1983 Pininfarina Spider Resto

[Odoyle]

That's a really nice read. Thanks for taking the time to work on the car, take pics while you are doing it, edit and post all of this. Keep it up!

Glad you enjoyed it! Just started working on the rear end so lots of photos to come soon.

[Ptoneill]

Nice work! I gotta ask, where are you located, the background in the photos show some great looking country side!

[Odoyle]

Nice work! I gotta ask, where are you located, the background in the photos show some great looking country side!

Woodland Hills, California!

[dbr]

I thought so,
Go CA!

[AriK]

Thanks for sharing. Love it! Enjoy your ride!

[Squidders]

Excellent read and resto work, Congrats.

[Odoyle]

Pt. 3 ladies and gents - Enjoy!

Time to tackle the rear end. First I took off one side of the panhard rod, then I disconnected the compensator linkage to the diff, I also loosened the fittings on the flexible center brake hose and clamped it (I'm replacing the hose) until I was ready to drop the axle.

Spring out





That moment when you realize you've gone too far



Before




Masking up the slides




While everything was out, I thought I would spray the wheel wells with a rubberized coating




Now to deal with mess



Decided to replace the master cylinder, to prevent brake fluid from pouring out, put a piece of plastic wrap over the fluid reservoir then tighten the cap



My hand brake cable


So here is a shot of the rear axle all back together, I put in new KYB's, got the compensator hooked up, installed a new hand brake cable, new brake hoses, sandblasted the rotors then wire wheeled them, and sandblasted and painted the dust shield and wheel spacer.



Summer project complete! ... for now

[AriK]

Great accomplishment! Enjoy.

[RRoller123]

Fantastic work! Patience in visible form.

[klweimer]

Your work looks super, but are you in some weird time warp, black hole universe? It's taken me like 2 years to do what you did in 2 days!!!!

[Odoyle]

Hahaha thank you and unfortunately this was all done in real time, most of the work was broken up into three segments over the course of around 7 months. There is some more work that I'v done recently that I need to add to the collection. More pictures soon.