Popular Post azzurro Posted October 29, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 29, 2015 this turned up today, its pretty cool, has opening boot and bonnet (with a release!) and the back seat folds down. same 1:43 scale as the 125 model except i dont need to paint it except maybe sign writing on the side the parts wagon (which I should hoefully sort out to arrive next week) has a red interior so it does (or will) match the 1:1 version 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzurro Posted November 1, 2015 Author Share Posted November 1, 2015 How about the footy aye, Few more coats of primer on things in between coats I tidied up the gearbox on the outside, New guibo, and new gaskets. looked ok to me on the inside. but Im unsure if the speedo drive works, 124/125 type wont work the drive gear is reversed and a wee bit larger on the 2300. X1/9/lada clutch slave needed some modification to fit but it does, + new clutch line.I had to cut off the clutch return spring tab as well so gonna need to make a bracket or something for that on the outside Also spacers - i think it must mount on the opposite side of the engine on the cars lits listed for. I also seem to have mislaid the clutch ajdustment nut And finish up with the first coat of proper paint - its a very light cream/grey that matches the original engine bay/interior sheetmetal colour. TBH looks a bit crap and glossy over my poor prep (urhg i hate sanding, especially around all the fiddly tabs and bolts in an engine bay) but the ugliest lupiest runnyest bits will be hidden by stuff still to go back in to those same bolts and tabs, and it wont be bright, clean and shiney in there for very long! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post azzurro Posted November 3, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 3, 2015 Went and picked up this today Big thanks to Chris for ditching work to collect rusty cars using his own trailer and tow vehicle (also thanks Tara for takinmg the Grande Latte Barina to work today) It looks alright from afar but is far from good. Its missing quite a lot of the more valuable bits like:- engine- gearbox- brakes- steering box- diff head (and i need to return the axles) but it also contains many parts of value to me - i also have to take the axles back and pick up more stuff in a month or so to the PO who owns a 2300S Coupe that this was a parts car for - a set of good bumpers + not so good ones on the car- red interior in good condition + a extra set of carpets in red- spare wheel well cover in good condition + 2 in not so good condition- seat belts- a clutch adjusting nut - spare rear springs (for adjustment purposes)- good windscreen- ok doors- brake booster- spare lower tail gate + rusty one on the car- spare rear side windows- some useful rust cuts for the drivers side including (most) of the drivers floor- various other bits and bobs Including, and best of all- spare good upper tail gate + good one on car + a spare tail gate glass (!) - i pretty much bought this for the tail gate alone and to find it has spare glass (which i could have happily used) and an extra one as well is just crazy. Thats a veritable embarresment of riches! Based on the number of tail gates or parts thereof i now have, that suggests i possess the mortal remains of 4 of the 9 or 10 2300 Wagons imported into NZ. How did that escalate so quickly? 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzurro Posted November 8, 2015 Author Share Posted November 8, 2015 Installed the first thing from the parts car- the coolant reservour bottle strap still had the original italian transfer on iti put some clear coat over it to make it last a bit longerThen finished putting the engine bay back together (actually just scratching and fingermarking my new paint)most of the engine bay things were very oily and dusty but they came up a treat after a soak in the mystery solvent from the rusty can, some paint and an oil/grease up as required.rewrapped the loom with self amalgamating tapecleaned and greased the gear linkagespainted brake booster and brakets, new brake master cylinder,cleaned reservours (will probably swap them to 124/125 style as the lids on these ones have a grotty rubber seal that will leak)Put in the giant MM coil from my 125 (snapped a terminal off the original one removing it)l still need to patch the loom to it;missing the factory air horns but this one came with instead and it works fine- they have a switch under the dash to swap between 'country' (the air horns) and'town' horns (a standard piezo type in the wheel arch).pretty much ready to have the engine and box dropped back inbut I have since taken off the brakes (look ok),and 60% unbolted the front suspension to pull it all out for a go over and refresh,and sort out a blind notch in the torsion bars 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post azzurro Posted November 15, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 15, 2015 pulled the front end out to give it a clean up, the total loss oiling system has kept the parts under this grim in good nick, but its so gross. boots on the ball joints are unfortunately split, (putting good thick coating of dry grease on EVERYTHING but they feel like they are in good order. I will worry about them later, they may be able to be re-booted. Cut the blind splines in the torsion bars to lower the front - FIAT has helpfully done 2/3 of it already about 20 seconds of being very careful with the cut off wheel in the grinder later not exactly machined, but they slotted in one spline lower first time The battery on my camera ran out but I got one shot of all the front end tidied up and ready to go back in: Ive installed most of that it back in pending a few parts still to arrive. EDIT: ReInstalled front suspension - note the split ball joint boots :/ Looking forward to getting it back on its wheels 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzurro Posted December 6, 2015 Author Share Posted December 6, 2015 Woops - I havnt been updating this: NOVEMBER 16th Front shocks - these are the 124 KYBs from the 125 that i retired for new Koni yellows. They are not going to waste. Other than not being so HUGE in girth they are otherwise as good a fit as i could have hoped for Slightly shorter at full extension (CHECK) Slightly shorter at max compression (CHECK (also they dont stay compressed!, CHECK)) The will also bolt up (after some minor work with the cut off wheel, but that hardly counts) CHECK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzurro Posted December 6, 2015 Author Share Posted December 6, 2015 NOVEMBER 17th Received a package today as well - mostly clutch stuff (pilot bearing, release bearing and flex plate - 205mm like the 124/125 but 10 spline) so tidied the original up like most of the mechanical parts on this car it looked like crap untill the greasy smeg is cleeaned off and it came up really good: I will slap that in and call it done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzurro Posted December 6, 2015 Author Share Posted December 6, 2015 NOVEMBER 28th Ive had quite a few packages turn up lately, so have been picking away at stuff as i can when bits turn up. I have not had 100% success tho So I have about 3 things on the go at a time and my shed is too small for that! the 850 upper wishbone bushes dont fit - the OD of the 2300 pivot shaft is 17mm, not the 14mm of the smaller cars. Everything else is the right size oh well, i will worry about sourcing those later - i need a press/puller to remove the old ones anyway. Also a 1500 clutch cylinder (was v cheap on ebay) but it doesnt fit - its too long to fit between the firewall and booster, so i will take the original cylinder (and the other bung one on the parts car) into Sterling Brakes with the calipers when the rubber kits for the brakes from ebay (rear) and skandix.de (fronts) turn up. Lada tie rod ends (only one lemforder ) and Ferodo brake pads from rockauto. Also some ball joint boots - just waiting for some tie wire and i have some new tie rod clamps and some steering idler bushes coming from Ladapower so when all that arrives ill put the car back on the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzurro Posted December 6, 2015 Author Share Posted December 6, 2015 NOVEMBER 28 Part II also been receiving some enginey bits as well - you can see the Regina-Extra timing chain and some more gaskets in the piccy above. I have ended up pulling the head off because of a sticky valve, which i should have done anyway: it was for the best - as usual everything was pretty grebbed up, but in pretty good nick underneath couple of the exhast valves could probably do with replacement but they lapped up ok and the seats are very good. I also opened up the exhaust ports a bit where they exit the head just so they transition to the much bigger manifold a bit better. The inlets were already a good match, so i just smoothed the roughest bits. Also got a box of 6 Purolator filters for $US1.49 each from Rockauto runout - the shipping was more expensive! Intalled the new Regina timing chain with the new pulleys from the kit, crank shaft seals and sump gaskets today,so bottom end is back together, just waiting on some valve stem 'seals' to put the head back together and drop the engine back in the hole (after swapping the pilot bearing). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzurro Posted December 6, 2015 Author Share Posted December 6, 2015 28 NOVEMBER Part II and finally, big Thanks to AA_LAWS who i pony-expressed some parts for when i went to welly came and popped the windscreen out for me the other day. Pretty happy with what we found under there, other than the two patches i knew about in each lower corner, the surround is great - even the trim clip holders are in excellent condtion! Upper Lower Drivers As first seen Drivers after a clean up and an intial coat of pimer Passengers As revealed and ready for the chop 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post azzurro Posted December 6, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 6, 2015 Aaand today, a bit more progress on the rust, BEGONE! BAM! I actually did cut and weld that but forget to take any more picks till I'd finished So thats the whole passenger side done as far as rust/metal work goes. *** Thought i would pull the clutch master from the spares car to see if i could cannibalise any bits from it to take to the brake shop with the calipers - it wasnt looking good in the car all oxidised and rustly looking but once i got it off : KAPOW! Oh yeah! It has previously/recently been resleeved with a nice brass sleeve and was not even seized at all The parts car has just paid for itself twice over, and after a clean and reassesmble, the pedal box is all completed. Car is also on the ground and awaiting some more weight in the front. Im just waiting on some o-rings (or valve stem 'seals') to reassemble the head and put it on the block before i lift it back in. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post azzurro Posted December 14, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 14, 2015 Sunday after Drag Day I set the tappets, installed the clutch and swung the engine back in the hole Hellloooww Strill have to get teh gear box in - Do you even lift Bro? Friends? -+-+-+- Just hefted the gear box in, went pretty well with a jack and two small furniture trolleys, and all my socket extensions, just the fiddly bits like linkages and stuff to hook up now. So thats the front 2/3rds of the running gear sorted, and half the rust. Just brakes, diff, and the rest of the rust to go, but that means chopping up the parts wagon, which means having a running van to store and move the bits which means rust repairs on the van, which ill do over the christmas break ahhhg bloody cars. 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post azzurro Posted December 25, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 25, 2015 Bled the clutch up, took a day to gravity feed the lines full again. Also faffed around for aaaaaaaaages getting the gear linakges connected including cutting and bending them so the dont bind on themselves (both sets i have, have witness marks so it cant just be me!). Parts car comes through with the goods again, with a radiator. Its not perfect but at least the bottom tank is whole. Polished the top which is so shiny its blown out this piccy Also got a lace up steering wheel cover for christmas Started swapping over the column switches, they are a weak design and the levers break out at the base - 65Fiat kindly let me have one of his spares. - the eboxy glue doesnt stick very well and it catches on the wheel, so may try fibreglass (PE) or making a metal ring of sorts like the later model ones have to spread the load better around the switch im gonna need to replicate that somehow - Anyway, set the timing, filled the carbs with some go juice and put the exhaust back on (well just to the 2 into 1 section by the gbox ): Pretty close to driving this out of the garage under its own steam! Wont be going far till i get the break calipers re-sealed tho. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post azzurro Posted January 12, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 12, 2016 my brake bits have been dribbling in from around the world, and i can now assemble the front brake calipers. Calipers are cast with FIAT/Girling and are also used on Dinos and Panteras and some other super expensive and rare cars, but also including (thankfully) old volvos (amazons and P1800s), which have a large aftermarket suppy, so are also avalaible new, all from Skandix.de (reccomended) Gulp. pads are fairly easy to come by, as used on only the finest british tat, these were only $9 on rock auto New cylinders in - fitting the rubbers is a bit of a trick! Read to bolt back on with new soft lines Just waiting on an ebay purchase for the rear cylinders, and some handbrake hardware and the rears will get the same treatment (will see about the rear pads being reshoed at a later date) and once installed i can drive it out and turn it around to get at the drivers side rust - untill then ive kinda run out of things to do. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post azzurro Posted January 24, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 24, 2016 Waiting on brake bits ive got the drivers scuttle up to here All solid now - I made the scuttle from about 4 bits due to the compound curves and lack of stretcher, also remade a couple of the screen trim holders. There are a few sections in the A-Pillar too, but i didnt have a camera on hand while sorting them out. *-*-*-* Then Pistons for the rear brakes turned up For future reference package listed Triumph Dolomite, Morris Oxford/Farina (fronts) as well as the seller listeing them for FIAT 1500S/2300 etc. All new parts excepting the handbrake pads which ill sort out later (400 euros!!!), reassembled them with the rubbers kit i go before, new flexi line, bled up and fitted (* hard line joining the two halves is installed incorrectly in these pics - it crosses over with the port the bleeder is in so it doesnt rub on the rim ) And then stole the battery from the 125, fired up off a can of gas in the dash, and fairly uneventfully, drove it down the driveway, up to the end of the cul-de-sac and back into the shed like it aint no thing. No vids or anything unfortunately, but some neighbours up the road just about got themselves run over to come ask if it was a Super Minx Ill fix the roof rust first then I need to start thinking about chopping bits off the parts car to finsh this side which is the bad one. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzurro Posted February 3, 2016 Author Share Posted February 3, 2016 Surf has been great and work super busy so Ive slowed down on this lately. Finished of the roof/gutters, which was not as bad as the other side but still pretty bad once the paint was off it was much better Still had 3 holes in the middle of the roof panel, used disposable aluminium oven trays to stop the sound deadening and roof lining from catching on fire. Seems to have worked as the car did not catch on file nor are there any holes in the liner. Slowly slowly with the spot spot spot and no warping. Just a skim of primer (or two) and thats the roof done. Next job is to drop the diff next to tidy that all up incl new seals, and will also make getting into the rear quarter/boot rust a bit easier. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzurro Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 Been overseas for a few weeks, but got back on Saturday, Sunday got back into the rust bucket. Only one major drivetrain parts assembly remains to to be unbolted from the body: geddoudofit Axle seals leak, (have new ones 'in stock') but so does the pinion seal which i dont have . Pinion is leaky to the extent that on removing the diff/driveshaft flange it was literally full of old diff oil which is always nice, but on the positive side has also kept the underside pretty well rust proofed . The parts car wont save me this time as has no spare diff head to swap in, and i also hope the wheel bearaings are ok (as retaining collars are NLA?) and im not keen on speding up large for a full diff rebuild (the old mark and slightly over tighten will do for now i think!) Ill also replace the hard brake lines while im there (only has a soft line from the body to the diff tee), and add lowering blocks & new bumps Anyway with that off i could play with the ride height (the rear is about 3" lower at rear from where it was sitting beforethe front torsion bars are wound up as far as they will go (lower arms are just above horizontal) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post azzurro Posted March 7, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 7, 2016 Old School Nats last weekend in National Park and visited a friend at Horopito while i was down there: Ol' mate Colin was very surprised to have someone interested in it Ol Barry: "Do you have one of these?!" Not so old Barry: "Yes, two, + 2 more tail gates making 4", lewl. Got all four monsoon sheilds and the dizzy, shields were cheap, but the dizzy was not (check out the drive!), but happy on average Cap is 'new' and my one is missing one of the cap clips, and spare parts are nice to have. Apart from those bits the car is pretty rooted. Still has its back brakes (I should have grabbed the hand brake pads!) but i doubt i would have been able to jack it out of its hole or get the wheels off. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzurro Posted March 10, 2016 Author Share Posted March 10, 2016 Had the day off monday to recover from the weekends Nats shananigans, and inspired by all the freaken sweet wagons, dug a bit deeper into this one while paint was drying on the dissasembled diff parts. Start putting the valance out To reveal what i think is the reason for (most) of the rust in this corner - the big rusty hole is right behind the wheel and would have let water and crap into all the rust traps pre built into this thing. Bleugh. So many intersecting parts here. To access this from behind/underneath i need to get into this corner. This is also pooped. As is the liner/double skin behind it, but not as bad as the other side. On teh other side i deleted the inside skin. Undecided on removing this one as yet. I probably should. Bit more out. In some good news, the front of the wheel arch and the arch itself is actually really good. Just a wee hole to deal with on there and a patch in the sill (obviosly!) The bottom of the sill is great too. Two full dust pans full of crap and this removed: Still need to pick the rest of that corner of the rear valance & the end of the chassis rail apart, its going to be a bit tricky to put back together as i have to chop out all the datums before i can get started putting fresh metal back in 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzurro Posted March 13, 2016 Author Share Posted March 13, 2016 Made quite a bit of progress on the rusty hole othis week hole made a lot bigger had a few people at OS Nats say that they wished they had the tools to do body work, and that i must have some mean ones. Ah, no not really! my grandads hammers, some gilbow shears and a vice. oh and cut of wheels and flap discs! But ill show you how i do it. mmm whats another for pirate treasure? This is my template. Yum for small bits like this (whicn is most rustwork usually) just picked apart, cut off the rust and remake,Use cereal boxes as template material as it bends like metal but is easier to cut and trim.Once the carboard fits without forcing it, transfer it to steel repeat the folds, trim till it 'falls' into place this is the boot floor corner - bit of a wiz with teh power file and thats ready to be stuck on This is the basic process but a bigger simple shape template made and sheet ready to cut- i use some Gilbow shears i got at a second hand shop, they are great. sheet being folded, on a bit of I-beam. Just tappy tap tap with the hammer, all of a sudden it will be done.For small bits i use the vice, but man I wish i had a folder, much neater (and quicker!) valance section nd a bit from the base of the d pillar remade from "templates" valance etc ready to weld underneath also tapped in the stenthening indent by clamping the edge on the i-beam and using a cold chisel, You could make a template to tap around too, but meh it was a square. Again just tappy tap tapperoo till its suddenty done. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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