63Ragtop

and disc brakes, for the love of god man!

Looks bloody brand new! well done, don't go sticking spoilers on it like all these other zipperheads! My Dad had a couple back in the day(new!) the second one was among the first in NZ with windup windows, flash. Was green with a white roof also. He drove it from Invercargill to Hamilton in two days when he move up north.

Nice wee car mate, pretty sure rust was a factory option with fiats? please can the fart can and the spoiler, which looks like the ones on the older square MR2's, maybe? Have always liked these machines!

BOOST! shame about the blow out, what are you doing for a gearbox? I don't imagine a stocker lasting very long?

So is it in NZ yet? when does it land? also, drums? really? looking forward to seeing this on the road.

killing it man, well done.

wow, that things got everything!

Not been able to do much work the last week or so, between writing off family cars and working long hours plus the whole family having the pox, this is all I managed last week. I'll hopefully start welding the main patch in soon, after I suss the heater pipe thing out. chur.

Yeah i think so, the main thing is the number of teeth are different, 6volt=109 teeth. 12volt=130 teeth. so google tells me.

well done, very well done

6 volts ones go REALLY well with 12 running though em' I ran one for ages because the flywheels are different.

haha, you paint a beautiful picture k-trips! the van is looking great Flash, can't want for the next update/installment.

Did some more stuff. was in a bit of a rush when i chopped this out, used a thicker cutting disc than the usual 1mm one, so now I have a whacking great gap to fill, as I'm going to try and repair this mess. I had a look at the cheap repair panels that you can get for the A pillar, they were terrible. And as I'm to tight to spring for the good ones I'll give it a go at fixing the old one. Then I cut some more! I thought long and hard about the best way to go about this, as this bit was ok, but this bit was fucked, anyway seemed to make sense at the time. This is the inner rust trap, part #12679666 what was left of the sill like i said "fucked' replacement makering this lot of metal I got, does not have the zinc coating like the other stuff, at first I thought, sweet now i don't have to sand/wire brush all that stuff off but man, as soon as you touch it it starts rusting! so i had to sand it all down anyway. still a little unfinished as I need to close that wee hole once I make the heater pipe hole, and then i guess i should make a new rust trap? I also sandblasted the inside and outside, managed to get the thread plate thing that the door bolt to, out without breaking the strap the holds it in, . But then I forgot to sandblast said bolt plate thing oh and i repaired the inner A pillar, just the corner was rusted out, did the whole thing, fab,weld,grind, paint, in record time, before the kids movie finished!

Sandblaster is the worst job EVER! enjoying the thread mate! well done.

oh this is gunna be goooood! shed build porn, if your past projects are anything to go by, Ima gunna need to get more stock of tissues and shit!

My favorite model Holden, good work.

lush as fuck man, well done.

Well done guys, this gives me a warm fuzzy feeling in my tummy.

So i made this thing, which is the end of the channel its self. goes here that took a lot of work to get right, pretty happy with it. After chopping a bit more rust and badly pitted metal out of the very bottom of the firewall, I sandblasted and primed. made another patch to replace the bottom of the firewall hot glue gunned it in here. had to make that tiny patch on the flange thing welded up the pie cuts I made to shape the metal and smoothed that out and finally welded it back in just tacked in here the inside view, welded together and to the firewall. Now. The more perceptive of you will have noticed in that last pic that the channel seems to be missing some metal. well thats coz i chopped it off. yes yes, I should have just bought new channels ah well, in for a penny, in for a pound, or some such rubbish! I still have to finish welding it all up, but its looking like I might pull this shit off! this me checking the bottom plate still fits. these bottom plates are actually pretty good, the pressing are not exactly the same as the old stuff, but the main thing it that the bolt holes are in the right place and line up with the pan perfectly, I will fill in the big drain holes that are in them, and they will need a wee bit of trimming but thats okay. Next up will be the A pillar and the rusted channel that it joins to, so with that in mind, I made this.

The next phase in fixing the channel is going to be bloody tricky. Many parts converge here, the channel, the bottom plate with end cap, the front firewall, the wheel well, the A pillar with door hinge! dissection of a volkswagen.

So another bite of the ellefant. welded the outer panel back in place and smoothed it all out. I think I might leave the quarter panel off till I've finished with the sandblasting, so much crap gets down the inside of the panel and once it's closed up I'll never get it out, maybe, I'll get bored one night and start welding it up knowing me.

sweet as man, not something most people would want to fun I would imagine! even a few pointers/help would be great. paint looks really good.

when doe's the cutting start?

nope, big'n'little. all day.