brocky41

Found the one i did - was in the C231 Laurel hardtop (wish i kept this one).

This was 3 coats plus heatgun after the last coat - make sure coats are sprayed horizontal, vertical then diagonal - seemed to work legit.

Chris's oil thing worked too - i was going to sand the letters back etc and polish.

@CUL8R has done a couple of great jobs on rocker covers with the VHT stuff. - any pics Chris?

Just make sure the missus is out so you can bake it in the oven (well sort of with the 6 cyl)

Also I have no idea where to make / buy those bushes for the subframe - you could ring around the genuine dealerships until you get a @Brdflu kinda parts guy that loves to find the old stuff. Ball joints and the like are still available aftermarket if they need replacing. 

Definitely the 'Ko NiG Sieg' One because everything. Or any one of the range. Loved what the brand is all about since the CCX on top gear 

Great work - my boss was a Citroen specialist in Christchurch years ago. If you get stuck im sure help is just around the corner.

I helped sort his DS21 Pallas last year before he sold it - they are not a complicated as you think and are actually fun to drive (especially on 3 wheels lol)

Pics for inspiration

22 hours ago, scooters said:

wish I didn't come across this fred to be fair. 

just bought a 260 @brocky41 old / good car... man some of these things are bad news. 

nightmare material. 

 

Dont worry we are only showing you the bad ones - good ones are still around - This one was / is still in ChCh

That old green 330 i had was and still is the quietest car on the road ive ever driven - driving at 100kph and being able to talk in a normal voice to anyone in the car was nice. One day ill get back to quiet motoring.

Spam but this thread needs more build pics lol

On 8/15/2018 at 23:03, 66gt said:

What’s bolt mounting spacing on the rear bumper? I may have some

Ill measure them up this weekend - life gets in the road as usual

Looks good and then whoops the tin worm ate it from the inside out - Especially 260c's. Sills, around windscreens, boot floor, roof, rear panel, bonnet...........................whole car lol

Heres an example i prepared earlier

Update and shitty phone pic - 1x piece of the puzzle. looks like Mk1 and Mk2 share similar floorpan and seat mounts. Got home tonight with it and just had to get in the shed and try it.

Thanks to @d.p.n.s for digging this out. Will most likely recover in the green at later date.

Next is seatbelts and folding up some bumper brackets.

Nice work - great progress so far. +1 for twin round headlights too.

180B Taillights @RUNAMUCK?

2 minutes ago, SOHC said:

Wow - 180B maybe? Well just the B now lol

Currently looking for rear bumper brackets for 63-64 cortina - i have no idea what they should even look like. If someone has a pic of them that would be most helpfull

I was going to say early and late Mk1 but i see yours is an airflow. My non airflow sedan has them

Yip $35-$60 Buck right there

On 6/16/2018 at 11:55, Transom said:

Yes had a good look at them and seemed to be that setup 

pft 

 

Is that even legal?

Wohoo - good to hear @Carsnz123

Also big fan of 521 

These were cheap - i picked them up for a mate who had got them off FB i think - lots of options

Also good luck with finding taillights - i has to have mine rebuilt at autolights. Be very carefull with those rare rear windows too.

A guy by the name of Aaron Anderson-hall on facebook has 2 one of which is my old one and I dont know whats happining with the other (parts for you I hope - or use yours as parts for it)

I do miss this car - LD20 had little power but towed everything and never let us down

1 minute ago, Carsnz123 said:

I got a L28 turbo manifold last night needs a little fiddling to fit the LD.  

Better in the long run with a "J" pipe imo

On 6/15/2018 at 09:53, piazzanoob said:

@pbaines

thats a real cheap compressor for the money 

even better specs than the other one plus much bigger tank 

BNT Automotive trade day sale on the 22nd June 

only issues I've heard from a sales rep about them is the on off switches are abit shit and sometimes fuck out.

but not a big issue easy to get better quality ones 

We had to change a start capacitor on the slightly smaller BNT one we have at current workplace - after 5 years work and no servicing on it till then - they defo a good deal

Those BNT ones go hunnits - we will be buying one for current workplace and the other 5 or so I sold to workshops when i was at BNT are still ticking along nicely. Especially when its 240V - big but you dont need a forklift.

The Command brand ones are pretty awesome too - the 10hp 3PH one i sold to a workshop just before i left said it was noisy but the one they had was maybe 5hp and the new one only ran for like a 1/3 of the time - but spendy compared to above

What do the guys from JDM Legends use - I keep seeing them use cut woodgrain for all the dash parts in lush c10's etc

6 hours ago, azzurro said:

cool car and story, bro!

however, how did you get the 120y into and out of the cortina, and is this a genuine FoMoCo spare part?

 

 

Just a simple Deflate / Inflate lol. Theres an invisible shield on both cars so they dont cross breed haha