1973 restoration

[NickVyse]

Was buying in Iran a non-starter? Loads left there and probably a better rust-reduced prospect. Just interested really.

 

Good luck, presume you'll be installing AC ?

[DrA76]

1 hour ago, NickVyse said:

Was buying in Iran a non-starter? Loads left there and probably a better rust-reduced prospect. Just interested really.

 

Good luck, presume you'll be installing AC ?

Iran is not to far from Kuwait an hour flight or a 4 hrs by boat.

But it's illegal to export a classic vehicle from there.. agree many left there, I usually buy parts from iran. 

I restored more than 20 classic cars in the past 15 years never installed an A/C.?

[dirving]

Pretty interesting. Different world. What is the illegality based on? Is it political, religious, tax based? I feel ignorant about this. Glad you can get parts anyway. Thats another thing.

[DrA76]

43 minutes ago, dirving said:

Pretty interesting. Different world. What is the illegality based on? Is it political, religious, tax based? I feel ignorant about this. Glad you can get parts anyway. Thats another thing.

never had a clear answer to that question, i don't think its religious , political or tax based . my best guess is that after the revolution in the late 70's many car manufacturer stopped shipping cars to Iran, so this law was a must control car prices .

[ray_]

5 hours ago, Icecube76 said:

 

I restored more than 20 classic cars in the past 15 years never installed an A/C.?

There's still time.

 

 

Nice project!

 

Cheers,

[DrA76]

On 11/25/2020 at 7:20 PM, ray_ said:

There's still time.

 

 

Nice project!

 

Cheers,

i have a frigiking setup from an old project. i don't think that i should use old componont for AC . if i am going to install on i might use something modern. and a single vent on center console.

 

 

[Get2theBimmah]

Nice!  Looking forward to progress photos!

[bavariaboy]

I have a Behr unit in my '76. I like the flat panel and the ashtray. Two knobs that look like stock BMW 2002 knobs.

 

Blows bitter cold here in the US Northeast. Probably adequate or a bit better for your climate.  Can't live without it. Spoiled.

 

Love your restoration. I would go Inka and black. Love those funky colors. 

 

Steve

[ray_]

7 hours ago, Icecube76 said:

i have a frigiking setup from an old project. i don't think that i should use old componont for AC . if i am going to install on i might use something modern. and a single vent on center console.

 

 

As you know, there's a lot of info here regarding how to make that work. 

 

The optimized (frigiking) system may be  marginal for you, though, based on the summer temperatures there. I find the weak links to be blower speed and evaporator area. But very low humidity there will work in your favor I think! 

 

Cheers,

 

I think a quality ceramic tint will help considerably.

[DrA76]

Media lasting the car. It took more than I thought. 

It was almost impossible to remove the layer's of bondo.

 

 

Edited December 23, 2020 by Icecube76

[DrA76]

47 years of rust,bondo and bad repairs.

[DrA76]

Few moments later, ? epoxy coating.

[Fortlauderdalian]

I’m interested to see the passengers side rear rocker panel repair please take lots of pictures I have to do the same to my new project. 

[man_mark_7]

Interesting. I'm not a body so I'm curious about epoxy coating before finishing the metal repair. Will it get re-epoxy-coated once body repair is complete?

[DrA76]

7 hours ago, Fortlauderdalian said:

I’m interested to see the passengers side rear rocker panel repair please take lots of pictures I have to do the same to my new project. 

Will do.