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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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