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Thanks Lads, lots of jobs to do yet; I've got to sand, bog & primer the body in preparation for who ever will be painting it. Motor in, every fluid throughout the car. Make up the Oil pressure sender braided line. Sign writing Put it on the scales & set it up, from there can fully weld the shock mounts on (no point in having them fully welded if they dont allow enough adjustment either way) Bolt flywheel & clutch on. Those are the bigger jobs, plenty of small ones..

Still about, closer every week. However the end of the season is fast approaching... Fuel Tank in and mounted (have since added braided overflow line) Good mate of mine Dan popped a dash out of his mould for me.. Had to re-notch the top rail. Swap the Bowls over on the carb to a Holley one. Also will run the throttle linkage on the left (leaving accelerator pump on the right however). Blaine C/O Fast Blast also cleaned up my manifold, I went through and put stainless bolts throughout. He also cleaned up my seat and had it powdercoated poor mans Chrome (black lol) Couldn't resist sitting my K&N Filters ontop with the offset base.. Another friend (coincidentally named Dan) spent a few nights and half a day wiring up the car for me. Did a top notch job, I was well chuffed with his efforts, looks very neat and tidy. Fuel Pump and lines are mounted, along with clips for brake lines etc. Body & Bonnet are properly mounted too now Perhaps my favourite shot of the car.. Driveshaft currently away being made. Front & rear Crush rails as of today are completed. Diff has been fully welded and painted, shimmed up. Motor is out, will seal and replace water pump etc. No plans or allocated funs for a full on race motor just yet. I do have a Cam & Race springs but some people reckon its best to leave them as is whilst the rest is stock?

Thanks for the updates! Coming along nicely... Have you seen the new Simmons 1 piece wheels that would go nicely on this......

Jesus, its only $15 dollars, sounds like you guys know how to make hard work of getting some nuts off! Btw Nathan, we have them at work 6 sided spline, that will be 686 stamping or Mr Lugnut one. Fits your standard wheel brace 19mm and 21mm on the end

Mid engined or rear?

Have you seen this? http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-parts-accessories/parts-other-makes/other/auction-830976135.htm

Gemini should be the same, I went to bunnings and bought some metal doll house spec hinges for mine, araldited them in..

Curious, use the Vaseline method for primping the pump? Have heard of it alot but always thought it were a old wives tale?

4 cylinder is 5/108 - shared with Torana's, HT-K-G Holdens (some Saab/Volvo's also) - Pretty much sfa aftermarket options. 6 cyl and V8 are 5/120. Not to be confused with 5/120.65 - Which is actually Chev (HQ-HZ/WB Holden) 5/4.75" Chris.

Loosely copied the jig for the stub axles and welded the stubs up. Traced around the mounts so if these all work out properly will be able to cnc 4 more sets to weld up.. Traction Rod Done - Note its bolted in so that the middle mount can be used - otherwise you'd never be able to unbolt the heim joint Panhard mount tacked in, friend kindly spun up a threaded sleeve with a large OD so it should be nice and strong.. Brakes in theory should be done, used stainless line - was painful to flare compared to normal bundy tube.. Just needs fluid and pads in theory. Craig from Proparts sorted me out some adapters plus braided lines along with the various dash fittings Redid the pedals, Brake shown here.. Clutch and remote reservoirs shown here.. Mirrors mark II, original ones from TWL were complete and utter rubbish - one stripped the first time I went to fit to the car. These are from the woodford glen shop, cheaper, and better field of vision, easier to mount too! Just onto doing the seat belt mounts etc at the moment, getting very very close indeed!

Cool little cars, actually had the chance to drive one through work this year, guy reckons he gets more attention in it than his GT3... Has the starter on a lever down by the gearstick from memory?

Video's of said noise please! Always had a soft spot for 125's, 131's and 124's. Where was it?

Nice car indeed! What're your plans for it?

Please please please tell me you have hair and leather driving gloves...

You're in Chch yea? There is/was one parked in a barn in Doyleston (before Leeston)

Really rather enjoying the details and direction you're taking here, Looking forward to seeing the finished product.. Early fronts look so much better than the late model / "jumbo's"!

Small update, Went over to the coast to take part in the Bathurst enduro - was a lot of fun, think we may've even been leading it at one point too. But like a few cars ended up cooking it quite severely, however cooled it down and nursed it back into life to get out our 4th driver over the line and finished after a rather long break. At a guess managing some 70-80 laps in my stint? (just over half hours worth of driving) - Shoulder was feeling rather stiff lol! Made some shock mounts, tacked them on.. Made the steering arm up.. Made a mount for the steering box and welded it in Notched the top rail for the inlet manifold (40x40 inside, with 3mm plate underneath, lap & seam welded, then plug welded through the top) 3mm plate over top of the rail lap and plug welded - Should be strong enough.. Connected up the steering shaft with universals.. Forgot to take photo's but Ive finished the Torque arm mount for the diff, and have made the chassis mount for the Panhard rod, need to make the mounts on the diff yet.. Will also need to redo the pedals as there wasn't enough room for the left knee.. Thinking long pedals pretty much hanging from the dash area?

Ha, that yellow B1600 in your thread I did at work not long after I first started there. That was running 15x8 steels all round, with 7" drop from the rear 5" leave reset and 2" block. New shocks and bushed some of the front end. He ended up putting a wellside onto it, as well as removing a leaf for more slam.. Was his first car

Why not upright the shocks josh, make them double shear (ie plate either side of the shock eyelet) Would still look good and allow you to utilise the current shocks.. Coming along nicely though mate

^ Is that one of the yellow furby looking stickers?

Haha, Cortina I bought of Karl on here, I had the same thing must be quite prone to the gearlevers coming out in your hand. Problem with pressed steel thats poorly threaded and hardly locks in place I guess! 4spd or 5spd too? Blacked out Rostyles please!

Very sweet little car, looks very honest indeed! Have to agree on the HPC coatings, made a massive difference to the look of my engine bay, in the scheme of things on what I'd spent on the car, not much. Future plans?

Burnout pictures of VG's please... Looks rather tough on the gocart rims

Nice little car, enjoying the martini stripes against the white! Please check the pressure in the Left rear tyre, think you've got a leak...

Sweet, good to see some updates! Look forward to hearing how well the 2.3 goes along with being manual!