Click on the thumbnail to view a larger image - 1600 x 1200. All of these photos were taken by me with a Nikon Coolpix 800
Ugh, as mentioned in the project journal, the firewall in the Eagle is badly damaged and will need some massive repairs. So, over spring break I have decided to tackle the project head on.
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| The Illegal Eagle in the shop with hood and dash removed and sitting on roof. | This is the culprit of all of my problems with this car. The cracked firewall. The large square opening is were the fuse box comes in and the large round hole is where the clutch master cylinder attaches. As you can see, there is only about 2 inches of undamaged metal for the master cylinder to bolt to, which makes the firewall a big spring. This is why the clutch didn't work. This is the reason I got the car for $100. | Another shot of the badly damaged firewall. |
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| The firewall with all wiring relocated, dash, emergency brake, clutch, normal brake, sound deadener, and carpet removed | A side shot of the mess. | ...and another |
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| The dash on this car is pretty simple to remove. Just take the radio and heater controls out. Remove 6 screws along the windshield, drop the stearing column cover and vent controls (on non-air conditioned cars), unplug a bunch of stuff, and BOOM! The dash is out! It only took me about an hour to get it out and on the roof of the car, as seen. | After I took the hood off, I removed the driver's side hinge. In the process, a stupid little nut decided to break it's weld and had to be pulled through the hole in the fender. Looks like I have ANOTHER welding project. I had to remove the inner fender to get to this stupid thing as well as the nuts on the emergency brake. | Another shot of the firewall. |
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| This is a shot of the middle of the dash in the car. This is where all of the wiring got temporarily relocated to make room for patching the firewall. The heater controls and radio are also setting there. | This is the cardboard template we made for the patch to be made from. | This is the sheet of material being used to make the patch. It's approximately 18 gauge steel, and is just about the beefiest stuff I can use. |