Shell Preppin '74 EMS
Shell Preppin '74 EMS
So I finally got around to stripping down one of my spare shells...
The specifics:
'74 99 EMS, last inspected in 1989 and been sitting in the weeds ever since where an entire mouse colony happily called it home. So I felt bad for the car and decided its finally time for it to start its transition into a spare rally shell, ready to be pulled into service when the time comes.
No shortage of Fe2O3 here
Mmm, mouse dirt
Ut oh what does jordan see?...
Brake ventilation holes!
Solved that pesky engine in the way problem
Josh performs surgury on the brake lines
And then plays some "air duct"
About 5 seconds after this photo we discovered the motherload, 15 years of mouse nest.
We decided cleaning woud be easier if we could flip it upside down so rotiseriee was built:
Look ma I can fly!
Finally found a use for old rear axle hub assemblies!
Trying to get rid of the mouse odor:
"When I grow up, I want to be a rally car too!"
The specifics:
'74 99 EMS, last inspected in 1989 and been sitting in the weeds ever since where an entire mouse colony happily called it home. So I felt bad for the car and decided its finally time for it to start its transition into a spare rally shell, ready to be pulled into service when the time comes.
No shortage of Fe2O3 here
Mmm, mouse dirt
Ut oh what does jordan see?...
Brake ventilation holes!
Solved that pesky engine in the way problem
Josh performs surgury on the brake lines
And then plays some "air duct"
About 5 seconds after this photo we discovered the motherload, 15 years of mouse nest.
We decided cleaning woud be easier if we could flip it upside down so rotiseriee was built:
Look ma I can fly!
Finally found a use for old rear axle hub assemblies!
Trying to get rid of the mouse odor:
"When I grow up, I want to be a rally car too!"
Last edited by Luke on Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:05 am, edited 4 times in total.
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for my hour and a half of suffering mosquito bites in the field this evening I was able to pull the brake booster and mount out of potential rally shell #1 tonight. Tomorrow I'll be at the moto shop installing the new clutch kit in the DRZ400...then friday its decide whether to drive to STPR or not.
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according to Charlie you should be able to get the liquid nitrogen in a much smaller container then the big 500lb unit. He was saying you could get them in a container similar to or smaller then the propane bottle used on most gas grills...which would still provide plenty for a rally shell job.
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Yeah you can get small little dewars and get them filled but you have to own your own in that case. My friend that works for a lab at penn state may be able to "borrow" one for me though. Mike ran out doing his and he got the 500 lb jobber, although he did say he lost nearly half the tank to a leaky valve.
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