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pulled the engine apart to day.. not all bad news.. thats one well cooked engine jerky stick any one the bores all looked pretty good except for this one, which explains why i couldnt turn it over.. cant get this piston out either he must have got this engine bloody hot, i'm surprised theres not more damage does anyone know what it costs to have a block cleaned and prepped.. bored, line honed etc?

pulled the dash out on thursday.. at least the mice made good use of the car.. last registered in 1985 storing everything is a bit of a mission, lucky i have a bit of space in the roof.. and to day i pulled the old donk (my first v8) which was actually a lot easier than i imagined it to be, got home with the hoist at about 2 and had it out by 345, easy az.. except when i took the pan of the fmx to drain it it pretty much exploded everywhere, seems it was full of water mayo and trans fluid which explains why it was hard to push and shift gears, also i only got about 2 ltrs of oil out of the engine, hopefully its just a seized crank and not rusty bores..

or not.. WTF?... ok sorted, a bit of fucking around..

ok... heres a few more out of place.. theyre from a different forum...

whoops, this ones out of place... ok i have a small update.. scored myself the quarters that go with the roof, he also has a screen and a fuel tank that i can have for free so i'm a very happy chappy.. also should have the beams to span the carport tomorrow (everything going to plan) so that theoretically means i can get the roof on and properly start the process within the week.... theoretically.... heres a couple of pics.. got some new tires for goldie too

8th got some pics for ya, nothing special, but progress... close up of some rust.. main rust in lower plenum panel lower panel off right a pillar off floor in half floor off stuff to get acid dipped or sand blasted start on donor rear floor some spot welds drilled there you have it, not much.. thanks

7th heres the pics i promised, not much, but the drilling might easier as you'll see.. 28 down, 472 to go heres some shots of the garage and how much room i now have, should get better once the new additions are dismantled the small amount of rust in the p5 section, pretty easy fix once its apart, well, easier than mine anyway good floor rust free donor floor.. only really using the three main panels from this, the two side panels and the tail light panel and a couple of patch pieces.. and finally some ford consistancy for ya.. top panel is from the landau, bottom is p5.. think the guy spot welding the p5 was in a big hurry.. only did half the welds the landau has... this shot shows the insert that is drilled compared to the one that isnt.. the undrilled insert is wrong, its a right hand side one in back to front as i said, not much but you get the idea..

6th shame this is scrap.. came out awesome.. and now the photos of what i have to fix.. pretty easy i think.. inside the passenger sill.. drivers sill.. overall now that its clean.. i'm happy with my decision to keep the structure together, the sand blasting has really shown just how good the rest of the car is and when i get my p5 cut blasted and and on, i'll be a long way to having it finished.. way excited..

5th a pillar attachment.. looks way better huh?... extremely happy with how the front clip came out.. very happy..

4th update time.. c&p again from ff's okay.. heres an update with a fairly different looking car.. for the better i might say.. theres a lot of pics but it gives you a good idea of what i have to do to her.. for some reason the blasters did all the plenum and a pillars when i said dont but also didnt do the underside of the new roof or the inside of the frame for it.. no matter i'm very very happy with the $1000 it cost me, would definitely recommend doing this as i gives you an awesome start and good idea of what to do to finish your pride and joy.. anyway.. hope you enjoy the pics swiss cheese.. this shows the major damage to the original panels.. not sure if i'll even use them the good panels.. no rust in rear quarters either, one has a small amount of dimpling as you can see

3rd yeah, ive delved a little into it, but ford doesnt have any information on it apart form the vin, year etc.. there is some writing on the back of the panels which a couple of people have indicated could be referring to a place called lyon bros motors/bodyworks in eltham.. as for the convertable idea, the welds tell me that it was the bottom of the rear quarters that have been replaced as they've brazed them on where as everything above that line is spot welded, theres also no evidence of any other repairs to the body frame, i suspect it was just damaged in the factory or something, for them to put what looks to me like a factory stamp on the vin plate.. its all a bit of a mystery.. anyway, thanks for the welcome fellaz, and i'll try to keep regular updates comin in

2nd instalment.. this next post is the last update i made on ford forums.. again, C&P.. cheers, thomas ok i have an update to my progress, after deliberating for the last few weeks ive decided to go the whole hog and strip her right back to make sure all the rust is completely eliminated, not only strip her but also separate her into her three major components, body structure, floor pan/firewall and engine sub frame.. this will allow me to repair all the rust spots and and proof against further attacks also, i will be able to replace other panels within these separate components with more ease than if they were together .. i may also be relocating the body to a better environment for this procedure.. anyway.. heres a couple of pics, cheers, thomas say hello to my little friend.. parcel shelf awesomeness garage is starting to fill up so that is pretty much where i'm at, just waiting on some parts from another FF members and then i can get right into it which i am seriously itching to do, but not only that, i had set myself a 2 year time frame before i shift back to nz.. now its the end of this year, so i have even less time with which to finish. hopefully if i dont get stuffed around too much this wont be a problem.. anyway, cheers for reading... and wish me luck, cheers, thomas __________________

Discussion thread - viewtopic.php?f=18&t=34426 Ok so after a small push ive got one car to put up here, i started this while i was still in oz but had to put it all on hold otherwise my repair certifier would have made me pull it all apart which i didnt relish.. so this is a cut and paste from fordforums.com.au and also on aussiecoupes.net, enjoy.. thomas Fast forward to aug 07 and i could not believe how much things had changed in the price department.. like 300% increase in price i pretty much consigned myself to never owning a coupe in good cond.. so i bought my xc wagon (which my missus christened goldie) as i needed a car for work, not the best choice as i only get around 4-5kms per liter, then after around 2 years of watching things come and go on the coupe market.. my landau came up on ebay. i watched it for a while with a few bids pushing it to the 6k mark where it stayed for about 80% of the auction.. at the time i was up in St Arnud shooting and i ummd and ahhd about it before coming home to find that it was still at the 6k mark with 5hrs to go, i set myself a max bid of 8k and sniped it in the last 4 seconds and somehow managed to buy myself a clapped out piece of craap for 7800.. I had bought it sight unseen and those of you who know, you can never really tell whats goin on in the photos unless they are close up.. this thing is seriously stuffed as you'll see, with some major rust problems going on, it might have been a bit of a non bargain but i am happy that i am now on the ford coupe ladder, albeit on the groung still but at least i'm holding the sides .. its matching numbers but the engine doesnt turn over at all, i have no idea why just yet but i hope its not termina, i just scored mysel a fairly mint roof for $620 and the guy also has a couple of rear 1/4s to sell me when i'm ready(youll see why) but i a bit piissed at myself for letting a fairly mint parcel shelf go by on ebay for $610.. sorry about the long intro, i just thought its better with a little history then you get why i bought this car.. anyway heres some photos to start on the trailer at the sellers place back at mine after only being able to load it backwards and wobbling the trailer all the way home proud new owner :$ and the rust i think i might have discovered the reason for the warranty void stamp on the vin.. as you can see its clearly had something done to the rear 1/4s as there is a weld line from one side to the other on both sides you can also see where theyve lapped the new panel new roof on goldie the area in which i hope to start a massive job soon so that brings it up to date.. i have yet to get myself a welder but have a friend who is an engineer and can get me one cost.. hopefully give me some tips too.. the funny thing is ive buying up tools for the last 6 months and everything is shiney new.. i wonder how long that'll last.. ohh.. the other thing is that i have given myself till late 2011 then i'm going back to NZ to live the good life in Christchurch, both the fords will be going back with me and maybe the pig (landcruiser).. cheers for reading.. thomas

oldschool needs to have a like button. come have a look at my hatch if ya ever need to, otherwise it is in very very good hands. he is all about doing it the right way and making everything work. fucks him off when people dont take the extra effort to make body lines work, and/or use bog instead of a hammer and dolly. That's good to know, and he's in Christchurch?... I've lost count of how many beaters I've heard that bog up instead of proper panel work, a mate of mine in oz spent 10k on a resto panel and paint to find that 18 months later bubbles appeared from under layers of bog, had to do it all again..

haha yeah, and motorcycles get away with murder.. pretty much everyone I know who bought and installed straight cuts removed them after about a month..

i see your putting a straight cut cam drive in, why not just a chain drive?.. straight cuts are farken noisy, unless thats what your going for

I was thinking this path for my falcon wagon.. nothings tougher than tunnel rams bro, except maybe a blower but theyre a bit OTT, even better you dont have to massacre another bonnet.. put a nice big cam in it, twin BG Demons mmmmmm..

thats the one i have, never let me down yet

what about the auto? hasnt been running since at least 2001..

Would be the same block wouldn't it, if they're anything like the Toyota m series..

you thinks thats rough? compared to my landau its showroom condition haha.. what about a low pressure pump from a mazda?, ive got one you could prob have

not as bad as 2011, still snow to the beach.. 121 stuck outside all by itself..

yeah i realised after i sent it to you, i should prob start a couple ay..

stoked the rust isn't to bad bro, its a killer when you find more than you expected.. i had an fj55 landcruier that had 4 wheel drums you had to adjust every month or so, would always lock the right front wheel in the wet.. dodgy az