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Old 05-04-2015, 03:26 PM
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LS1 swap turned cowl rebuild and floorpan replacement

Well life sucks when it all goes wrong.

But I'm mashing those damned lemons into lemonade

So I was at the last spot to prep on the engine bay for paint before the swap and went right thru the firewall with a wire wheel.

So in the included link shows how nice of a job we did on the cowl and well as pics of all the prior damage. I will keep updating the original thread as work progresses. Next time we can get together, it will be floor board time on the drivers side. I expect it to end up taking the same 2 day work period with 10-12 hour days with the three of us(fingers crossed).

Current status is firewall/cowl rebuilt and completed, engine bay prepped and primed for paint and awaiting driver floor pan repair.

U can comment here or on the original thread, since no one seems to care other than other folks in the same boat lol

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/nw-i...1-formula.html

Let me know what you think so far.
Old 05-04-2015, 04:30 PM
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Nice job on the repairs. I sure feel your pain.
Old 05-04-2015, 06:57 PM
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Ya gonna fix it?
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I plan to. Going to have to pay someone to do the work, though. I don't have the skill or equipment to do this on my own. I know the cost/benefit ratio is low, but I don't want to re-body the car.
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Updated original with rebuilt cowl pics.

Next up is fixing the driver floor pan up.......

Working on engine stuff until the Three Amigos garage gets back together again
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Updated to include start of driver floor pan repair.

The fun never ends!
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