SS, and new rubber lines
5)New calipers,rotors,pads, rear brake cyls and shoes
6)New front and rear springs
7)New front and rear shocks
8)new clutch, pressure plate and throw out bearing
9)New engine, front lights and a/c wiring harnesses
10)All new tie rod ends and new center link, new pitman and idler arm
11)Sand blasted and painted front sway bar, all new sway bar bushings
12)Sandblasted and painted drive shaft and installed new u-joints.
13) Sand blasted and painted transmission crossmember
This week I have been pressure cleaning and scrubbing the engine compartment firewall,front frame, radiator support etc in preparation for paint. The inner fender wells are out so, I will also clean sand and repaint.
To date it has been a 14 month journey of disassembly and parts gathering. Once the engine compartment area is painted I can start assembly of all these parts that have consumed my garage for the past year
I want to get front end together and engine installed and running. Then I will recondition the wiring , dash pad, etc on the interior. Lastly I will clean and paint the undercarriage from the trans tunnel back, rebuild/ replace rear components.
The last thing will be a new exhaust system.
I hope this post was appropriate here and hope it was not too long and/or boring.
Before someone post a WORTHLESS WITHOUT PICTURES, please know I am having difficulty posting photos and will resolve that soon. I would like to share pictures as much as some might like to view them