Liam-B

That's good then, I remember the rust in the bonnet wasn't too bad then but definitely gotten worse. 4 years outside will do that though aye!

I did a road worthy on it way back then (might have looked past a few things wrong to be honest, Camel just wanted club reg plates haha) but was surprised to find the AC still had R12 gas in it. Wouldn't take much to get that going again I reckon.

Its a good truck overall, just looks a bit crusty and won't take much to tidy up. TH700 will be the best mod you can do, I'm putting one in the 68 impala (was in my 64 chevelle and it got great economy for a warm 350)

Wow, 4 years abandoned. I wondered what happened to this truck! For some reason I thought it was already over in WA with you.

Good score! Looks like a two for one kind of sweet deal.

Never seen a targa themed RX7 either. Seems someone at Mazda liked the 911 targa quite a lot at the time obviously and then hey Presto new trim spec RX7 model.

Mate just bought an RX7 here in Melbourne last week actually. Hasnt run in 17 years but fired up with some fresh fuel. I thought 3k AUD for a S1 banana yellow / brown interior seemed like a good price.

Score on all the parts!

Column shift conversion next?

Good score! I remember seeing this for sale ages ago and even briefly considered it myself until I saw it had been prepped for paint in the last pics of the advert.

Just realised you tracked it down, thats dedication! 

Pretty rare though like you say 

Might stop boring you all to death with rust repairs for awhile. 

Next exciting thing for me will be lifting the body off the frame now its structurally sound enough to do so. 

Fucking hanging out to get this going. Momentum game is strong at the moment! 

Made the throttle pedal heel board from scratch today, as it was obviously missing.

I actually used left over pieces from the new trunk floor stamping I bought, as the shapes were kinda close to what I think should be there for the pedal mount. Bonus. 

Still took me about 6 hours to fab this to size and butt weld it in though. Bastard.

Thought i better show you lot i havent been a slacker and basically share the misery of what I've been doing on this nugget since the last post

Rear window channel was found to be fully fucking rusted when i removed the screen. I cut another section from a pontiac wreck and grafted it back in, along with repairing the trunk lid seal lip that was totally missing.

Chop chop, weld, grind etc.

Sounds like a tractor right now but least it sounds healthy!

https://youtu.be/jMt_PyWnPLw

Exhaust shop booked now turbo flange arrived.

Got the screens removed without breaking them, pretty rusty in the rear channels. Shocking actually. Will do that a bit later on.

Going to do the drivers side floor this weekend. Its a pretty big piece of real estate compared to the trunk floor patch.

Want to pull the body off the frame once all the structual rust is done. Big job!

On 2017-6-5 at 16:09, kyteler said:

Know them gas feels.  I ran out whilst welding patches on the scuttle vent panel on the 310 yesterday.  

Will try afford some gas this week to carry on.  I would have made patches but decided to do it in tiny sections to save it from warping as much. 

Can you buy argoshield gas from bunnings in NZ yet? Seems like the go here. $89 rental for life on a E size bottle. Im currently getting raped at $55 a quarter on my D size bottle thats nearly empty 

6 hours ago, hellnback said:

My neighbour still owns this one!

Awesome! I had a funny feeling if i posted it on here somebody would recognise it

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/

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. 

 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...

Cant rush these things sometimes! Glad youve got it running now, is it all ready to get registered soon?

Nobody would even know these days if the seats were supposed to be bench or not anyway.

What VTNZ are you taking it to in welly? Are they easy going or a bit hard out these days on old cars?

Bench seat and column sounds lush and pretty much the only way to roll in a wagon.

3 speed auto or 4?