quick update, for now

[smithy]

i know those extreme ones, and they are extreme !!! extremely bright
and not really my cup of tea...

[NosFEratu]

Hi Dean

All I wanted in the 58 was white but we were both so crook for almost 2 weeks a few years back that all we could do was look at car magazines and talk about the project.  We decided this thing was gonna get a beating when it hit the road so we rang the trimmers and told them there was a change to black leather – the guys responded that we really must have been sick cos they knew how set I was on white!  All I can say, light cream or not – you’re a masochist! 

Anyway, I agree with Stinky, I think light grey would look good.    But if you are interested in dyeing them, I’m pretty sure the guy next door used Dylon dyes, mixed it and sprayed it on using his spray gun. 

Kathi 

[Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius]

Hey Dean, any more updates   

[smithy]

not that im willing to share at the moment thanks glenn 

[FC427]

Dean are you holding out ? .....FC427.....

[smithy]

nah not really just a private joke.
everything is SNAFU here

[NosFEratu]

Hope all is OK Dean - Let me know if you need an "Aunty Kathi Counselling Session"

I'm very good at them (just no good at putting my own advice into practice!) and there is a follow up program in place where by if you don't cheer up after an "AKCS" we arrange for the Mafia Staff Car to come around and break your knee caps!      With a smile - of course!   

Kathi 

[EffCee]

Kathi,

Do you get a AKCS gift pack after a session, you know with a "T" shirt, Badge and Bumper sticker  

Keith

[NosFEratu]

You wanna sign up for one and see? 

Actually you just get a quick smack around the head before you get told to pull it in! Right, Dean? 

And besides, I'd have to raise the price if I started offering all those promotional items!  There's no such thing as a free lunch! 

Kathi 

[pedro]

And for stealing this thread we want " ANOTHER SHRUBBERY " >:(NI NI 

[smithy]

 

nah no gift pack for me, as kathi said just a smack up the side of the head.  works wonders

[NosFEratu]

Hi Dean

Gentle reminder that your progress report is due tonight! 

Kathi 
F4+  =^{^^}=

[smithy]

ok, ok, alright already
not too much done this week cause of pain n stuff and the fact i had to do some gardening .
but thanks to keith the fuel tank surround is now welded in as is the brace,. i did a little work today cutting up the belt which will hold the tank in, well half of it is cut out.



apart from that i have been doing work on drivers side vanity panel just tryin to work out where things go and make sure i still have easy access to fuse box etc:
looking at a few things, got a new heater tap, a double flare tool to do fuel and brake lines, kicked the dog a few times, had a few beers and watched soccer a lot.
caused some s**t on a website and made some new friends
so SNAFU

thats about it aunty Kath

dean
F4

[sexyfc]

hi dean
How are you holding the tank down from the top?
john

[NosFEratu]

Hi Dean

Aunty Kathi is happy to see the progress you made this week.    Keep up the good work!

Is Keith shifting in with you or what? 
 
And, I hope Busta is OK!

Kathi 
F4+ =^{^^}=

[smithy]

hiya Kath, busta is fine he kicks back

of course kicking the dog was only a figure of speech, i'll tell you about how i feel over animal cruelty when i see you.
pack some tissues its all good though. funny thing is keith and i have more in common than just cars

nah keith hasn't shifted in just pops over when he has a chance, which is cool, he can weld and knows what hes doing.
 i just supply the comedy relief 

hi john, the tank will be held down by straps of 2.5 mm steel 50 mm wide sandwiching the tank held in by nutserts.
the dark strip you see in the pics around the tank is the first section, i just finished cutting it out today, i will probably do the bottom section tomorrow then when i can find ( or hire a nutsert ) then i will drill the holes out.
so in theory the straps are overhanging the tank by 30mm and should hold down quite well, a bit of sikaflex and all should be sweet.
i intend to put a false floor over the tank and use the cross brace as an anchor point for the cover over the speakers and amp. this will also carry the emergency tool kit.

it all works in theory mate

if some of the stuff i have on evilbay sells then i will be sending the fuel sender to Melb to be recalibrated, while thats away i will be bending up the fuel lines, i have copper pipe to use as a template. this should be done this week.....


dean
F4

[pedro]

Good one Dean, nice to see someones making some progress, that's a big speaker you've got there, you'll be able to get a back massage while you listen to some good music
                           Pedro F4+

[smithy]

its just a little sub, i will be building an enclosure around that to hide everything. work should be started on the boot pretty up within a week, now that the tank is pretty much in.
just need to find someone with a nutsert gun, i dont really feel up to spending $70+ just to put in a dozen bolts...

stay tuned
same bat time
same bat channel
 

[jack_fc]

hey smithy, re the boot tidy-up; are you thinking of making trim panels for the inside rear quarters?
I've recently been down that road - spent MANY hours making a template (very time-consuming; very fiddly; very awkward). Once I got the template finally right, making and covering the actual trim panels took less than an hour.
If you want to go the same way I did, I still have the template, could easily trace it on paper and post to ya. Let me know if you want pics, more info, template or whatever

cheers jack e-o

[jack_fc]

Smithy, check your email and pm's!
ta, jack