Nev's tidy up

[NES304]

All the die cast parts, except the tailamp surrounds and rear quarter badges were sent to the platers in Queenbeyan on Monday. The trimmer has the door trims for new cards to be made and I will take some of the Tilli molds for repair next week.

did you need a  bank loan for that?

[TAYZ]

Good progress John, Ol Nev will feel like hes been to the barber, had a hair cut and a shave and walk out with a big smile on his face!!  The chrome plater down here (2 places) refuses to plate die cast.  I really had to talk him around to do my horn ring, cheers

                                                                     tayz

[Johns]

Hi all.

Nev will be back from the painter next week, he looks great

The plater did a sensational job on what were less than first rate die cast pieces, particularly the headlamp rims. I deliberately gave them my worst ones. The platers are Electro Plating Technology at Queanbeyan - ask for Shane or Brett  6297 - 0535 - 12 month warranty, they told me to send back anything I wasn't happy with and returned it all when they said they would They are not cheap but you get what you pay for.

I sent some of the Tilli molds off for repair, these are now finished and the new door cards are done.

I will post some photos soon.

Cheers
John

[graham_fuller]

John sounds great. Just out of interest how much did they charge to do the headlight rims?
Cheers,
Graham

[mcl1959]

See how good the bottom of the A pillar is?  Generally this area is very rusty on most cars without the rust proofing treatment.

Ken

[Johns]

Graham, pm sent.

Cheers
John

[Johns]

Hi everyone.

Collected Nev today. The repairs and some off colour panels have been expertly dealt with by Glenn Alderson of Hughes and Gibson at St Marys. The job is superb, as you can see.

We also had the Tilli molds on both front gaurds repaired - I missed a few on the doors with small dents in them, we will take them off for repair after Grey Pride.

Now we have to put the rechromed bits back on and finish the interior. I'll keep you, er, posted.




Cheers
John

[TTV6FC]

Very nice John,now I know why you asked about the continental kit.

[Hewart]

Hey John...

Nev's come up a treat...!! He looks great!!

Are you going to leave the visor off now...? Looks like the holes are gone....

Cheers
Les...

[customFC]

Looking forward to checking out the workmanship at Grey Pride. Looks sweet from the pics.
Regards
Alex

[Ed]

Hi John,

Nev's looking really nice.  Panels look good. I see you're going for the Miss Behavin' look there minus the front bar.

who did your stainless repairs?

Cheers

Ed

[Johns]

Thanks Guys.

Les; We didn't fill the holes in, Nev will ride again with his hat on

Ed; Mould repairs were by Allan McCoy of Moulding Repairs and Polishing at Kingswood   Phone no is 024731 1239.

They are not cheap, but as always, you get what you pay for.

Cheers
John

[RET]

John,

Nev looks great, can't wait to see the car in person.

cheers
RET

PS - If you're reading this, GET BACK INTO THE GARAGE!  Grey Pride is tomorrow, you know

[Johns]

Missed Grey Pride, will settle down now and detail Nev properly.

A mate is going to reinforce the original plastic seat surrounds- believe it or not they're undamaged- with fiberglass. I'll also remove that bloody piece of metal near the seat adjuster on the drivers side that both wrecks the plastic surrounds and tears the seat

Cheers
John

[Johns]

Hi everyone.

Taking on board Ed's rant, I thought I should provide an update on progress on Nev - now that I've got my very rare Teal over Elk Blue car sorted. Work didn't actually stop on Nev, it sort of accelerated. Y'see the engine bay looks like this;

or at least it used to, before it was blasted and the small amount of paint left on the engine disappeared along with that on the inner guards. I was going to ignore this except that the two small firewall cover plates that "seal" the steering column are rusty and can only be accessed when the floor mat is out, so, we removed them....



If you think things are getting out of control, you're right I'm not going to remove the subframe or even split the guards to remove the grille as there are too many consequences. All the ancillaries will be stripped recoed and painted, all the relevent nuts bolts washers and brackets will be bright zinc coated ( I know it isn't quite correct but it looks nearly the same as silver cad but is much more durable). To get a good finish all parts have been sand blasted, we will also plate some of the parts that will be black as this will help hinder rust coming through.

We are going to pressure wash the front end and lower firewall and paint only the parts that can be seen with satin two pack to replicate chassis black.

We also need to paint the engine

Not a bad idea since it has bugger all on it. Before that we will replace clutch, timing gear, water pump, thermostat, welsh plugs and gaskets, so hopefully we won't have to disturb the nice new paint job.

The grille is now to be chromed, we need to reco the carby, check the regulator etc, etc.

Cheers
John

[craiga]

etc, etc

You left off an 'etc' or two......

Take a big mouthful and chew like buggery 

Nev is worth the effort, a particularly nice car and in a good colour combination.

[Johns]

Hi everyone.

Nev's tidy up continues, the engine bay is painted, all the plating and powder coating is done, the engine is bring rebuilt, I'll post some photos soon.

In the meantime I've been doing some little jobs on various parts of the car. One of them is that I finally got round to looking at my gauges. As seems to be the case with a number of these the print on the fuel and idiot gauge faces has sort of gone to a blob and faded almost away, like this;



Last year I bought the insert John Wanner supplies for the fuel gauge. I've just finished intalling it and cleaning the gauge up. It worked a treat, here's the finished fuel gauge. Sorry about the flare from the flash.



From memory John sells these for about $10 each.

Cheers
John

[TAYZ]

John while the engine is out, how about a big cam, some port work on the head, a set of tripples and headers for Nev, he will love it.  I also think he wants you to drop him about 4 inches to the ground!!!!!!!   (In all honesty though its looking real good, and at the last nats it was one of my favourite cars there)

[Johns]

Thanks Paul and congratulations on the new arrival 

Our daughter, Jess, has just got her Ls. Scary stuff, only because time moves so quickly. She's learning on a manual and I've told her that she can't go for her licence until she can drive the old Holdens competently. I reckon when she can steer them she can drive anything. Except perhaps the Buick, but we'll see

I couldn't modify Nev, you blokes have done so well on your cars I wouldn't know where to start

Cheers
John

[Maco]

HI John,

Nev looks great,

The gauge labels are they an overlay or a complete new transparent lens?

Cheers
John