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Tim's LJ - The Build Diary

Started by RIM-010 , Aug 18 2006 07:54 PM

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#776 RIM-010

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Posted 12 April 2011 - 07:22 PM

Update pics, finally :spoton:

Front:

Remember what I said about everything being in pretty shit condition... I will work to replace everything over the next few months...

Rear:

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Interior:

And today I bought a can on cream vinyl dye and recoloured my dash:

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(Not sure why that pic ended up upside down...

Also today I bought a boss kit for my steering wheel, and got my windows tinted

Tomorrow I will get all of the seatbelts back in, the steering wheel and dash back in, and start to rebuild my doors. Maybe get the windscreens in tomorrow night...

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Posted 12 April 2011 - 07:29 PM

Look's like it's going well Tim,

Keep up the good work. :spoton:

Cheers Mick.

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#778 _mick74lh_

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Posted 12 April 2011 - 07:34 PM

The bodys looking amazing. Its come a long way. Just don't rush any of the stuff that is hard to pull apart again.

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#779 RIM-010

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Posted 12 April 2011 - 07:37 PM

Cheers Mick & Mick. I should add that I took the back seat out again to get it repaired, the top of it is faaaarked from the sun. And I'm getting a new hoodlining made (which means that the windscreens can't go back in tomorrow :banghead:

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#780 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 12 April 2011 - 07:40 PM

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#781 RIM-010

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Posted 12 April 2011 - 07:42 PM

For the bumpers etc, DJ? I was gunna leave them, to remind me to get new ones ASAP

A polish would help, but they are beyond that. Dented/split, rusty, etc.

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#782 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 12 April 2011 - 08:16 PM

You would be surprised how much purple would tidy them up.

Cheers.

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#783 _T0rana_

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Posted 12 April 2011 - 08:22 PM

are you going to tidy up or paint the engine/engine bay?? its looking really good !!!!!

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#784 RIM-010

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Posted 13 April 2011 - 11:11 AM

I am going to redo the engine bay when I swap motors. Really just want to get it on the road ASAP

Tim

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#785 Potta

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Posted 13 April 2011 - 11:52 AM

Lovin it!

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Posted 13 April 2011 - 12:54 PM

I know you just want to bang it together Tim, but a little elbow grease goes a long way m8.

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#787 _Big T_

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Posted 13 April 2011 - 01:22 PM

I second DJ's Purple Polish recommendation. That stuff is the ducks guts.

Looking real good Tim !! Its great to see how far the car has come over the past couple of years.

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#788 RIM-010

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Posted 13 April 2011 - 01:23 PM

I realise that, Col, but I can do all of that while it is on the road... I didn't take any shortcuts getting the body ready for the road, but everything else can be fixed in a couple of hours/day/weekend...

Tim

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#789 _CraigA_

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Posted 13 April 2011 - 03:08 PM

Your car looks great Tim and is a credit to your skills and perseverance. I really like the lighter interior with the purple exterior.

I did my XU1 like that - a running resto. Lets you enjoy it while you continue to tidy it up.

I've seen lots of cars with silver painted bars and it looks good and would be a cheap and fast way to tidy them up.

Keep at it. :buttrock:

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#790 orangeLJ

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Posted 14 April 2011 - 10:57 AM

I vote bog and silver 2p too, looks ace on the race car

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#791 RIM-010

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Posted 14 April 2011 - 01:29 PM

Thanks Craig. I really like the cream interior too, heaps more interesting than black...

Chris, your racer is looking great

Got me sold on the silver bumpers. I might just get glass bumpers and paint them though...

Got the passenger door reassembled today

Prick of a job, but managed to get it all right the first time :spoton:

This arvo I might start on the driver's door.

Also got my old hoodlining and the back seat to the trimmer this morning, they should be ready on Monday... Unfortunately I'm in Adelaide all next week, and hopefully I start my new job just after Easter, so progress will halt again after the weekend...

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Posted 27 April 2011 - 11:13 AM

I love South Australia :spoton:

The LJ is now registered

Tim

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Posted 27 April 2011 - 11:20 AM

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Posted 27 April 2011 - 12:01 PM

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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#795 lxsstorana

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Posted 27 April 2011 - 12:50 PM

Congratulations. (hard work = success)

Well done.

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#796 _tyre fryer_

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Posted 27 April 2011 - 04:21 PM

Driving down to mine then?

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Posted 27 April 2011 - 05:32 PM

well done mate!!! feel good to be cruising in it?

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Posted 27 April 2011 - 05:34 PM

Well done

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Posted 27 April 2011 - 07:35 PM

4 & 1/2 years and 32 pages! Well done!
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Posted 27 April 2011 - 07:57 PM

yeah rego is easy in SA if you have the right numbers, I have a local RAA office that can do it and I have known the woman there for 17 yrs, she done 1/2 dozen for me over the years.
good to see you get there, now for first drive