kicker Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 That rust really has runamuck 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.QCR Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Jesus ! Its in good hands tho ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 jesus that worse than mine.got a 69 vip thats recently been sandblasted and etch primed.putting it back together as i can be bothered.your in for a big mish there.good luck 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Yeah the old tidy it up and leave it outside trick, Bart. You should be ashamed. Still. On the right track now mate so good on you. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Ashamed I am. I bought this car in mid 95. Still can't seem to finish it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 sorry to say man thats only the rust you can see.. got a mate that restores them and ive seen what i would class as mint cars cost 60 +grand to restore ... all the best man..............just dont dig to deep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 We'll dig as deep as need be. She's a dry carpet model. And despite being rusty now, ten years ago it was completely rust free. The cancer doesn't run that deep. I've met your mate. That business caters to cheque book builders. It's no more rusty than you'd expect for a car of this age that has spent 20 of the last 47 years out in the weather. ...... 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 That makes me cringe.. and then think of Ford rust.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam-B Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 I thought i was looking at my old VG when i first read this thread! I sold it to a guy down in gore before i moved to Melbourne in 2006 but you have had your one a lot longer obviously. Mine had a 360, it went pretty hard. Hopefully all that rust doesn't put you off too much, you should see the 68 impala im currently restoring... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 That colour is awful close to mine. Nice car. Odd combo of parts I can see on it too. Was it an aussie assembled car? Or did you retrofit the instrument cluster? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam-B Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 It was a NZ Todd motors built car, originally white with metalic green roof 245 3 speed manual. A previous owner had intalled the 360 and painted it. The body was really good, although i was annoyed by the addition of the bonnet pins. The interior was totally rooted when i bought it so i threw in new carpet and a complete pacer dash, which is why its that dark red colour on the glove box area. It had a VH ranger bench seat which i hated but was in good condition. It was a sweet old VG that turned heads, and i ended up owning a couple more here when moving to Melbourne - a VIP and then a VG regal haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Those 770/pacer instrument clusters use a different loom. (More like a vh loom) when I parted out my hardtop I kept the loom out of it especially for the guy who bought my cluster. (Almost wish I'd kept it tbh) he was confident he wouldn't need it. I think he was pretty stoked when I said here this is for you. But he did give me a v8 hood emblem. Those fetched reasonable coin at the time too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyJoe Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 good luck with that one bud. hats off to you for taking it on the chin and getting on with it... eventually 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUL8R Posted April 25, 2017 Author Share Posted April 25, 2017 Jesus that deteriorated far worse than I thought Bart! Josh, are you keeping a pile to weigh of all the shit being cut out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam-B Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 10 hours ago, RUNAMUCK said: Those 770/pacer instrument clusters use a different loom. (More like a vh loom) Yeah, luckily that loom came with my dashboard. I only had to cut and solder a few wires from memory to splice it all in and there is a switch for 6 or 8 cylinder on the tacho. Theres a guy called craig vayne rust a problem his panels are really good fitment, used them on some of my other nuggets. Not sure what the shipping would be like over the ditch but should be reasonable http://rustaproblem.com.au/panels/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 There's another place which I found through eBay who do a few other panels too. Don't seem to have the lower a pillar though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mk1 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 21 hours ago, CUL8R said: Jesus that deteriorated far worse than I thought Bart! Josh, are you keeping a pile to weigh of all the shit being cut out? Rust is light Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Rust is lighter than carbon fibre even! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 I spoke to a car painter today who is going to come have a look after Josh has done his magic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoozin Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Post about rust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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