A few more pics.

Laid down a bit more Por-15 paint, this time on the inside of the roof and right up under the dash.

Undoing the door hinge screws two of the four hinge nuts had ruined the nut supports and required repair, these are the nuts for the front door hinges that poke out of the A pillar and sit in the area under the front guards.

The nut support had splayed out and looks like the nuts had become rusty from being splashed with water from the road. Bending them back only snapped them off. I repaired the problem and hopefully will never have to fix it again.


High gloss paint reflects a lot and does not actually look this bad, the sandblast grit is still coming out of cavities every time I rotate the shell


These nut supports have been splayed out.


Made these up.


Welded them on after fitting the hinge. Now have a new "nut" and is watertight for ever.

hakuna, check your personal messages.

Should be a couple of access holes might even have rubber boots to keep rubbish out.  Have a look at the photo, see if that helps.

Have a look at the price for this. 

Back off all you vultures this one is mine.   

Ebay Item #350067409019


Cheers  M

Idiot   

Ebay Item #180246550668

This one possibly?? Item has ended but worth a look anyway.

Ebay Item #http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=180246550668&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=008

I love prangs and accidents like that where the competitor comes over as quick as possible.

Sort of goes from wanting to "kill" the other guy to helping them out, it doesn't get any better in my eyes.

Who remembers the big crash Craig Lowndes had at Calder Park at the end of the main straight a few years ago? I was there and saw it happen before me as I was up that end. To see how many cars stopped racing and went to his aid was a real eye opener.

Cheers  M

Bloody parents, always taking the car and never saying where they're going or when they'll be back. Not like back in my day. You just don't know what they'll get up to! 

Who knows Paul maybe they will take it down to the drive in and you might have a little brother or sister on the way.

Cheers  M

Thanks Ken appreciate that, when I saw that there would be no motor there I said to myself "bloody brilliant" Definitely  have to go to a wrecker and have a peek a boo at a setup.

Have many others here bothered to go down this route and if so were any major hassles encountered?

Cheers all   M

Firewall and engine bay finished in primer. No wipers? Jag electric cable driver 2 speed wipers will be mounted in behind the glove box.

Tell us lots more about this mod, I like the look of the clean area where the wiper motor would normally be.

Cheers M

Paul,
             Just google "free snipe" there are ones that are for free. You can also use 2 or more snipe sites to bid on the same item in case there are server problems with one of the snipe sites.

Use the others as backup.

Cheers  M

50 cents, well sort of, the winning bid put in in all reality could have been 1 million dollars but it is just a bit higher than you wanted to go.

Thats what I say to myself when I miss out to try and make myself feel better.

Doesn't always work.


Cheers  M

That is using your powers for evil instead of good in my opinion. Why

I like commodores and I don't mind FB's and EK's but not together sort of how I like steak and ice-cream but certainly not together on the same plate.

Cheers M

Hey 2door,
                    I am interested in the electric window setup that you have done in particular what components were used and from which donor car.

I pretty much reckon that any motors would be able to be set up but if you have already done some of the hard work by finding out any traps or pitfalls then it would save others (and me) trying to reinvent the wheel.

Any info (and pictures, if any) would be most appreciated and would help me out heaps.

Cheers   M

Now we also know you live in or around Belgrave........


Cheers  M

I personally could think of nothing worse than doing a half baked job then driving the car for years to come with full knowledge that under neath is slowly rusting away.
 Who knows it may anyway but at least I have the peace of mind that at least I have done all that is practically possible to keep the rust at bay.

The blaster is a pressure pot type, I saw the plans on Ebay, a guy in the states had them for sale for around $6 US.  It is made from a 40 kg LPG bottle that Dad had been using for years as an air receiver.

The bottle is actually upside down and the end has been cutoff and welded on backwards to allow the sand to be loaded in.

I hydrostatic pressure tested the completed unit to 300 PSI with no problems.

It worked quite well but could have used a bigger air compressor. The one I was using did have a fair output and did have a 13 Amp motor on it (was using a 15 Amp outlet) If I did it again I would certainly hire a petrol air compressor with tons of air on hand.

The only hassle is that the bottom T piece where the air met the sand would block up from time to time. A quick smack with the hammer on the pipe sorted that out. The damp air wetting the garnet was the culprit as the compressor did not have a proper moisture removal system on it. Done again I would get a ton of copper pipe and roll it in a coil and chuck it in a wheelie bin full of cold water to knock the water out.

I am after a set of triple side-draught strombergs, there are some on ebay but the seller lists as pickup only.
Can anyone help to pickup and post, I'll cover costs of course.

I live in Melbourne and would love a trip to Qld. I will fly up, pick them up and post them for you after a weeks holiday of course.

Whaddaya reckon? No didn't think so.

Maybe someone closer will help.     Cheers  M

It's been a while but here are a few more pics of my progress.  Sandy gave me a hand to sandblast the shell and has been given 2 coats of black Por 15 rust preventative paint.
For those interested the bottom took exactly 1 liter doing two coats and the inside took just under a liter again two coats . Por 15 goes on like silk and dries nice and smooth with high gloss. Downside is that it costs $72 for a one liter can.

I am being evicted out of the shed where you see it now (my sister has sold the house) Can't really complain as I took over half the shed for a while and turned it into my own little blast chamber. 

Will be less of a hassle to continue progress on it when it is my own shed.


Everyone this is Sandy, Sandy say hi to everyone. (I made her)


Still have to put in the tunnel support brace.


Blasted right up the inner firewall.


Nice and shiny, pity it wont get seen.

Hi Paul

Hope your dad's road trip goes well and that he, and the car, get home safely and in one piece!

Kathi 

Paul,
         Be very, very wary if your Dad says that he smashed it up and it is no good to send to you anymore.

Demand indelible proof that it is indeed your car. You never know but you may just have bought dear old Dad a nice car.

Cheers  M

Hey Kathi,
                   Your forum name has been bugging me for ages but in my my mind I had been thinking of Nos (new old stock) FE, could not figure out ratu.

I did not google anything it until this post by Keith. Clever.

Look here.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6185283610506001721

Cheers  M