63Ragtop

Cheers mate, after a good Google I think it should have 90 weight gear oil in it, as grease can be pushed around and leave gaps. problem is this will just leave out again, one idea is to mix similar oil and grease and hopefully it'll stay inside.

well that's nearly the end of another year in the projects life, opened up the steering box last night, errrr? whats this shit? I think it's actually been rusting/corroding in there. are rebuild kits even available for these things? Might just pack it with grease and be done.

mint car, that paint!

Mow ya lawn hippie!

Damn! Going deep.

That's pretty fucking cool man.

right, paint. POR15 Top Coat Gloss Black. tried not to lay it on to thick as I read it can just peel off. Gloss Black showing up all the pitts and dents, never gunna be a show car, brushed on by hand paint job. 1st coat took about 3 hours, slow and careful. and got busy with the seam sealer, jesus that was hard work, had to squeeze the crap out of the caulking gun to get it to work, killed my hands! not sure if I'm doing that right? stuck heaps in here where the leak is. The technique I used was to do a section, then, wearing gloves, dip a finger in thinners and press it into the seam as you smooth the seam sealer out, took a bit of practice but got it looking tidyish. and painted over the seam sealer. particularly happy with the top of the old frame head, this had so much surface rust and pitting from the old master cylinder line would leak brake fluid all over the place. was a bit disappointed with all the brush marks in the POR, everything I read said how good it was at self leveling, but I found as it is quite thick and with the pan was hanging sideways if I layed it on thicker it would start to run and drip. So... ah better. sexy.

I've been trying to get this pan sorted ASAP so I can carry on with the bodywork/paint, so i was trying to not get carried away with getting it perfect, an't no one going to see it really, I thought about opening the tunnel, sandblasting, replacing the bung fuel line etc, but fuck it, lets go!! time for a bath or shower, in acid. and here it is drying off. I duct taped all the holes it stop the metal ready getting inside where I didn't want it. here you can see the rust turning funky and the clean metal getting etched. but, it seams there is a leak somewhere in the weld between the frame head and the floorpan?? Darrel gave me some rustroy that will hopefully sort this shit out. Once it was all dry, after blasting any water out of the seams with compressed air and drying the inside of the tunnel with the wife's hair dyer, I hung it up to paint. I think is might be the source leak, right in the corner were the bottom of the tunnel meets the corner of the pan.

Seasons greetings handbags and faghags! I've been doing stuff. sanding painting polishing. spent all Saturday afternoon on the end of the wire wheeled grinder of death, killed the back stooping over this thing! found a wee bit of rot, so out came the cut off wheel. cleaned it out as best as I could, will fill up with anti-rust stuff. welding other side was just starting to swell up, so I did this. fin. smooth. you'd never know. this was always the lowest point of the pan. every bit helps! trimmed it down, welded it up and smoothed it out.

I carjammed the plate, says 63 and red, guess that's the bumper that came with the doors and fenders etc. you're fucked now mate!

wow man, that has turned out beautiful, the paint, the dash, amazing! as I was looking for this thread I went back to the start, what a transformation, my hat is off to you sir.

welcome to the 63 club, hu hu. is that a 36hp motor? should be worth a bit?

Hey Guys, getting a towbar fitted to the family Honda wagon, options are 1200kg, 1500kg or a detachable bolt on/off tongue 1000kg. Prices are all much of a muchness. the detachable one appeals as I don't actually own a trailer yet and apart from camping and dump trips the most work it will get will be a bike rack. any thoughts/advice?

mean as hell though!

I like it better before it was cool.

no droppies, stink.

that's the one day plan, right now it's just get'er done plan. how do you find the disc's? are they CB's?

Another shitty little update, but progress is progress. got the beam off last night, with the help of Darrell the Holden driving westie, Cheers Big D! lifted the almost bare pan onto the wooden dolly/stand, so it's can move. and had a look inside so much lose rust! think of it as a light weight race spec pan.

Oh is that all.

I licked them clean, like a cat.

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Packed the shell to one side and hung the fenders back on the wall for now. Can't believe I'm so close to painting the thing! But first! Stripped the pedals, cables, steering box and tie rods. forgot how much of a bitch this Rhino mount was to remove, does the job though. finally got the gearbag out, after I removed the drums and took the handbrake cables out. Thanks to Sluggy for the Torque Master tool, I was able to get the castle nuts loose, but holy hell the passenger side was still hard to remove, must have had about 400 metric tonnes on it! managed to fit the phone in the gearbox hole, tunnel is not to bad. I did have a small fuck up, when I removed the handbrake leaver I didn't realize the clicker plate thing inside that locks the brake was separate and as I lifted the leaver the plate went, plop down inside the tunnel Lucky I have one of those magnetic pole things for just such a occasion, So I did have a great laugh when I first got the gearbox out and looking inside to find another handbrake plate rusting away down the back of the tunnel. haha. Also found a spare MC bolt spacer inside the frame up front. cleaning these up was satisfying. cleaned my hands as well! Ideally I'd like to cad plate all these, but time is money, whats the best to paint these with? Flat black everything is my idea.

Ho Lee Shit that sound glorious! fucking well done man.

very cool man, can't believe that's the factory roofline! I have seen a blue one at a show once done up like "the Fabulous Hudson Hornet" very cool. Hudson was ahead of their time with in a lot of areas, from what I've read which is why they did so well in racing. I dig the nailhead idea. I look forward to updates.

You guys and your crazy water cooled engines. looking good Ed, get some kms in this summer.