The story of "Swamp Thing"

[c-bass]

Originally Posted by Purplefade

That is curious and with every number being the same, you are very likely correct in assuming it isn’t a salvage number - had they been random, I might have argued they were. Possibly an inspection number from assembly? Maybe everything was binned and to ensure it made it on the correct car the other components were scribed to the number on the window??

Curious indeed!!

And good call on getting that last liter out, just makes sense to do it right when you’ve already brought it this far!


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I doubt it, it totally looks like it was scratched on by hand.

If it was a factory thing I would hope they'd use a stencil or something like that.

[c-bass]

Made some progress on the passenger side rear brakes











Caliper Before





and after a quick cleanup





I decided to replace the rubber boots that the slide pins sit in since they came with the rear pads but I noticed that the caps didn't sit in there very tight.








That little gap you see was enough to have the cap rattling freely and I imagine it would either drive me crazy trying to figure out what the new noise is, or it would shake itself loose so I used the old OEM caps that seemed to fit in there tighter.


Everything put back together





I replaced the brake wear sensor but the old one was still ok. We'll keep that as a spare.





Wanna see something scary??











That should slide right out if need be right??

PLEASE DON'T BE BAD REAR BEARING, PLEASE DON'T BE BAD

[Purplefade]

Originally Posted by c-bass

I doubt it, it totally looks like it was scratched on by hand.



If it was a factory thing I would hope they'd use a stencil or something like that.

Strange that it is etched in to the glass to though... makes it feel like it was done early on, but I guess maybe it all came off the same salvage donor? Again, odd that it’s etched into the glass again then hand scribed on so much else... weird.

Would be curious to hear of you ever figure that out.


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[c-bass]

Originally Posted by Purplefade

Strange that it is etched in to the glass to though... makes it feel like it was done early on, but I guess maybe it all came off the same salvage donor? Again, odd that it’s etched into the glass again then hand scribed on so much else... weird.

Would be curious to hear of you ever figure that out.


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$10 says it's this product and propaganda that swayed the original owner.

See the letter and number stencils. You put that on the glass, spread the etching paste and now your car will never be stolen

I remember seeing all the infomercials when I was a kid. It was one of those super duper need to have if you're a car owner type products, like Slick50.

[Happy]

Originally Posted by c-bass

$10 says it's this product and propaganda that swayed the original owner.

See the letter and number stencils. You put that on the glass, spread the etching paste and now your car will never be stolen

I remember seeing all the infomercials when I was a kid. It was one of those super duper need to have if you're a car owner type products, like Slick50.

Hey! Good thing! Because, when Swampy is all cleaned up, he/she will be a diamond again!