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1967 HR project...

Started by _bangbang_ , Dec 21 2011 06:05 PM

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#1 _bangbang_

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Posted 21 December 2011 - 06:05 PM

Hey peoples..
Well I couldn't help myself.. I have got another project! I heard about the old girl sitting in a shed near Sydney, turns out it only had 2 owners and had been sitting un-touched and un-started for 17 years!
I got her delivered by a truck, and it arrived a few nights ago..
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I then gave the interior a hit with armour-all.. and was quite susprised with the condition of the seats etc

They rear seat has 2 minor tears, although the front seat will need the springs repairing and some sewing work.
Before:
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I then put some oil in each plug hole, and let it sit for 24 hours - hoping to free up any stuck rings etc. So last night I blew out the cylinders with some air, replaced the old oil, and got her winding over by hand. Bit by bit, it started to free up. After some more mucking around (had to replace the fuel pump), the old bugga fired up and was soon idling over - running like a new one! No lifter noises, no knocks, nothing!! Woo hoo!
The plans are to respray it in the very near future, rebuild the brakes, white wall tyres, and fix up those interior problems. Looking forward to it

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#2 wot179

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Posted 21 December 2011 - 06:17 PM

Sweet....Looks like everything is there.

Love the 8 track.

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#3 _CHOPPER_

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Posted 21 December 2011 - 06:29 PM

If most of it is there, that's half of the battle.

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#4 racean69

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Posted 04 January 2012 - 10:40 AM

nice find mate

Edited by racean69, 04 January 2012 - 10:41 AM.

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#5 micklx

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Posted 04 January 2012 - 10:05 PM

_{Love the HRs, I've had 2 sedans, 2 vans and a ute, but haven't owned one for about 20 years now. I used them as cheap daily drivers and to tow the dirt bikes around back in the 80s}

_{The good old days...}

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#6 _BuBsYsHD_

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Posted 17 June 2012 - 10:06 PM

Looks very clean inside

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#7 _onsillsAutoPhotography_

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Posted 10 September 2012 - 09:22 AM

any more updates??

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#8 _bangbang_

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Posted 14 September 2012 - 02:31 PM

Will be starting work on her around November

Unfortunatly I haven't had time to do any major work on her yet. I am deferring uni for around 7 months (due to various reasons), and during this time I will be spending heaps of time with her in the shed!!

This is the plan at this stage:
Dismantle the interior/exterior, but hopefully leaving the drivetrain in (minus the motor).
Strip out the engine bay, repaint/restore to original condition and rebuild the 186.
There are only 2 rust repairs to make, which are on the bottom of the front gaurds. You can buy the replacement panels for these sections, so that will be the plan

Bare metal the body, do the panel work, and then respray with the original colour (including the dash, rims etc).
As the interior goes back in, I'll clean/respray everything and get the springs in the front bench seat replaced. At the same time, the broken stitching will also obviously be repaired as well

New tires, exhaust, inspect the drivetrain, and then hopefully rego!!

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#9 barny_lx

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Posted 14 September 2012 - 03:03 PM

Looks great! It will make a great cruiser!!!

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#10 _bangbang_

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Posted 12 January 2013 - 06:02 PM

The resto has started!! No nasty suprises (rust) thankfully.. apart from the bottom of the front gaurds, and one small section in a front door. Will start stripping the driveline out next weekend hopefully

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#11 _skidb_

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Posted 12 January 2013 - 07:41 PM

restore or mod bangbang ?

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#12 _bangbang_

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Posted 12 January 2013 - 10:09 PM

Original resto mate

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#13 _bangbang_

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Posted 22 January 2013 - 08:27 PM

Got the engine, box and the front end out of her now.. all is going well

Now comes the dirty, horrible job of stripping down and cleaning all of the front suspension :(

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Posted 28 January 2013 - 09:14 AM

I 'found' an HR back in '96. Almost identical to yours, 186 with 104,000 miles, powerglide, but had a grey interior. When I lifted the 3 layers of wet carpet the floor still had white paint on it!
All the opening panels closed with a finger tip. Only thing I did to get it on the road was ditch the crossplies.
Only car I wish I had never sold!

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#15 _bangbang_

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Posted 19 March 2013 - 08:29 PM

Sorry for the late reply mate!! She sounds like a beauty.. unfortunatly we all have those cars that we wish we had of kept hey :( Grrrr

I've been busy in the shed lately.. things are going really well!! It is pretty much ready for a trailer ride into town next week to get some sand blasting done (engine bay and boot) Have found some car cancer though.. doesn't look that bad though (yet)

I have since resprayed the numbers and letters on.. had to get the right size stencils!

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#16 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 19 March 2013 - 08:33 PM

WOW

That engine looks ultra smart mate, and the front end.

Cant wait for the rest of the resto.

Cheers.

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#17 Dave6179

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Posted 20 March 2013 - 11:02 AM

Mmmm, shiney.

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#18 hanra

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Posted 20 March 2013 - 12:35 PM

Why did I always think that HR's had a disc brake front end? Is that an option?

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#19 xu2308

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Posted 20 March 2013 - 01:45 PM

Yeah Hanra, it was a option, i think The HR X2 had them standard in the front

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#20 _Red One_

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Posted 20 March 2013 - 10:58 PM

Awesome! (dont usually do posts like this but just had to say "Awesome")
Brad

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#21 Collo

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Posted 21 March 2013 - 02:18 AM

I miss my old HR. Looking good mate. Did you post a pic of the stencil on the front end on Facebook? I saw something similar on a page the other day.

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#22 barny_lx

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Posted 21 March 2013 - 04:56 AM

Looks great buddy! I am looking forward to seeing how it turns out!!!

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#23 xu2308

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Posted 21 March 2013 - 11:08 AM

By the rego sticker, the HR was from Tassy in the past, great its back in Tas then, great project.

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#24 racean69

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Posted 21 March 2013 - 03:42 PM

WOW

That engine looks ultra smart mate, and the front end.

Cant wait for the rest of the resto.

Cheers.

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#25 _bangbang_

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Posted 22 March 2013 - 07:08 PM

Thanks guys!! Yup.. she was originally from Tas, but the Tassie owner had it in Sydney at the time the rego expired.. so that's where she stayed until now. I am putting it on a trailer tomorrow and then taking it to get the engine bay and boot sand blasted next week

Slr_v8: I think I did yeah.. good old facebook, small world hey!