Category Archives: Solstice Parts Car

Anything relating to the Solstice parts car.

Winter Solstice

Posted on December 20, 2016 by

Wikipedia lists an alternate term for “winter solstice” as “hibernal solstice”, which I definitely think is an appropriate title. I am generally not a fan of cold weather work, especially so being a Californian, and ~45 degree F midday temps … Continue reading →

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Status Report, Mid-August 2016

Posted on August 15, 2016 by

Sorry for a few months’ silence, been busy. We’ve been spending a number of our weekends on house remodels and such, but I’ve got updates for the MogRod and some other things. First, the Airstream. That’s picked up again, since … Continue reading →

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World Wide Morgans

Posted on May 1, 2016 by

My good friend Kyung is over in Japan on vacation. He’s a fan of the Morgan as well, and was previously able to get me a ride in a new 3 Wheeler. Well, just got a message from him with … Continue reading →

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Measuring up

Posted on February 19, 2016 by

Well, been asking around for the past while, and so far no luck on getting any kind of external resources for the Pontiac’s drivetrain mounting information. Polaris wouldn’t divulge info, Pontiac wouldn’t divulge info, and even GM’s Archive wouldn’t say … Continue reading →

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Mounted

Posted on July 4, 2012 by

The replacement motor mounts for the Ecotec showed up today. Good timing on that, as a mix of holidays and reduced work hours means I can soon attempt to make the motor / transmission stand.

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Motoring~… and, uh, transmissioning~

Posted on June 11, 2012 by

So despite being on the tail end of a nasty head cold, I took to removing the motor and transmission from the Solstice today. I started by putting the car up on the lift and removing the drive shaft. This … Continue reading →

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Hey big spender~

Posted on May 13, 2012 by

Got back from Mexico about a week ago, just been busy getting caught up so I haven’t been able to update this. A lot of replacement / upgrade parts have arrived over the past few weeks, so time to show … Continue reading →

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Some simple cleanup

Posted on March 18, 2012 by

Just some more pulling and prodding on the Morgan this time. Tackled the floorboards and the driveshaft, and vacuumed up the piles of debris and rat crap that had accumulated around the that area as well. Nothing too major, just … Continue reading →

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All right, keep on rollin…

Posted on March 12, 2012 by

Plain ‘n simple, after a bit of wrenching and, as you’ll see in the photos below, a bit of kludging, the Solstice is, for the first time since its accident, rolling on four wheels again. Oh, and the entire garage … Continue reading →

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We’ve all got wheeeeeels~

Posted on March 10, 2012 by

The wheels I bought from a Saturn Sky forum member (almost a month ago) showed up today. Big thanks to my uncle Forry for holding on to them for so long and handling them getting shipped out here! Picked them … Continue reading →

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