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[sibhs]

That's a bit of a setback there Davis. :-( sounds like your taking it on the chin . All part of the process so stick at it.
Great spot Dave, you tell us things we don't want to hear but I'm so glad you do. Thanks
Marty



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[S pack]

Thanks for the detailed response dave, appreciate it. Do you have a pic of a pre march 70 upper bump stop that is mounted to a bracket assy on the chassis rail? Is this somthing i could add?

Oh well 1 step forward, 2 steps back, shit happens.

Sorry mate, pics of the 1969 rail mounted bump stop bracket are hard to find.

LONA CK (John Gong) is most likely to have a pic but why would you want to cause yourself future grief.  You will have all the car show experts telling you "mate your LC is a 69 model because of the front suspension and 69 models don't have a compliance plate so therefore those ID tags don't belong on that body shell yada, yada, uada........"

 

BTW you will need to find a crossmember from an LC built between March - December 1970.

The post 1970 crossmembers have a shorter brake pipe retaining bracket on the drivers side.

Edited by S pack, 21 March 2015 - 09:03 AM.

[Davis]

Bad news andrew.. I can get my hands on some 69 inner upper guard brackets/stops.. I havnt got a spare early front end.. I only have an LJ one.. Ure welcome to if needed..

Cheers mike, I'm not too fussed about my car being period corect (it's only an S and has no tags anyway) I am however concerned about making it safe. When you get a chance can you show myself and everyone else what the 69 upper gaurd bracket / bump stop looks like. I would prefer this option first given the amount of time I spent restoring my front end. Thanks

[Davis]

Champion mike, really appreciate it. I think I will go with the chassis mounted bumb stop. Not to worried about welding them on, from what I can see the weld won't effect any of the engine bay paint, il just have to clean up the KBS chassis paint and re paint that area. As for the bump stop rubbers, not concerned if they have perished, il prob grab some new ones anyway. Il touch base with you in a couple weeks and sort something out (still have that pedal box too). Thanks again

[Davis]

And yes I am using the distribution block/splitter thingy....also my current crossmember already has the 'double' holder you describe. Cheers

[Davis]

Andrew,
 
I was in the middle of doing the front brake 4 spot conversion on the race car it had ONE top control arm with the box on top which had us all F@#$@#K and we through that it was off a later model UC or LX., the other side was a standard one as per LJ.
 
we could not work out how or why it was there or for what purpose.
 
I now know that it'a 69/70 model LC upper control arm. and that i can stay we through that there was some sort of race car technical set up stuff.

Safe to say we all learnt something from this saga, thanks for everyone's input.

[Davis]

Picked up the new running gear for the LC today, its a XQL prefix 202 with an Aussie 4 speed, pretty much bog stock and was removed from a VB commodore, however more than likely started life in an LX torana. Removed the head when I got it home and was happy to find a virgin bore, the extractors also got thrown in with the deal. Engine and box will probably need a little freshen up but I think its a good starting point...cheers

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[darway43]

Looking good Andy. Now for the fun part!

[N/A-PWR]

Great score Andrew,

 

an extractor gasket, and you are set. 

[Davis]

What are you going to do on the 202? lucky to get a virgin, may as well go and buy a lottery ticket with that kind of luck.
regards

At this stage I don't plan on doing a great deal to the motor, just want to get it in and running so I can pass inspection... I need to change the sump over to to suit lc and will put new valves in to run unleaded.

Yes very happy to get a virgin, we actually got two 202s of the same bloke, went halves with darway. He scored a virgin with a yella terra head, $150 each, happy days.

[Davis]

So I've opted to run the slightly larger 3 core HQ radiator to keep things nice and cool...picked up a barely used ADRAD example and went to work cutting down the brackets to fit between the rails, a couple new mounting holes and very happy with the fit. Also fitted up a set of twin craig davies thermo fans, hopefully clearance between the engine and thermo's wont cause me too much grief. cheers

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[S pack]

Nice fit. Can't be too much room to spare between the rails and radiator?

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[Davis]

Dave, I believe a 'bees dick' is the official measurement

[Davis]

Well haven't the last 6 months just flown by...and I have achieved sweet F#!K ALL. Time to pull my finger out, I originally planned to do this car in 3 years....and I've just reached the 2 year mark.

 

Rolled the car out the garage today, gave the car a quick clean and it has already helped get some motivation back. All I have done recently is fit up the recon booster and new master cylinder. I also restored a couple LC under dash's I had lying around and have started work on a centre console.

 

I've just placed and order with C&G upholstery, getting the roof lining, kick panels, handbrake and shifter boots. Will probably go to rare spares next week and buy the rubber kit so I can get all the glass back in hopefully in the not so distance future.

 

Cheers

 

 

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[S pack]

She's looking nice Andrew. 

 

I think you may be missing the plastic ring that retains the ignition switch in both of these lower instrument panels.

[Davis]

You definitely have an eye for detail dave....correct you are, they tend to break easily, hopefully some super glue will fix the problem. Cheers

[S pack]

You definitely have an eye for detail dave....correct you are, they tend to break easily, hopefully some super glue will fix the problem. Cheers

Plastic welding will most likely be better and stronger.

[sibhs]

Do you need lettering Davis?  I've just made the LC decals if interested.

 

Looking Great!

 

Marty

 

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[Davis]

Good stuff, cheers Marty, will message you now