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Heres some better pics not from a phone. So what do you guys think??? http://www.oldschool.co.nz/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=29826

So the Gloria comes back from the painter today and my dad gives me a call sounding really pissed off, guess what they painted it the wrong fucken colour!! The dumb idiots went and painted it the gun metal grey even after my dad saying to the guy it was titanium and it had heaps of pearl in it. So heres what it looks like. So hopefully once my dad calms down ( he swore at the painter and said he was fucking angry that he didnt listen to him) the painter will have to sand the car down and redo it in the correct colour.

The Gloria went to the painters on Friday but will have to be finished off on Monday due to the etch primer not having enough time to really dry properly causing the top paint to bubble slightly. So fingers crossed I should have some pics late Monday of the finished paint work.

Bloody steering wheel doesnt fit the boss kit!! Looks like I will have to get someone to make an adaptor to get the two to fit. My dad loved the steering wheel though, it is vey well made. Car should have been back from the painters today but I havent had an update and my dad was meant to be putting the car back together so it can go to the compliance center and then the certifier. Has gone overboard on a couple of things I think because he is liking doing something different then the usual panelbeating jobs he does. He polished up the tumpets on the carbs and painted the wheels and polished the wheel nuts. He also wants to bring the car up so we can cruise the weekend of the 4 and rotary nats if it all goes through the checks o.k.

Rear quarters all rubbed out ready for the doors to go back on and then off to the painters Then I get home and the postman had dropped off some goodies for the car

Heres a pic of the painted door as promised but the camera doesnt pick up the amount of pearl that is in the colour and it would look way better if it was in the sunlight. And yes it is a Nissan colour.

Front windscreen has been taken out to repair some rust and at the same time the hood liner will get redone due to a couple of rips. Hopefully I will have a photo of the paint this weekend as well.

Car back from the suspension guy with the four link all redone and the front now at 100mm Rear quarter rust removed and ready for some new metal Guards all ready to be painted

Thanks for the kind words mike. I am hoping that the car when finished will knock the socks off people when they see it. Sometimes I think I may have bitten off more than I can chew but then if you are going to do it right sometimes you need to go the whole hog. Oh and I Passed those comments onto my dad and I think you gave him a big head.lol

Just another quick update. Inside the doors have been painted and My Dad sayd the paint is freaking awesome and that it has quite a bit of pearl in it and is very sparkly. He has got back the car from the suspension guys and the front end has been set to 100mm and the rear suspension angle has been fixed and it still has a nice stance. The next to be sanded back will be the roof and my Dad can finish off the rear quarters in prep for the main paint job. Photos to follow in the next couple of days hopefully.

Mike or sleeektoy to you guys was passing through Wanganui where my car is and he popped in to have a look and he had a good ol chin wag with my dad and liked what he saw in what I had done with the car so far.

One of the rusty bits chopped out All patched up ready for the next step You can just see the japanese tacked on bit of stainless steel And this is what was underneath it Another stainless steel patch to fix up More stainless steel patches along the bottom sill

I should have lots of photos for you guys to drool over as my mum said that my dad has taken pics of every step along the way. Oh and if you want to put a discussion thread up go for it.

Another small update even though I dont have any photos yet which I will have to chase up, the carpets have been taken to the upholsterer to get redone as they were rotten and the suspension was getting taken care of as well. The doors have been all sanded down ready for paint and the boonet and boot were being stripped right back and acid washed and etched primed.

So I just ordered this last night from the states as the boss kit that I got in NZ for $35 fitted the ol girl and I thought I would treat her to something new. The steering wheel will be black on black.

As promised pics of half my airbag set up. 2 X 480cc Viar compressors, 2 x slam specialties bags and a shiny 5 gallon air tank.

Finally I have got some of my air suspension and I will put some more pics up of what I got. Still waiting on the front struts to be made properly as the casting had some holes in it so it leaked. Should get the front struts back early next week and with the accuair controller and the valves and lines.

So here we go with a very short build thread. I have asked my dad to send my some pics of the progress of the car as I have been asked by a lot of people to show the progress of the Gloria even if it is only going to take about 5 weeks to complete. Here is the pic of her as spotted in Japan off the Yahoo auction site And here it is in Auckland after being passed through customs And a pic of the engine. So this needs to be changed. As the steering wheel hits my leg when getting in and makes it very hard to close the door. This also needs to be changed as the rear suspension set up is on too much of an angle and is not really working. Thank god for adjustables though. A list of things that will need to be certified. Disc brakes on the front Rear suspension Possibly front suspension 5 speed gearbox Power steering Overall the car is in really good condition apart from the stainless steel patches put in by the Japanese and only tack welded in. Heres hoping that the car goes through certification and compliance easy as.

About fucken time you did some work on this car even though you have 20 other cars you are working on at the same time.

I will down for some of that as I will have an old school car to cruise in as the Gloria will be back on the road by the end of September.

I think I have solved my problem as there is another customized gloria on Yahoo that has had a disc conversion and it has R32 brakes on it.

Shit sorry I should have checked that out will have a look tomorrow.

Hi guys, I had a look under my Gloria today to see the old girl had drum brakes all round and I would like to convert the front to disc. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated of which ones I should use and if someone may have done something similar, whatever can help would be great.

Mate thats looking mint!! PM me your address and I will come over on sunday to check it out.

Got a hold of Ned about my LED tail lights so he is going to get his shit together now he has finished UNI and do something about getting them done. YAY!!!