johnnyfive Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 I think these probably are the best guards/bonnet I have, but I'll be be digging at the green one to see if theres much better on it before I go repairing too much bolt on stuff. I have 5kg of dry ice coming tomorrow so I can hopefully fully evaluate the floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Also, research tells me that this one, and the red one I had were both assembled at Waitara north of New Plymouth. Hence the horrific unexplainable rust. Thanks NZ auto industry. I believe the green one is a Japanese built one, so hopefully even though its pretty fucked, it has good sections that I need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Oh man thats a rusty beast J5! good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Rust is a cunt, and not the good kind of cunt that you can have a bit of fun with after a few wines, a romantic dinner, and a ROMCOM, but the bad kind of cunt, a straight up cunt, kinda cunt. Kia kaha J5, kia kaha. /Turn it into a baja brumby? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Yeah I have my doubts about how wonky the whole thing will be if I ever get it back together, and I guarantee it will rust out again in a short amount of time. Just what these things are like it would appear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duddley Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 That thing is in heaps better nick that I remembered/imagined. How does the dry ice work? does it clean up the metals and paint so you can see the rust betterer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLUX Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Dry ice freezes the underseal/sound deadening crap so I chips off easily Mr Duds Hope you made some sweet dry ice bombs with the leftovers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 I did not, I dumped it all in the work wheelie bin. Lets hope its split in half from the freezings or something. And yeah Jeff, it makes that tacky sticky crap just smash off in projectile shards. Hammers and chisels 'n' shit. I would recommend this way over attempting to peel/melt/cut it off any other way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLUX Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 I am dissapoint. Dry ice bombs were the only thing I learnt from 5th form science Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truenotch Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Keep pulling panels off until the WRX engine and running gear fits. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Its tricky, I'd be stupid not to at this point. Buuut, theres also no point on doing a conversion on a rusty car. To summarize, I'm going to leave the front open for a bit or something, in case some kind of cheap suitable donor appears before I stitch it all back up. Cause I could yet throw my toys and give up TBH. The required conversion to hydraulic clutch I dunno if I could be bothered with, most else isn't too bad I don't think. Sorting out CV's to suit might be a cunt. I don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Someone crash an old manual RS and I'll pop round and grab it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Giz RS, and i'll crash it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Off to tardme! / no not really. Also, Who remembers this timeless first Nats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Also, just trawling through old photos in my archive, how hard is fibreglass to do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Easy peasy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 MEAN Also, if this all goes tits up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLUX Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 One would think that a half blown up stolen reshelled and plated and tagged bob bob car would be easy to come by in the eastern bay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 I've been offered more twin turbo auto things than I have digits on my hands and feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duddley Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 grab all the things and make a sweet frankenbrat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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