boulevard Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 Hello all I hope you know what your getting into reading this post. Please no winers and cry babies. As most know a tree fell on my '93 Lumina Z34 Christine. I've been removing parts off of this Lumina Z34 from a local junk yard. As part of her reconstruction I had to get this rear quarter panel off and delivery it to my body guy Alex. Alot of $$$$ and time later we finally got this piece in the shop. I actually thought she'd fix herself up like in the movies. I'm such a dork. Enjoy! Remove all parts Remove all interior also Break out rear window Cut top through door head & rear window head Cut bottom through door sill thru to floor knock out Cut rear close as possible to spare wheel well follow through into floor of trunk through to car interior floor ] Cut through rear deck - remove trunk hinge rods - do not cut thru them Cut through rear deck - other pic Before this quarter of the car comes off, your gonna have a lot of other shit your gonna have to remove. This took the longest. Plus it was like 92 degrees yesterday and we were in direct sunlight. It sucked! Following pics are of the aftermath. The Z34 tilted forward when we got the piece off. That was a definet surprise. PICS FROM PREVIOUS POSTING - PICTURES OF OTHER PARTS REMOVED - EVERYTHING YOU SEE MISSING OFF THIS CAR ARE THE PARTS I TOOK OFF - PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here are a couple of pics of the Maui Blue Lumina that I stripped down in the Junk Yard near me. i took off everything you see missing. Didn't take long at all. Pretty good for a camera phone! These pictures also show the front bumper reinforceer, I also took this piece later that day. Side skirts and rear bumper are in MINT shape, there still in the junkyard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwmin Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 you hackzered up a maui...you bastard thats crazy. i think its pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White93z34 Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 you are just about as nuts as me when it comes to putting these cars back together! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulevard Posted August 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 you are just about as nuts as me when it comes to putting these cars back together! At least Im not the only one. You should see all the work we put into her when I first got her. It would probably floor some people. I had all the glass and trim removed from the car yesterday and progress is now moving along. Not much has been done but tonight is the first night of actual tear down. That damn piece was stupid heavy. I need to go back for the trunk lid hinge from the passenger side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairdo12 Posted September 1, 2007 Report Share Posted September 1, 2007 This is absolutly insane! I love it! I am enjoying reading about this rebuild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy K Posted September 1, 2007 Report Share Posted September 1, 2007 I want to see YOUR car! props to the dedication man!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWeb80 Posted September 1, 2007 Report Share Posted September 1, 2007 your deff. crazy good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19Cutlass94 Posted September 1, 2007 Report Share Posted September 1, 2007 you are just about as nuts as me when it comes to putting these cars back together! At least Im not the only one. You should see all the work we put into her when I first got her. It would probably floor some people. I had all the glass and trim removed from the car yesterday and progress is now moving along. Not much has been done but tonight is the first night of actual tear down. That damn piece was stupid heavy. I need to go back for the trunk lid hinge from the passenger side. You guys arnt the only ones! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulevard Posted September 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2007 Thanks for the support and the encouraging words. I stopped by my buddies shop tonight to check out the progress. I took a couple pictures that I will be posting in a couple of minutes. This is fun but not as fun as it was the first time around. The first time around I was there every step of the day. We drank every day and smoked up everynight. Those nights were alot ALOT of fun. ha ha! See you guys in a few. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulevard Posted September 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2007 Alright here we go! Here are a couple of pics of Christine during strip down. I'll keep this topic current as mush as I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulevard Posted September 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2007 Here are more pics of my Z34. This is from today Sept. 1, 2007. With all the weight off this car, she should be able to run 9's.... ha ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOT2B GM Posted September 2, 2007 Report Share Posted September 2, 2007 certainly getting down to business Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulevard Posted September 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2007 Hello to all! I got a video to share with everyone. This is a video of the progress done to my car. You'll hear some spanish television in the background, that's because my guy Alex is Mexican just like me. I also used my remote start to record "Christine" start up. She's truely loud. Thinking about getting a resonator on her. What you think of the work? See post before this. See General W-Body Discussion > Powertrain "My '93 Z34 "Christines" Exhaust" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWeb80 Posted September 2, 2007 Report Share Posted September 2, 2007 wow, she is really torn apart.... sounds good there...I just hope it isn't raspy up top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediabandit Posted September 2, 2007 Report Share Posted September 2, 2007 work is coming along... good job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulevard Posted September 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 Here are pictures of the current progress made to Christine. My guy Alex took the weekend off so not much progress shown. He says a week and a half more till she's complete. I'll give two weeks, I doubt a week and a half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GutlessSupreme Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 that's gonna be a bitch and a half to weld up properly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SigEpCutlass Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 Wow that is a hell of a lot of work to fix that one area. Hopefully everything goes back together as well as you hoped! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euro Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 Damn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slick Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 For that amount of work, you could have found a rust free shell, painted it, and swapped over everything from your vehicle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19Cutlass94 Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Finding a rust free is easier said than done though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1138 Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Oh wow. And they cut up a Maui Blue Z to do it too... I'd have bought the blue Z and swapped everything over. Can't wait to see how it looks all painted and everything though. I hate bodywork, I have great admiration for people who can do it well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulevard Posted September 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Oh wow. And they cut up a Maui Blue Z to do it too... I'd have bought the blue Z and swapped everything over. I removed all the parts from the donor junk yard Maui Blue Z34. I also was the one who cut the rear quarter out of the junk yard Maui Blue Z34. The car is coming along just fine. I got to go tonight and check on the progress. It's 8:10pm here so I have to leave now. I'll post pics here when I get back. I used to work with this guy. He does great work for the price. I have alot of respect for him too. We've done alot of quarter panel replacements in the day. This is no big deal. There have been times where we've cut the trunk out too to swap including parts of the trunk. Talk to you ya'll later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pabz Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 I am sure Christine will look good as new. Well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairdo12 Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 Couldn't you have spot welded studs and pulled the dent as much as possible and then used some filler to smooth it out? Of course I didn't see the damage in person but that is what I would have tried to do first. It didn't look like the metal was too badly stretched in the pictures. I still think this is awsome, and I love the frequent pictures. I've only seen a quarter panel replacement once. How did you clean up the rest of the original quarter panel from the car? The pictures show what looks like just a rough cut. And getting the "new" quarter prepped, did you have to drill all the spot welds out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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