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Not The Kingswood!

Started by _Woodsy_ , Jun 02 2006 08:00 PM

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#1 _TUFF_

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Posted 02 June 2006 - 08:00 PM

I have had this 202 HJ Kingswood for a couple of years now making sure it stays in the family as it has since 1979. It failed registration and i was given it by my Grandmother and i got it on the road and drove it around for a year. In that time i bought my first Hatch and the Kingswood rego ceased and it stayed in the garage and now sits outside under a car cover. It has been through 2 moves one from Sydney to the Central Coast and one within the Central Coast and i must admit it is the best car i have driven! Maybe not for the steering or the body roll but just the feeling of driving it and the looks it got ( Good or Bad ).

This is how it sits now.
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The Motor has been pulled out and a free motor put in its place so it can still be moved around. The original motor is in pieces in my shed getting a full rebuild to standard specs. With the standard Column shift trimatic.
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The Kingswood is going to be put on the road first so when the Hatch is off the road i will still have transportation. So far the plans for the Kingswood are to put it back to original including the paint and interior but with white wall tyres and the original hubcaps. Lots of busy weekends coming up! If anyone can give me tips on preping the panels feel free to do so. But i will be looking in the Paint and Panel section to.

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Edited by TUFF, 02 June 2006 - 08:04 PM.

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#2 Bart

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Posted 03 June 2006 - 02:07 PM

Nice HJ mate, I just bought one with just over 100000clicks on it, shes a bit rough but shes still ok
P.S. the old Kingswood reminds me of Kingwood country, absolute classic.

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#3 _TUFF_

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Posted 03 June 2006 - 04:52 PM

I Love them! Nothing like cruising up or down the F3 in a old Kingswood! The over heating bit i am over but thats going to be fixed! Hehe

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#4 gtrboyy

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Posted 03 June 2006 - 05:46 PM

I got a hj premier wagon if your interested in parts,I will be wrecking it out soon.

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#5 _toddy_

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Posted 03 June 2006 - 07:31 PM

Where's Neville???

U know ur gunna have to polish a different part every day now dont you, Like the air cleaner element, or the mud flaps

Should change your name to Ted also LOL :spoton:

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#6 Bart

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Posted 03 June 2006 - 07:34 PM

Where's Neville???

U know ur gunna have to polish a different part every day now dont you, Like the air cleaner element, or the mud flaps

Should change your name to Ted also LOL

Is that Ted Bullshit arrr pit :tease:

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#7 _TUFF_

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Posted 03 June 2006 - 10:01 PM

I pulled the front right 1/4 panel off today to get it ready to paint. Stripping the panel back to bare metal takes a while but i am slowly getting there. Saves spending money at the panel beaters.

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#8 Bart

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Posted 04 June 2006 - 09:52 AM

A WB RTS front end would be a nice thing to have, or are you leaving it completely original?

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#9 _TUFF_

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Posted 04 June 2006 - 03:18 PM

Completly original

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#10 Bart

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Posted 04 June 2006 - 05:29 PM

love the Kingswood :spoton:

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#11 MRLXSS

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Posted 06 June 2006 - 10:58 AM

Nice work! Got to love the Ole Kingswoods! Great cars and really nice to cruise in! Keep us updated!

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#12 _jabba_

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Posted 06 June 2006 - 05:19 PM

A WB RTS front end would be a nice thing to have, or are you leaving it completely original?

hz and wb both have rts which is ment to make them handle 1000x better than the non-rts front's, i've never driven a kingsy with rts so im not sure. Id swap my front out for rts but i want to keep the body numbers matching the rails.

How come you using a hq boot lid, or is that just a temp thing?

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#13 Bart

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Posted 06 June 2006 - 08:29 PM

i think the HJ and HQ boot lids are the same??

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#14 _TUFF_

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Posted 06 June 2006 - 09:05 PM

HJ Poverty Pack had the same boot lid. Premier had the raised boot lid.

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#15 Heath

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Posted 06 June 2006 - 10:19 PM

Ahhh come on Josh you can give it a few personal touches; doesn't have to be perfectly original.

GTS Flutes and Prem Bootlids w00t!

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#16 _jabba_

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Posted 07 June 2006 - 01:30 AM

reaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllyyyyyy, i thought hj's all had the huge lines of the hj onwards boot to match the front, shows how much i know

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errrrrrr drinkkkinng with workmats is bad, dunno how ium gonna go tomorrow coz im fooked.

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#17 _jabba_

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Posted 07 June 2006 - 08:06 AM

^^^

haha sweet im still drunk, works gonna be fun

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#18 _TUFF_

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Posted 16 January 2008 - 08:56 PM

I had to do a search to find this old Topic. But shes alive again... The Topic not the Car. She survived another move on the back of a tow truck to our current place nestled snuggly in the garage away from the elements. This is how she was before i started stripping her completly down for a rebuild.

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Started to pull the front end off to make it easier to remove the engine and gearbox as one. As the Radiator support panel comes out.

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Found some Chunky rust when i "removed" the front windscreen.. Here is what i found.

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I was hoping to have her on the road this year.... Chances are slim i think...

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#19 toryman76

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Posted 16 January 2008 - 09:31 PM

wow. i knew that the windscreen area is prone to rust in the HQ-HZ but never thought about what was behind it! whats the plan to get in behind it?

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#20 _TUFF_

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Posted 16 January 2008 - 09:41 PM

Going to cut the whole panel out as you can buy complete panels from rares i think and pull the whole dash out and attack it from both angles... Not sure if i am confident enough to tackle it though... Might be a panel beater job..

Josh

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#21 _ozbox_

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Posted 16 January 2008 - 10:09 PM

josh,you can only buy the top panel not the underside..ive got a good chamber already cut off that will save you a heap of trouble and money..its cut thru the pillars and across the firewall...$150 and im in newcastle...

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#22 _TUFF_

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Posted 17 January 2008 - 08:15 PM

Hey Ozbox what are your hours on a weekend?...

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#23 Tiny

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Posted 17 January 2008 - 08:33 PM

Go for it josh!

I know that's probably as good as the monaro's windscreen surrounds would look if i ever had to pull out the screen!

Good on ya for getting it happening!

Cheers