Nominal
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Seen on the Tararua Rodders shed raid on Sunday.
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Main part of roof primed over the weekend, so pulled out the windscreen tonight - came up easily after cutting the rubber on the inside.
Only one little hole needing welding.
Cowl vent looks OK from the top side.
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9 hours ago, Seedy Al said:
Yay for pizza! Might bring 2jz crown for skidz
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Otaki.
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Sell them to me for my Oxford.
/probs won't fit.
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Dangerous place, Cuba St.
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That sucks! Hope you got the fault admittance recorded.
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More likely he used to be a woman.
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You may get a better result selling the spare engine separately.
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Hot rods often have pretty limited suspension travel so can get away with things that wouldn't work well on a regular car.
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51 minutes ago, Adoom said:
I'll need to make a sheet metal bender. They are stupid expensive to buy.
You can do a lot with a sturdy bench, some bits of angle iron or flat bar, clamps and a hammer.
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A bit of long roof action...
Last time we saw the roof, @Guypie had stripped it and coated with BlackGuard. The rust was coming back pretty much all over so...
The coating was hard to remove, in the end I used paint stripper on it.
1/2 done.
There were quite a few rusty lightly pitted areas.
I had a go with phosphoric acid, but it wasn't having much effect. So I broke out the nasty muriatic acid. This is after a clean-up (it flash rusts very quickly), and working on the pitted areas with a wire brush.
Cleaned that mess up with the phosphoric.
As it sits tonight (with a bit of prepsol in some places)
I'm going to etch prime tomorrow, then see about getting the windscreen out. I still need to do the back edge above the tailgate too.
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53 minutes ago, flyingbrick said:
Wow not sure why I haven't stayed up to date with this- damn you are good at this rust repair stuff.
Where did you get those neat magnets from?
Thanks - I really just make it up as I go.
Search for neodymium magnet on aliexpress, plenty there.
Another APU!
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25 minutes ago, Borgweiser said:
Big motor> Small motor
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Got the tailgate painted (nothing special I must say) and the glass reinstalled with a new rubber and plenty of goo. Sore thumbs after that effort.
Drove up to Ohakune for a weekend with the Morris Enthusiasts Club (yes there was a literal Barry in attendance).
First stop on Saturday was Horopito. Last time I was there I didn't have this car, so wasn't looking for BMC Farina models. This time was different.
Found a (shagged) wagon
And others
Grabbed a right rear door interior panel off this one, as I didn't have one at all. It's not quite a match, but better than nothing.
We also visited the Chateau, and Te Porere Redoubt on that side of the mountain.
Sunday we stopped at the Tangiwai memorial which has been upgraded quite a bit since last year.
Turned off the main highway at the railway crossing near Tangiwai and headed down the Turakina Valley. Mostly dirt roads down this way. Stopped for a cup of tea, and then lunch on this route. Also at a waterfall.
Exited the back roads at Hunterville and headed home via P North. Took quite a while to wash the mud out from under the car (first wash since Nats I think)
Weather was actually quite good (especially compared to the forecast) so didn't get to test the water-tightness of the duct-taped front screen seal. That will be the next bit to be worked on I think.
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