Popular Post JustHarry Posted December 7, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 7, 2022 Gave the repairs a smear of composit materiels yesterday . Primed today . Good enough for now. Will flick some color on it in the new year 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JustHarry Posted December 7, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 7, 2022 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JustHarry Posted December 8, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 8, 2022 Stuck some felt to the roof. Hood lining in saturday with any luck 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JustHarry Posted December 10, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 10, 2022 Painted the wheels. Went to refit the hood lining. Loop that holds the hood bows started to rip. So took it back out. Andrew the upholsterer fixed that bit. Started firing again. Then more stitching at the front started to rip when we pulled it tight. So took it back out then andrew undid all the stitching and replaced all the loops that hold the hood bows. Sewed it all back together. And then we fitted for the 3rd time. Went in smooth as. Stapled front and back Just need to glue the sides on during the week 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JustHarry Posted December 20, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 20, 2022 Little photos Got the head lining all back in and interoir trim and upholstery back in. Got all the lights and wipers etc working. Then submitted my work for scrutiny Wof obtained First one since 1995 or something 22 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JustHarry Posted December 26, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 26, 2022 Dailyed for a week. Used heaps of petorl Motor has a knock at cruise 50-70ish mph at part throttle. Rod knock maybe? Will see if Sylvesters have bearings when they reopen. Otherwise rockauto 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JustHarry Posted December 27, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 27, 2022 Took the motor out and dropped the pan. Heap of sludge in the bottom. Not ideal. Heres the money though. Big end has failed. Caught it early enough that it's not marked the crank Hopefully find some more 1thou under bearings locally 10 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JustHarry Posted January 13, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 13, 2023 Didnt take fuck all pics because I was busy assembling the motor. Bit scraped the lip off the bores and honed them new 30 over rings And new standard bearings there on the upper limit of clearance but theyll be fine Went through the oil pump and used some gears and base plate from another one with less kms and less wear . Threw it all together today Had one lifter that didnt love life so stripped it down cleaned it and went back together now it's fine so meh. Intake was so heavvy I couldn't get it off when the motor was in the car. China Engine hoist ftw Have one more of the car Have cut a few laps of the block. Seems to be happy enough. Way better oil pressure than before so thats a win. 24 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JustHarry Posted January 14, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 14, 2023 Gave the bumpers a polish. 30 years of sitting hadn't done them any good Brass wool and plenty of autosol and they came up pretty good . Still pretty cracked and there is rust in places but look a damn sight better than they did when I started anyways heres some poorly taken picture Did a few errands in it. Went to the supo and the batter was flat when I went to start it. It's a pretty old battery anyways so might splash out and buy a new one for it 22 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JustHarry Posted September 22, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 22, 2023 Did mcm in January Got another wof on this the other week. Also got some color mixed up to go over the primer. Ended up blowing the roof and bootlid to get the water marks out of it . Then put all the sil trims back on to make it look a bit tidyer . Had to use some urethane to hold some ends on where clips where missing Another pic lso surfaced of dad racing it at Littleton in the late 80s 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JustHarry Posted January 20 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 20 So @Carsnz123 send me a message November about a pontiac 400 in Hamilton. I promptly sent the seller a message and it turned out to be a 1972 400 with 7k3 heads and the original q-jet ontop. Sparked a deal and then @Beaver did me a solid and picked it up and stored it for a few weeks till john at south island couriers did a north island run and he picked it up and brought it down to chch 2nd week of December rolls around and I've got covid and I get a call from John that he's gonna be in town tommorow. Cunt . Had to call another favor from a workmate to u load it and store it at work till I could come get it in a fortnight . Finally actually saw the motor I'd payed for over a month prior on the 22rd of Dec Got it home and pulled both heads and from best I can tell it's never been opened up till now. Its not up on a stand waiting for some more time to strip it 100% 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JustHarry Posted January 20 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 20 I've also got the heads and intake manifold and holley 650 double pumper that the old man had ported in the 80s and ran on his 455 so they'll get a set of k liners in the guides and a clean up . Hopefully don't need new valves but we'll see 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JustHarry Posted January 20 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 20 I also did the vcc Pomeroy trophy out at ruapuna the other week along with @Sanfiddy and (/insert jareds handle ( /I don't know what he is on here )). Driving tests included a standing 1/4 mile, a flying 1/4 mile, a braking test, a slalom test, and a 20 minute high speed reliably test on the reace track trying to achieve a set number of laps given from a convoluted handicap formula Got taxed pretty heavily due to 6300cc of engine but otherwise made 9th out of 29 in my class . Managed 115mph at the end of the main straight and with 80s competition brake pads never ran out of stopping power either . Which was a miracle having to stop 4400lbs of car 23 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustHarry Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 Stripped the rest of the motor down. Crank has been hammering a bit so will be crack testing that and the rods. Otherwise it looks like .030 in the bores ans .010 on the journals will sort it out. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JustHarry Posted February 25 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 25 Went to hanmer motorfest for the day. Only took a pic when I filled it with gas 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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