Hotblack Desiato, A restoration thread of sorts..

[WSC-SHO]

I say fix it and enjoy it. The wide body is going to keep it off the road even longer than what you are planning right now.

Good luck with whatever you decide to do.

you're definately right on that one, and looking at pictures, it looks as though the Gen II's aren't any wider in the fender than the Gen I's, they just have a little more wheel well arch in them.

Also, do Gen II doors fit the Gen I bodies? I assume the interior door panels wouldn't fit, but do the exterior trim pieces use the same holes in the doors? :thankyou:

 

[SHObill]

see post about Gen1& 2 doors
http://www.shoforum.com/showthread.php?t=111476

 

[jonheese]

There have been a LOT of threads about Gen2 doors on a Gen1, and vice versa. Search is your friend. I did a search for "gen door swap", and here are the obvious hits I got:

http://www.shoforum.com/showthread.php?t=71786
http://www.shoforum.com/showthread.php?t=70015
http://www.shoforum.com/showthread.php?t=62861
http://www.shoforum.com/showthread.php?t=52798
http://www.shoforum.com/showthread.php?t=47394
http://www.shoforum.com/showthread.php?t=29087
http://www.shoforum.com/showthread.php?t=23015

 

[zblackbeast]

Tim.. i told you about that thread with the doors.. you shoulda gone there first foo!! ha

 

[LJRuddy]

Cant wait to start painting this beast for ya.

 

[WSC-SHO]

Cant wait to start painting this beast for ya.

Thanks man, and thanks to Clay for donating 3 (or 4) rust free new doors! Parts cars rule. :thankyou:

Now I just need to make some new rocker panels, and either widen the fenders a bit, or fix the existing stock panels.

 

[rarebird70]

hey whats the condition of your old drivers door? looking to replace mine as it has speed holes in it, lol.

 

[zblackbeast]

Tim took the doors.. were going to a salvage yard today.. ill tell you what we find/price!!

 

[WSC-SHO]

Tim took the doors.. were going to a salvage yard today.. ill tell you what we find/price!!

Found some Stereo goodies, a keypad computer so I can have a working keypad, worked on mounting the Gen I panels onto the Gen II doors. It looks as thought you just need to swap the door handle and mounts for the upper door grab bar (?) in order to make the swap work. More time will tell.

Hopefully more pics by tomorrow. Even though it sucks being all rusty, I LOVE working on it, hopefully that doesn't change.

 

[LJRuddy]

That will change. It usually happens when the car is the furthest from being road worthy and just after dropping a substantial amount of money on it.

 

[zblackbeast]

Well.. get made more progress last night.. Started mocking up the doors, like Tim stated it shouldn't be too difficult. We also found those Pioneer speakers in a wrecked 94!!

 

[Art5]

I remember that guy with IMpala lights on Gen I put Gen2 quater panels on his car. In my car I'm going to do flares, maybe slightly wider for arches, but not really wide body kit. The reason why I would do that is because I have 1" spacers in the back and what , I think, this car really needs is wider wheel base in the back for better handling. With wider wheel base, you need to stop wheels rubbing...

 

[K-Dawg]

The reason why I would do that is because I have 1" spacers in the back and what , I think, this car really needs is wider wheel base in the back for better handling. With wider wheel base, you need to stop wheels rubbing...

Something is wrong if you need a wider rear track.

 

[Art5]

Something is wrong if you need a wider rear track.

OH YEAH!!! So what is wrong with me then?

 

[kevinspann]

OH YEAH!!! So what is wrong with me then?

You like a car that understeers?

 

[WSC-SHO]

Update, yesterday we started working on stripping the rusty passenger door to replace it with the new, rust free one, Finished mounting the first Gen I panel onto one of the new Gen II doors. Not too shabby!
:wave:


Working on pulling the wires through the new door tomorrow, hoping to have them all done this weekend.

 

[Art5]

You like a car that understeers?

no, but I also hate drifting ass of SHO and bouncing off guard rails!

 

[SHOtime2511]

So learn how to drive then.

 

[LJRuddy]

Tim, I am curious as to why you decided to mount the door panels knowing that we will have to paint them to match the rest of the car...?

 

[zblackbeast]

we haven't mounted them. Theyre just resting there with 2 screws in to make sure everything we drilled lighned up correctly etc. We still need to drill the holes for the gen 1 door skins on the outside.. but that shouldn't be difficult at all!!