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Here is my daily driver now off the road having a total rebuild, rust repair and a couple of mods
 nothing over the top just something that l can manage myself
 will post pics of strip down and repairs as l go

 any suggestions ,and comments would be appreciated

  greg   (fcwagoon)

Looks nice mate. What sort of mods are you considering?

It does look good.

Looking forward to progress photo's.

Regards

Wayne b

 

 Has been a daily driver for the last 8 years , enjoyed every minute of it driving around with the arm resting on the window
 getting comments and waves from the old folk who used to own them

 Not happy about taking it of the road but got to a point where l had too, Repairs needed doing and lm getting to old to be crawling         around under cars.
 collected a lot of the spares and had chrome work done while l was driving

  mods   
           already has hr front end with torana disc ,  186 with the crash box  and a hr rear end

         looking at 186 maybe aussie four speed (l have a couple )  nice set of dragways  old school

         original paint was india ivory bonnet, guards roof .  inserts ,windows  were black
 

  ready the lap dance music the stripping has begun ;D
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  that didn't work

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 started in the carport had to  wait for a f**d project for a mate to get picked up

found a small hole under the screen rubber was very happy  that
this was all, have seen a lot worse
also tells me now why my feet were getting wet
 l had brought some carpet years ago and was never able to fit it
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That's a good find really. As you say, could have been a lot worse in years to come.

Awesome starter car..  Keep the pictures coming.. Love getting inspiration from this forum wish I was out the shed now   ;D

here is a couple of pics of the rear side glass ,
 couple of years ago the seals were letting in more water than the spare wheel well could handle
 so l removed them, slapped a bit of paint on  and put the glass back in  with new rubbers waiting for the day it was taken off the road   
 anyone with a wagon would know these side windows are not easily come buy. So when it came to taking out the side glass
 l thought do l just cut the rubbers away making it easy to remove glass in one piece or do l take the chance and  try and save the seals aswell

 so l made up some little metal levers ,made sure the sealant was all loosened up and placed the levers in and slowly worked my around pushing the seal and glass into the car   worked well ,but shitting myself all the time that the glass was going to brake
 
 glad that is over  l only have one spare

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Improvise, adapt and overcome
well done not a job I would like to do I'm pretty sure with my luck I would crack at least one.

Regards
Neil H

 thanks Neil
                  that bend in the glass is a real concern, flat glass no problem
                  also  knowing you cannot just go out and buy one makes  the job
                  a little tense

                  greg   (fcwagoon)

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inner guards good

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drivers side has small hole at end of sill as usual l don't any fc that doesn't after 50 years

Like the progress and you have a really nice car with only little cutting and welding for your self. Keep up the good work. ;)

  yes it might seem so  Cam ,   

              but from little things big things grow 

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and then it just grows and grows

Be ready for a heart through the bum moment, I had a similar situation with my sedan. Started cutting out what I thought was a small section of rust and ended up replacing both inner sills.
All the best with the resto,
Jim

Good progress.
I think we all find more than we anticipated when we look seriously. But that's the idea of a rebuild I guess, to reach that point of satisfaction.
Terrific job on the back windows.

  That was the good thing about driving it for the past eight years on a daily bases
  you get to know the what works what doesn't  , things that need changing or just modernising
 
  l was prepared for both sills, both front floor pans replacement
  The doors l had repaired spare doors ,bonnet and  guards and  gone through the rear quarters when l removed the rear side glass

   Trying to get a head start on the resto and   because l enjoy driving it so much  the less time off the road the better

     greg     (fcwagoon)

   

   
 

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 still stripping away  front

hr radiator was put in awhile ago, they have cut out side panels to fit,  also upper support cross member and been cut which l noticed did not brace the area where the bonnet latch was
 will have to work out something better when it comes to radiators
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want to get rid of booster off side guard  ,looking at putting in gemini booster to tidy up engine bay

Out the corner of my eye..  Are you running a weber Carby on the Red motor..???  If so can you take some pics and tell me about your experience with it ..??  Are they any good ?

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 that would be a holley    ran nice , only cruised around town, most of the time  too and from work

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removed petrol tank today  very small amount of rust on lip of body
almost unnoticeable when fitted  ,another weld job

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cleaned up no damage just needs a paint

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through on some killrust l had lying around
one more job done  , lt was nice and clean inside, but was concerned about rust if it sits for awhile

that would be threw on some paint
also got some damage on the filler cap,
 the cap never did fit properly

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front is off  getting ready to put up on rotisserie

been working on a rotisserie for the wagon
 took a couple of weeks to workout and fine tune
 makes life a lot easier
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Nice progress, and nice work on the rotisserie!

Cheers

Looks solid. Way to go goon


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