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[limo]

don't know why but I thought it would be easy / quick finish off and I have 2 others I should be working on first
Picked it up about 3 weeks ago, 2 station wagons, car carrier and 6x4 cage trailer
lots of bits, haven't sorted yet

in the depot shed



the front and engine bay, before





replace rad support, headlight section, prime with red oxide, clean up engine bay


black paint


replace tunnel section
before


after


windscreen section, rest is good, back and front

front floors


other rust cut out, speaker holes





dash section


doors off so the frames can be tidied up and painted red, the door edges as well

Edited by limo, 09 July 2009 - 09:37 PM.

[limo]

my plans, 186 with WW carby and extractors, aussie 4 spd (cable clutch), LSD 3.36
will proberly get LJ seats, trim and GTR dash / dash pad as I want to keep my LC bits
mags but not looked at what I have yet

an update

don't you love buffing old paint to find bog hiding rust holes
such as




all holes filled with wedled sections






floor sprayed with GMH sealer, other pieces primed





haven't woeked out what to do with heater control panel in dash yet, proberly fill in and use LJ under dash panel.

Matt have some extractors and yella terra head to go, other bits to add, let me know what interested you

[limo]

another hiccup, things to fix
one of the mounting points on the lower wishbone for the shocker is broken and all the bushes look like 40 yr old originals
so out it came, bushes coming from Rares

[limo]

after a 3 month break while I shifted depot/office, new building had to build new offices, moved and sorted lots of gear and cleaned up old shed I have started working on this one again

the door sides/edges painted to match


door jams on the car same deal


front and back screen sills, engine bay, rad support
repaired and finished off front guard fronts


now to put it back together then cut and polish

Edited by limo, 02 December 2009 - 08:04 PM.

[lcgtr1970]

coming along nicely mate. well done.

[Heath]

That came up beautifully! Nice work

[limo]

I have done some more, motor, gearbox, lights, doors back on with fittings, brakes, bonnet hinges, heater box
will post more pics when I get time
got the seats organised, out of LJ from the farm, heaps of other parts as well
so many little bits to clean/repair/tidy up, I would hate to have one car and no donors,
parts of at least 4 cars so far to get good bits
having issues with a hood lining I bought on line holding me up,saps my interest
seller said it was copy of an original but it doesn't fit (short- front to back), I measured it against an original, he says I'm not an experienced fitter,
I got couple of sets of seats from James but don't think either had Torana rails, will check though
call if you are heading up the hill some time

Edited by limo, 21 January 2010 - 07:57 PM.

[limo]

Another hold up today,
thought I would finish fitting gearbox (had to over haul the shifter, held me up ) then start on other underneath bits
not likely, there are 4 tapped holes in the chasis rails missing, appear in 70 on models for trimatic/3 spd trans,
so there is nowhere to bolt up the m20 cross member, original was opel
so I hope the heavy metal plate that is fitted inside the rail with the threaded holes extends back as far as the in later models to allow me to drill and tap the mounting holes I need
may drill pilot holes tomorrow

[limo]

I welded up about a dozen 3/8th holes in the floorpan in the seat mounting area so I would say people just drilled holes in the floor to fit diff seats and didn't use original mounts
fitted the crossmember today, front holes drilled and tapped into the reinforced section but back ones through chasis and floor with bolt and crush tube same as towbar system,

[limo]

an update for those interested, I don't get much time to work on it as business is hectic again, always seems more to do on the parts I put back together.

body back together, lots of bits to cleanup and fit, have new rubber kit waiting


engine and gearbox in, exhaust done,2", cable clutch on the way


not a nice look so will have to operate on a donor 4cyl 2 dr for a transplant

[debkar]

Looking very nice indeed,

Regards Simon

[Potta]

That is a brilliant colour....Is it Salamanca Red?

I keep thinking I'll do mine in a red but shying away because everyone does red but I don't really care anymore cause it looks awesome....

Look forward to seeing the finished product.

[limo]

don't know the colour as it was partly painted when I bought it, local paint guy I use for work cars went through about 50 reds and thought it was a ford colour,
I took the boot lid to a paint supplier, they polished it and matched the colour in 2 pak.
bloody good match and comes up good straight from the gun, haven't cut and polished yet

[limo]

uploaded some more pics, further along than this but have to take more pics




more fun,
rh handbrake cable siezed
crack in outer tube of steering column
thread stripped on carby for needle and seat
don't you love people who grind back inlet manifold tabs to fit extractors?
built them up to suit GTR headers
will add to list when I take more pics

[limo]

getting closer, might get on a cruise soon
fired it up last week and drove around carpark
problem with brakes though, rear cylinders siezed and when I took them out they were for drum front end so who ever fitted disks on front didn't change the back
the hood lining was a bugger to fit, bought it off feebay and was too short so had a trimmer measure and replace one panel, he added 20mm but I reckon it should have been 30mm
had to heat it up and stretch and stretch and stretch
front screen in, will do back tomorrow
starting to look like a car