{"id":141,"date":"2011-06-21T13:47:13","date_gmt":"2011-06-21T08:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mogrod.com\/?page_id=141"},"modified":"2013-08-31T12:22:07","modified_gmt":"2013-08-31T07:22:07","slug":"the-plan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mogrod.com\/?page_id=141","title":{"rendered":"The Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So the current gist of my plans for this project are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><del>Upgrade \/ replace the original suspension<\/del> See last bullet point<\/li>\n<li><del>Upgrade \/ replace the original drivetrain with a more modern equivalent<\/del>\u00a0See last bullet point<\/li>\n<li>Replace the wood frame and panels with metal surrogates &#8211; <em>this is still up in the air, need to research pricing and viability<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Add roll-cage hoops, preferably integrated into the new metal frame &#8211; <em>this is still up in the air<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Paint scheme is a silver \/ black combo, with the main body being silver and the fenders being black, still looking into color choices, as I don&#8217;t want to go straight silver \/ black &#8211; this is based off the &#8220;Lawrence Tuned&#8221; Morgan of the same era.<\/li>\n<li><del>Current plans suggest finding a wrecked Pontiac Solstice or Saturn Sky and using it as the initial donor car for the drivetrain, suspension, and possibly electronics<\/del> 2006 Pontiac Solstice acquired, will become the donor vehicle for engine, transmission, suspension, steering, rear end.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Overall, the idea is to keep the classic outward appearance, but under the skin have as modern a setup as possible. I really want this car to be a comfortable and capable daily driver that looks as out of place as any other classically styled car you&#8217;d see on the road today. Details on the various aspects of the upgrade will be updated as they get ironed out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So the current gist of my plans for this project are as follows: Upgrade \/ replace the original suspension See last bullet point Upgrade \/ replace the original drivetrain with a more modern equivalent\u00a0See last bullet point Replace the wood &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mogrod.com\/?page_id=141\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mogrod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mogrod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mogrod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mogrod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mogrod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=141"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/mogrod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1158,"href":"https:\/\/mogrod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141\/revisions\/1158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mogrod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}