Matteybean

Forgot to mention aswell, brought another ms65 crown parts in chch. Shes pretty fucked. Mainly bought it to chop out the engine mounts as thats what will be holding me back. It is a ms65 facelift super saloon so ill take the grille and badges, all the factory tinted glass. Fuel tank. Few plastics bits n bobs that i need. All the chrome and then get it scrapped. Panels are all pretty rooted so hopefully fuel tank isnt too bad has been sitting for awhile. If theres anything specific anyone needs let me no i fly down 26th october and will be putting onto a pallet to have shipped up. Yeah. How good!

Small update! Brought some epoxy primer. Hi build primer prepsol ect to crack on with it Still undecided on paint but i have chosen 2 colours in test pots for now. Left is suppose to be factory crown colour it is an updated colour which was updated back in 2012. Its "e8t midnight blue" which is this. To me it looks lighter tho and more like this wagon. And one on right is "ford impact deep blue" Removed the doors and cleaned up the jams a little need to sand it back a shitload more but will make a start tomorrow. Windscreens due to come out friday night. Sandy sandy sandy. Fucking yay.

Decided to crack on while stripping the shit off the fire wall one of the rubber mounts looked garage spec so welded in a plate and cleaned it all up n put some epoxy primer on. Am still deciding on what colour to paint it. Im stuck between a factory crown colour "E8T midnight blue" but it looks alittle green to me. Something like this also looks good Or a light blue metallic hmmmmmm Help is welcome here!!

Havent done fuck all. But my wheels turned up! Now to give quick clean up and tires hmmmm.. they are 15x6.5 +10 all round

Got some new bendix brake pads today. They didn't give me any R clips so just went n brought some couldnt be fucked waiting any longer. Its back on its all 4 now. The rear shoes i think are binding would bleeding them help sit the shoes in place? I cant push car out of garage on my own it feels like the wheel can do a full rotation then it stops. Weird will jack up and have another look tomorrow night. Cheers

Sorry didnt put specs! 15x6.5 +10 all round. In borat voice "veeeeerrryyyy niccee"

Put the passenger side on. Will put brake pads on tomorrow as had to order them in. Left the caliper off to take with me to test fit pads. Also brought some Auto Strata meshies mk4 in orginial 1982 condition. Plan on just cleaning up n running as is for now. Will eventually widen to 8" all round. These were a collaboration with Pirelli, hence the Pirelli centre caps. Three piece construction with welded lip/barrel and removable faces. 15" x 6.5" +10 all round. Cheers.

Yeah agree on better job. The drivers and ones bnt have previously done have been alot better whoever they gave passenger too did a shit job lol. Yup head is 11mm metric! I think they've been bead blasted and painted i found couple tiny balls. Cheers ill put it all back together then thank you

Haven't been doing nothing! Grille n surrounds turned up fucking choice! Even smelt like Thailand when i opened it. Bonus I also got my rotors and calipers back they were rebuilt and they are looking bloody good. So i started to reassemble For some reason they decided to give me back my brake lines with 11mm heads when i gave them mine to match up which had 10mm metric.... Anyway.. brought an 11mm spanner and carried on... I started on passenger side and instantly noticed a difference in the machined rotors. Bnt machine broke so they got someone else to do this side it is still really rough like the blade was blunt or a hard n fast cut. Will this be ok or should i take back for a quick skim. Those grooves stick out not in. Im worried itll put grooves in the new pads?? Heres some pics Heres the drivers side. Keen to no plan on putting together today? Cheers

Thats exactly what i said haha

So i finished putting the rear brakes n suspension back together. Back on its orginial steelies i started on the front. Picked up new monroe front shocks and a pajero master brake cylinder. Is suppose to be a good upgrade. Dropped off the rotors for a skim they have paint n crap on em n calipers sent away for rebuild Front end. Also brought a super saloon grille n headlight surrounds. I like it much better than the triumph look alike. Thats all Cheers

Alright so this took bloody ages to complete i think it turned out alright. Then again i wouldnt no any better haha Boom! Brushed on crc rust converter and sealer then sprayed it with some epoxy primer once it had dried I trimmed the edge after taking this photo. Started putting the new shocks n wheel cylinders in n called it a day! Mrs is back from holiday in 5 days so trying to get as much done before then haha. 10 rust patches deep so far haha body not so mint in the end..... Tell me how shit that patch looks here

So i started on the drivers side today and its just as bad haha. Few old repairs and good 10mm bog covered it. Its amazing what you find hidden... This will be interesting haha. In other news i picked up some cool stuff New rear gas shocks Some new flexible brake hoses. Had em made up as wasnt a listing. And new wheel cylinders for the rear. Rear brake shoes still have alot of meat leff so since i havent found any yet 200 odd bucks having them re lined seems silly if not needed. Will assemble once i finish this rust. Cheers

More crap removal. What in the pop rivet is this?? There was auctually 2 pieces pop riveted in. Once both were removed this is what i was left with. So i cut a bigger hole to include all the holes They had cut above the spot welds 10mm so the orginial edge was there and rusty. So i drilled out the spot welds straight thru because ill plug weld them back together from the other side. So i cut out the shit n welded in a patch now i could make up the bigger one Plug welded back together Much better.

So i Had a big weekend planned for the crown as mrs is still on holiday but that didnt happen. I did have a big weekend non the less Grabbed my mates welder thinking i would smash out some rust. Someones previously hit it with some por15 so im quite lucky the whole bottom isn't rusted out. Have put some rust converter over it for now i will have this and few other bits dipped when im ready to paint. When i was cleaning up the rear arches i found some more rust at the bottom of passenger arch where it meets sill Couple other patches they seemed alright just needed to cut off the edge where its rusted out. Repco had ordered me in alot of stuff which it turned out to all be wrong so ive gone to bnt and wheel cylinders being rebuilt. No listing for brake shoes or shocks so have left them my ones to match up. Flexible brake hoses are having to be made up. Should get it all back mid week to reassemble so i can push it out n clean my garage from this weekends efforts before starting on the front. Cheers

Did abit more over the weekend. Gave the car a good waterblast, degreased it a few times and waterblast some more and more. Engine and gearbox are taking up my axle stands so had 2 left so started with the rear. Disassembled shocks and brakes.. shocks are obviously fucked Decided to tidy up arches it needed a touch up so undersealed it all again The chassis rail on the body had alot of surface stuff so got the por15 equivalent gave it a once over with wire wheel on grinder and got stuck in Got abit carried away the underside of boot also had some surface rust so that got the same treatment then i went n undersealed the whole boot.. Turns out the spare red springs have had a makita hair cut.. so thats what will be going back in Also went and met some good cunts and continued my crown part collection Uncut engine loom Engine mounts and rubbers, 1 piece driveshaft and an auto pedal box 2x inner front guards as somehow mine got left behind in wellington somehow......... Automatic center console That is all for now. Cheers

Tonight decided to make a start been a long week. I removed the engine mounts. The original mounts appear to be still attached but grinded off half n squared with chassis. Hopefully joining onto them will be easy. Gave it some hammerite metal protect.you can see the mount cut off about 15mm inside the weld line.

@The Dude mrs is going on holiday from wedneday for 3 weeks so thats helpful lol

Sounds good Sat morn?

Yep that's problem i have at the moment. Manual collumn. power steering box.

Awesome thanks alot ill try him now

Haha back in the 90s yup. This chassis had a big block v8 apparantly Hence why they removed the mounts on chassis for extractors im aussming Haha. Wat Nah same position but it is different. I need a tank with filler nozzle in middle of wide section. I too dont think itll fit. Yeah flaps in the middle mate. Just liked god created. Yup i have that piece. Ivr sourced a manual steering box which ill put in for now while i look into it/find a pump to also use. Exciting times!

Well well well... I started cleaning engine looks to have a leaking rocker cover gasket and rear transfer case gasket so ive ordered them in. This weekend i picked up the car! 22 hours auckland to wellington and back i had a crown in my garage The ford steelies dont come with it. The ones under the chassis are the original crown steelies theres also a set of cheviot rims. Chassis is from a ms63 wagon that was alot worse than this car so it was sacrificed for this sedan to live! It also has the power steering box but has a manual collumn and they dont mat up. No pump either though Once i got home i started to sort through everything there is auctually a shitload of stuff inside and in the boot in boxes! Its like fucking Christmas! But better. The exterior of the car was in abit more of a rough around the edges than i had initially expected. I brought this car without personally seeing it bar a few photos but was too good of a deal to refuse. It literally has buggar all rust just needs a panel n paint which i will do before i re assemble. The black doors are also off the wagon and have electric window mechanisms. No rear doors though but electric on the front 2 would be pretty lush The radiator support panel has the worst of the rust at the bottom its buggar all really. I was really amazed at how heavy all the panels are these things are bloody tanks! 2x grilles and headlight surrounds only 1 set of lights tho Some stuff is labelled. Still got its lush spare wheel cover too Some spare springs im guessing from wagon not sure if standard or lowering. Fuel tank is off the ms63 wagon not sure if ill be able to use looks different shape Some vespa wheel nuts 8mm? These useful to anyone on here? Can have them if so. And the interior. Its a very nice red leather and not in bad condition. Unfortunately DJ cut holes in everything owned this has cut holes in front door cards twice in each one, parcel tray and a pillar plastics ahhhhhh the horror!! Also found the engine loom in a box in the boot too! Why people would do this to such a car is beyond me Cool steering wheel though Was in process of battery in boot. Wires are cut under rear seat so itll all come out Cars last wof expired 10/2013 and went vtnz 11/2013 and failed on minor stuff Decided to check the boot wells out for rust and was quite surprised Someone has previously por15 but theres something going on down there needs further investigation Underside needs some patching Found some other old stuff Seems legit. Checked down bottom of guards for rust and none there! Just needs a clean up i think previous owner has done some. Makes it easier for me Ok so its not too bad i may aswell tidy it all up while im reassembling it and give it a panel n paint while im at it. First steps tidy up the underside of the body. I orginally thought i would make a timber frame for the body to sit on so i could slide chassis in and out from under it. The body is currently just floating on it theres no bolts in it. But now im just going to cut some left over 100x100 fence posts 250mm long sit them where the mounting points are on chassis so i can get under there easy enough and its still mobile. I will put couple strops around floor pan and chassis rails to keep it secure. Some bedtime reading. Will update as i go thanks for looking

Today and i went and picked up the trusty 4m and 3 speed auto trans. Is a good reliable runner. Was even used to get its previous crown to caffiene and classics this morning. Will give it all a good clean up over next week

Thats strange yeah the one matt field sent me photo of is 1 piece out of same model