Mr.Mk1

Hours spent flittering between jobs but lots of headway made! Suspension, steering and brakes all tightened and greased. Started running the looms again which unfortunately make it look a bit shit but I need to make sure everything works.. then I’ll re-wrap it and tidy it up. Exhaust hangers re-attached too, they were very basic but I’ll find out how well they work.. More paint touch-ups, some repairs to broken heater and headlight surround plastics are finished.

A while back I had a dig around at silvester v8 where wifey works and found heaps of old stock..stickers, assortment packs, window winders, trim clips.. you name it. I snagged a few coronet-bound parts like a chrome ciggy lighter, a wee knob that goes on the seat adjuster, polished bumper coach bolts and a p/s res cap etc. made a rookie mistake with the brake lines.. made all the lines and went to finish with the front-2-back line and came up 2M short! luckily they sold it per M so that’s sorted. The deadener was literally coarse pink batts with cardboard backing and piss soaked so I glued some newschool stuff in. Went to have my proud moment of installing heater box and almost filling all the firewall holes.. off to grab some tape then heard a big crunch.. fell over and blew the plastic control panel to bits. Had a whisky and carried on. It’s the sort of thing I could make from panel steel but I’ll glue it up and soldier on for now. Thing weighs as much as a dog so that old plastic erupted being A/C deleted there’s lots of random pipes and shit unused but it doesn’t bother me. Down the line I might re-instate it but car came without most of it attached and it’s not a priority at all.

Good couple of days.. -Passed 3D measure -Seam sealing complete -underbody deadner sprayed in all wheel arches, inside rear 1/4s and floor/tunnel (I masked off the chassis rails for a cleaner look) -engine bay and trunk painted -more suspension bits and K member re-sprayed -started putting things back in engine bay -lots of bits re-painted as the old shed leaked and filled my finished parts boxes with water

It’s great! Work flowed well but I cared about dust all of a sudden, haha.

Cheers, yep..part of passing structural repair cert means passing a 3D measuring to ensure it’s square

Sweet! It’s not finished but it’s roughed out pretty close. There’s actually not much car left to straighten out which is pretty exciting, I hate bodywork.

Garage now done and in use! I had to spot sandblast and etch prime a couple of places that turned orange after its 2 months on the lawn in the rain. cleaned up the floor and gave it a coat of hammerite and more seam sealer around the wheel and front panel. Todays job was to continue with the bog.. rear pillars where lead was removed and meld the tops of the quarter’s where they were welded. I’d been dreading this but All went well and made decent progress. I’m calling the pillars finished. Will crack on tomorrow and get some primer on the repairs because it’s off for its 3D measure on Monday. I’d filled the zephyr with all the dodge parts while shed was being built and between bog drys I emptied it and loaded onto shelves all safe and dry again

What a honey! Good job

We’re still alive. Nothing really to report unfortunately. But the garage is almost done!

While I feel for you handing over cash and getting excited about finally having that garnish, fuck that gave me a LOL.

Net spotto

Sheds happening at a good pace.. And a nicely lowered internet bee To make it symmetrical, I got the only cheap chrome remote-control valiant door mirror on trademe..$40 delivered. Been watching them for a year and they hover around $150 Probably scruffy but it will match the other side, hasn’t arrived yet but I’ll give it a spruce up when it does.

Hahaha, I’m not surprised! my headstone will probably read ‘always bit off more than he could chew, swallowed it whole instead’ Cheers!

It went to its inspection, haven’t heard back though. My garage situation means I needed to hustle and get this vulnerable metal sealed and protected. Fucking marathon of shitty jobs and many hours spend rolling around under the thing over a week but I’m starting to feel like I’m progressing the way I want to! My eyes still crunch when I blink but it’s worth it? Rear end needs another coat then I can sling it back in. I used a can of cavity wax in all the orifices but I’ll need to grab another tomorrow to finish, then a second coat. Don’t get it in your beard. and one shed down! Contractors have pushed a week so I’m chilling on the green shed demo for a little longer.. I’ve got a crooked spine so I get wrecked after doing physical shit and I’m ok with a wee breather.

Yep it happened, they didn’t even take it off the tow truck! Took photos and send it home. Haven’t heard anything back yet

Slung the engine and trans in so I don’t have to store that heavy shit outside on the lawn while the sheds being built

And proof the roof was blasted, cause I realised I hadnt taken any shots. Sounds scary but the sand is suspended in water so it takes away that friction-heat on contact that roots flat panels with traditional sand blasting. Just having a coffee and a feed then suit up and spot-sandblast where I’ve been this week.

didn’t find any goodies at the swapmeat today but that’s ok..

We’re on schedule, couple more bits tomorrow and some hand-held blasting to merge in the repairs/ take the shine off grinds then I’m calling it. First time I’ve had all the wheels on it, Shame it’s got no panels hung! Looking pretty clean but there’s still cuntloads of sand

She came back on Sunday morning. despite putting bungs in all the holes then electrical tape over the bungs, and stuffing plastic into the rear quarters; still managed to fill the rails and quarters with wet sand. If it wasn’t wet it was ultra fine silica sand and goes every fucking where especially eyes..it’s been in the shed with dehumidifier on ever since and I’ve spent hours blowing, vacuuming, slicing around down seams with a hacksaw blade, digging it out with my fingers through the holes and sweeping it. It looks grouse though..did expose about 20 pinholes and a few weak areas I needed to address. Feeling confident, I booked the repair cert inspection for Wednesday and started into it the evenings. Several engagements popped up which will hinder progress but yesterday I got the call to say the garage company wants the shed levelled by Wednesday to rip up the pad and start our new 4-car garage which is months late (summer) but earlier than their next ETA (deep winter). FUCK I should have the car done after the weekend, then have taken leave to pack, move and demo the current sheds. Having a bare metal car at this time of the year is shit. Not having somewhere at home to store it, or etch primer it after inspection (all going to plan) is shit too! Fear not: git ‘er done now, die of stress related health issues later..and try not to damage all our possessions it the damp weather

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Back to the blasters today for him to shoot the repairs, removing weld oxidisation and making a huge mess….thoughts and prayers for some nice drying weather when it’s back next weekend but knowing my luck it will rain until September

Got the shock moving again so now it’s got some slam. My spare lowering blocks don’t fit the bottom plate so I just loosened the old ones right off for some static sag, hahaha. The seats are still soaking wet,so not installed.. the mesh visor is just for a laugh, might be a bit goofy.

Have scored these missing bits so far: seats door cards arm rests rear screen front 1/4 window valence Will have a bit of a working bee on it this weekend and get some more photos

Hopes and dreams are cheap and don’t take up much space.. But there’s no fun in that! With a 289 and C4 in stock, and a couple of grand burning a hole in her pocket; it didn’t take much thought when this popped up local and a deal was done The kicker for me was how straight it was and how much was still there. Came with a few spares and 3 more 13x8 wide rims! The plan is a gasser axle under the front, Valiant or falcon diff in the back and use up all our spare shit while having something fun for dirt days/car shows/kids can play in it and I don’t have to stress about them breaking interior shit! I spent a few hours hanging the doors better and assembling the dash again but the main priority is to source some windows and keep the rain out (came with a full set but they must be zodiac)