nearly there!!!

[smithy]

 hi all, after 16 months at the painters getting heavily massaged and new paint she's back..

and after several of you started hounding me for photos i have had enough, ;D  ;D ;D so here they are, just follow the link and you should be able to see what been keeping from my girlfriend, and emptying my pockets, and frustrating the sh*t out of me. ;)

http://img27.photobucket.com/albums/v82/smithy59/

fatboy and kiwifc there are pictures of the heater fitup too, i just dummied it up this weekend.

enjoy ( i know i am)
dean

apologies to all for taking sooooo long

[craiga]

Congrats Dean, it looks great - Phantom is going to be jealous though!!!

[Phantom]

Phantom is jealous big time, the purple is sensational, Hey Smithy wanna swap cars?
                                     Cheers Rusty

[smithy]

at the moment yes, cause  you can drive yours!!!!!!;D

[Phantom]

No i cant drive her Smithy she is up on stands , just done the drag link bar tie rods and ball joints, am now machining the discs ,
                                          Cheers Rusty

[mickusmickus]

Looks very very smooth.  Cant wait to see the final product mate keep it up.

MICK

[smithy]

cheers muchly mick, i appreciate the feedback.
 im keeping my fingers crossed it wont be that much longer.
won a major battle with the door alignment last night  ;D ;D so im a happy camper today.


but it will certainly be finnished before the year is out. :P
d

[Lindsay58]

well done dean love the colour combo keep up the great work  by the way what sort of heater are you using?   lindsay 58

[Phantom]

g'day ,
                   Smithy please tell us what heater is in your car ,
                        Cheers Rusty

[Effie C]

Heater

http://www.fefcholden.org.au/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=hotup;action=display;num=1081421364;start=3

http://www.fefcholden.org.au/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=hotup;action=display;num=1080986438;start=11

[smithy]

geez your on the ball john  ;)

for everyone else its from a 60 series landcruiser, usually mounted flat beneath the drivers seat to heat the backseat passengers/ drivers,

try this link
http://img27.photobucket.com/albums/v82/smithy59/?action=view¤t=heater1.jpg&PHPSESSID=6a65e09e971cf3c89cead4f0c8a449a6

cheers dean

[smithy]

oops my bad try here ;D

http://img27.photobucket.com/albums/v82/smithy59/?action=view&current=heater1.jpg

dean

[Revhead_Fc]

Mate what a difference you have done an amazing job
WELL DONE

Good on ya

Ben

[smithy]

 cheers ben,
yeh, just a little different huh ;D
funnily enough the hope photo ( hope it ends up like this ;)) i first showd you on my computer is actually the right colour, i just didnt know at the time. went through 4 other kinds of purple before i saw  F#*d had released their phantom pearl, im sure f**d hacked into my home PC  ;) ;).

it will be alive by Jyndie!!!

thanks again ben.
d

[fc4kiwi]

 cars looking HOT! 8)
 love the Colour  wanted mine like that but couldnt decide on what purple I liked
Thanks for the photos of the heater got mine a couple of weeks a go  just got to fit it SOOON! getting -3 deg temps over here in KIWI land
best of luck finishing the car and post more pics

[smithy]

cheers kiwi
sounds like your on the south island ;) about the same as our canberra winters, just a hell of a lot prettier.
(been there several times snowboarding nth and south islands) HELL IM A HALF BREED! kiwi father aussie mum.

did you end up finding the same style heater? any problems shoot me a email, im about to finally install it this weekend.

good luck
dean
(half kiwi / half emu, half wit ;D ;D)