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Had all these thoughts.  Cause jap import  going to get it complied with original running gear and drive it.  Then build up a spare chassis with engine and brakes etc

rear seat recovered, front seat used the origanil upolstery but rebuilt the foam and srpings in it, sound deadening fitted

2 litres of neck snapping fury, got it bodgied up and running so could drive it and get interior finished, goes surprisingly well ....for now

And back to those brass strip things i made for the roof, so stoked with how they came out

Front indicator lenses were rubbish,  got talking to gc in aussie who was kind enough to sell me a mint spare set he had

somewhere along the way I got all the crhome redone , dunno where all the photos are bit heres one of the mirrors finished

Had too diegrind out all the corroded parts and fill and sand without scratching my new chome, came up all good though.

Same process with the door handles and other parts made up out of that cast muck metal rubbish

In the meantime Id been giving the engine a tidy up and all the other parts a birthday so I could start putting it together when It came home

Hardest part of this whole builds been tracking down rubbers off other models and cars  to adapt because cant buy anything for this  off the shelf

And because Im impatant I had to make the vinyl roof trim on the car after it was painted which is definately a dumb thing to do.

Managed without any scratches which really surprised me

Used brass this time , heeps easier to work with and came out real well

Tryed making the stainless   trim thats missing where the vinyl roof  finishs,  Used some old stainless off a hillman and  fit it on a wreck that my brother has. Think it could  have worked bit the stainless was  hard to work with and didnt turn out as nice as I wanted

Heeps of work going on in the background while the body was getting done,  sourced alot of parts from japan,  sandblast and painted chassis, was all in pretty good nick, think it had only done 96000kms

Cause couldnt help myself and what toyota doesnt need a v12

The whole front sump crossmember  steering box in the way makes this pretty unlikely to work but dreams are free

So did something I never do and went and booked in a panel beater. Was due  in a months time so I had a deadline  which is the only way im likely to  get things done.

Stripped car down, plenty of rust

What have I got myself into

Hi

Ive got a couple of old enamel car badges that I want to get restored.

Has anybody got  a contact for someone that can do this kind of work?

Got one done maybe 20years ago but I think the old chappy that did this has since retired/passed away

Any help much appreciated Ray

My first car was a 65 superminx with 1600 and 4speed. Used to struggle at 100kph. Since then my younger brothers restored it and fitted a 1725 with weber. Such a different car to drive and would definately reccomend the conversion

Have got a 200a cigweld and wouldnt want anything smaller. Use it for allsorts. Good on panel steel but really on its upper limit if welding thicker steel. Say 12mm. Also works noticably better at my new house with a better power supply