Category Archives: Solstice Parts Car

Got home in a funk from a boring and tedious day at work, decided to just get wrenching on something, and that something turned out the be the Solstice. I started off with emptying the A/C system, which actually had … Continue reading →

Just a minor update, was cleaning up around the shop lift and ended up pulling apart the door from the Solstice. Managed to save the wiring harness, the buttons, the window mechanism, and the window itself. Amazing that the window … Continue reading →

The Solstice is almost at the point where I can stop poking around on it and move over to the Morgan. Got the wiring cleared out of the driver’s side area, pulled off the steering wheel, and removed the ‘dash … Continue reading →

Very productive weekend indeed! Saturday consisted of draining and cleaning out the fuel tank from the Solstice. Ended up getting about 7 – 10 gallons from the thing. All of it went into our “lawn mower” fuel cans cause we’re … Continue reading →

Really made some good progress tonight! Pulled the dash, the glove box, instrument cluster, and a handful of other parts off. Of all these things, the glove box gave me the most trouble, and didn’t finally come of its rail until I’d gotten the … Continue reading →

Well… not so mad, really… and the finish is far from in sight… but I did start pulling the dash and all its parts off the Solstice! The ‘boomerang’, as it’s called, was the main goal for the night. It’s … Continue reading →

Not much to report for today. Mainly I took out all the parts that had been piling up in the ‘interior’ area of the Solstice, cleaned and photographed them for resale, and stacked them up elsewhere for the time being. … Continue reading →

Quick bit of work for today, attempted to empty the gas tank and hacked off the frame from behind the axle on back. We were going to drain the fuel tank after I got the fuel pump removed, but found … Continue reading →

Between labelling a few wires last night and removing the gas tank tonight, I now have access to and visibility of the rear axle setup. One thing that immediately stood out was the axle-to-frame brace on the front passenger side … Continue reading →

… well, actually feeling like I’m coming down with something, but that’s of no matter. Got home early enough to pull the exhaust out from under the car. Cut it into three pieces (muffler + tip, main tube, front connector … Continue reading →