AUTOFASHIONS.COM

1. It was understood by owner before taking on this job that an additional year had to be added so that I could build back the business again at Auto Fashions.com from a Freeze out at Carolina Auto Restorer's Inc.
2. I drove to location to view vehicle.
3. I Picked up vehicle and place in storage at Auto Fashions to start the evaluation
4. The owner said the engine has already be rebuilt and the transmission is in good working order.
5. The body and the interior will be restored, followed by a minor work on engine. Vehicle is in storage
6. Thank-you for your Deposit # 6139
7. Picked up shop manual & parts manual for vehicle.
8. After the 99 Jeep is finished today I plan on raising the vehicle and remove the brake drums to inspect the brakes
9. Upload photos.  The brake shoes are in good.  The brake parts do look new, but further inspection is needed to see if brake cylinders can be honed out.  The wheel bearings and the drums have not been checked for out.
10. Photo Update
11. Buying supplies & Setting up new shelves in mechanic shop to hold parts removed for your vehicle, no charge for this
12. Removed the brake master cylinder and disassembled it.
13. Remove the hood from vehicle.  Remove on driver side: Both  front and rear door handles, Inner door handles, window handles, Both garnish moldings, trim panels, door regulators, both door glasses.  The left rear door has body damage that is hidden by body filler circled by a red line.  Previous body shop person did not do a very good job of roughing out the sheet metal, rather just fill in with filler.  There are signs of Holes that were drilled in rear door panel, not sure if you can see the damage in photo through the inner left rear door, about 30 or so holes were drilled.  The sheet metal will need a lot of roughing out later.  All parts were labeled and placed on shelves.
14. Brake master cylinder is currently being hand delivered to machine shop
15. Removed parts that were mention on another report, but on passengers side
16. Photo update
17. Picked up check #6124,Finishing up Invoice #2- Thank-you
18. removed the reveal molding, Windshield wiper motor cover & windshield frame. Photos were taken
    -B*-Photo update.
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20. -Remove brake shoes and temporally install brake drums and tires, remove. Moved vehicle 20ft forward to allow more working space in front of garage main door-No charge for doing this operation.
21. -Picked up reconditioned Brake Master Cylinder from Machine Shop owner before church services.  The new brass sleeve looks good. Photos have been taken, just been having computer problems.  The Cylinder housing needs to be media blasted and will be coated with a bonding agent and than new rubber parts will be placed on the ordering list of things to purchase
22. -soak front and rear bumpers bolts & door jams again with lubricate.
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24. -Removed front and rear bumpers, torch was required to remove rusted carriage bolts.  Removed all doors and headlamp assemblies from vehicle.  Photo updated
25. Raised Rear of vehicle again. Removed  both Rear Fenders, Gas tank filler neck,brake light assembly, store batteries & items on shelves that were in boxes.  Remove and store both seat bottoms, vacuum out trunk, remove trunk kick panel and spare tire support. Photo update.
26. 02-9-2010-BC*Remove Gas tank.  Drain gas in a proper container.  Remove both running boards panels under doors. Bolts could not be saved. Photo update.
27. 03-12-2010-C*^Removing quarter glass windows , rear glass and related parts
28. 03-22-2010<>
29. 03-25-2010B*-Removed rear seat back, rear and quarter glass and garnish moldings. start removing radiator and fan pulley bolts, photo update.
30. 03-29-2010C*-After moving stored and not related parts to car in front of Plymouth I placed some lights under and in front of Plymouth.
31. 03-30-2010AB*-Removed Left front fender assembly, removed right inner wheel well panel, followed by right fender. Removed both Headlamp brackets on fenders. Removed Fan blades, belt and pulley.  Removed radiator support rods and nose panel along with engine splash shields. Photo update
32. 04-10-2010B*-Scrape down grit and grime from  steering column connections to frame, soak with penetrating oil rusty mounting bolts and pedal mountings.
33. 04-29-2010XX
34. 05-02-2010C* finish removing steering wheel, column and gear assembly
35. 05-03-2010BC*-Removed the pedal assembly mounting. Label and remove the entire wiring harness from vehicle, remove Heater switch, Ignition switch, choke & Thottle cables, Thottle linkage, Head lamp relay, speedometer cable and Head, Light switch, Ignition coil, Over head light switch and light. Photo update!
36. 06-03-2010C* A few body to frame bolts have been removed.
37. 06-29-2010B*-Clean around and underneath vehicle. Store steering column and hood. 
38. 07-06-2010-ABC*^Finish removing all Body to Chassis mounting bolts that remain and anything else that is in the way of lifting the body off frame. Many were too rusty and had to be torched off.  Remove the front seat and both loose patch floor panels.  After closer inspection the body will need additional support because the rocker panels and side pillers are rusted out and weak.  New metal jig bracing will be welded in next before lifting body off frame. Photo update!
39. 07-09-2010B*Obtain used top links to aid in the bracing process
40. 07-13-2010 B*-(HOLD)
41. 07-14-2010-Invoice work

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42. 15th 10:00am Business Meeting.Back in late September of 2009 I was stricken by a zoning ordinance to store vehicles and to remove the junk that was collected on the property so operation have slowed dramatically and I will do what I can do on all the vehicles while clearing land where the new building will stand.  I will hire a crew to do the building, but I will still have to drain all fluids, if any on those vehicles that will be stored.  By owners request he wanted me to write the flow of future work on the 36th Plymouth. It has change since now I have stored vehicles in the current shop around where the 36 Plymouth is parked.   The engine,transmission and drive shaft will be removed starting on 08-18-2010C so that the entire left over assembly will be lighter to handle.  Than the 86 Plymouth Horizon will be taken out of the shop.  this will expose the right side of the 36 Plymouth to have the fluids drained.  Next the bracing work will begin on the 36 Plymouth body.  My engine hoist will than come in and lift the rear of the body and place it on a steel horse work bench around the chassis, followed by doing the same thing in the front.  This will allow me to roll the chassis away from the body from underneath.  The chassis will be rolled outside where the heavy dirt and grime will be removed at a later date. Next I will assemble the new Auto Rotisserie that I have purchased.  It came unpainted, so this will be done to the new tools.  After pieces are painted the rotisserie will be assembled .  I will fabricate new custom brackets that will fit on the underside of vehicles body to the rotisserie to be fitted at a later date.  I will than fabricate off road brackets on the rotisserie and attach off road rubber tires so it will be able to travel to the blasting booth outside in the future.   Than I'll focus my attention on the chassis and start removing parts during the removal of the grit and grime while the body sits on the steel horses. followed by doing the same thing to the engine, transmission etc..  On rainy days templates will be of rusted body parts if replacement parts can't be found.  After the templates have been made fabrication of these custom pieces will be made and mocked up to make sure they will fit a best as possible before blasting the body while its on the steel horses.  Focus will now be on the chassis removing grit,grime and all parts.  When the frame is expose it will be mounted on the rotisserie and moved into the blasting booth.  After it is blasted it will be coated with a anti-rust inhibitor, then bonded with a heavy duty chassis paint while it is still in blasting booth.  The pieces that were attached to the frame will have the same operation but will be bonded with the proper color paint.  The frame will than be moved into the body shop to prepare for reassembly. A new parts order will be start and ordered.  Anything that was attached to the frame will be repaired & restored or if needed replaced until everything is completed installed back into the chassis, including engine and transmission. The focus will than be on the body work, painting,installing body on chassis, installing glass followed by doing the interior work  I will continue this power flow of operation at a later date as I have an appointment I have to be at on 08-18-2010
43. 08-18-2010C*-Drained transmission fluid and engine oil and dispose properly. 
44. 08-27-2010C*Removed the horn from engine,driveshaft, Hand Brake assembly, Stick shift cover plate, exhaust down pipe, fuel line, front engine mounts connections, transmission mounts connections. Attach engine hoist to transmission/engine and remove as an assembly out of the vehicle.

This is used for a guide to understand what symbols we use:

1.  = one icon per person where we are located in progress reports
2. ~ = Planning to work on.  area
3. ^= Currently working on.
4. += required work on a daily basis.
5.   *^= some progress areas finish for that day, will be working on the following day. 
6.  ~^= Planning about working in the last area of repair for the following day. 
7. * =  Finish a particular area for that day.   
8. XX = Canceled Plans. 
9. !!!= Unexpected problem that took us away from project for that day. 
10.  ## waiting for customers reply. 
11. /= slot between two days. 
12. (HOLD) = The project has stopped by owners request or there is lack of funds for project to continue. 
13.  <>= Conflicting issues and could not finished a particular area for that day.