Blog about the rebuilding and restoration of my 1980 Chrysler Scorpion

Month May 2013

Meet B1 and B2

I needed a parts car… so have been watching on eBay and Gumtree and there hasn’t been any recently. 2 nights ago i thought i would post on Facebook in the local Horsham and Hamilton Buy Swap and Sell groups… Continue Reading →

more rust :(

found some more rust when we removed the tail lights…oddly again on the driver side and in behind the light fitting itself, which was really weird cause the rubber seals on the light were in good nick so we sanded… Continue Reading →

Sanding… Sanding and more Sanding

Connor and I started sanding down the body last weekend, and its going to take a few weekends worth of work to get it rubbed back ready for undercoat… Connor got right into it and loved working with the Electric… Continue Reading →

Bumper Rust

Pulled off the Bumpers as part of the prep of the body and found they have surface rust pretty bad on the backs of them Im not sure how to treat them so open to suggestions

Rust repairs

Ok Connor and I started on the Rust repairs last weekend and got a fair amount done.. striped back around the rust holes in the door and sill and treated it with rust converter we found that after removing the… Continue Reading →

The Dashboard

ok this thing is going to be the bain of my existence 🙁     as you can see its beyond repair…  and i attempted to remove it and ended up with as you can see there wasnt much left… Continue Reading →

The Body Colour and Look

Ok i’ve toyed with a few ideas on what to do respray wise, and at the moment its going to come down to budget and lack thereof Im going to give it a clean sleek look by removing a lot… Continue Reading →

The Plan!

ok the ultimate plan would be to restore her as a weekend driver and show car… who am i kidding i don’t have that sort of money! so for now the plan is to do the following: Remove the Rust… Continue Reading →

The Good, The Bad and the Downright Ugly

ok after getting her home and giving her a clean we have gone thru her to see how bad she is… Engine Ok mechanically we found that it idle’s really roughly and seems to be running really rich… and it… Continue Reading →

She’s Home

Ok we got her home and the first thing we did was give her a good wash down and a go over inside to get rid of a lot of dust etc from a distance she looked rather good apart… Continue Reading →

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