Popular Post sheepers Posted May 7, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 7, 2020 and then i got red paint all over everything. its mostly dust and runs but you cant see that so just pretend its perfect in every way. 2020-05-07_03-04-21 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-05-07_03-04-28 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-05-07_05-50-55 by sheepers, on Flickr then i found most of a "choose your own adventure header kit" for a square port 4M so i might put that to use as well. 2020-05-07_05-51-08 by sheepers, on Flickr 30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted May 8, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 8, 2020 started putting stuff back on the firewall. as usual it takes a thousand years to clean stuff and fuck around so this represents a whole days work. 2020-05-08_05-23-39 by sheepers, on Flickr 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted May 9, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 9, 2020 painted the insides of the guards that you can see in the engine bay. they look alright. got a few small bits to paint and the inside of the bonnet still to do. 2020-05-09_04-13-41 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-05-09_04-13-48 by sheepers, on Flickr 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted May 10, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 10, 2020 painted this thing. i think thats all the red done now. 2020-05-10_04-33-07 by sheepers, on Flickr 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted May 11, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 11, 2020 the set of extractors i ordered for it arrived. some assembly required. 2020-05-11_06-07-15 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-05-11_06-07-27 by sheepers, on Flickr 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted May 12, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2020 had a good day cutting and welding and ended up with this. pretty happy with them, i just need to weld the 2 into one collector on the end and a flange and its finished. someone on here (i think) was talking about a type of black heat proof paint that may have been for a pot belly stove or something like that? whatever it was please remind me in the discussion because id like to give it a try. 2020-05-12_05-52-59 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-05-12_05-53-07 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-05-12_05-53-15 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-05-12_05-53-23 by sheepers, on Flickr 50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted May 17, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 17, 2020 finished the zorst and put it all back together. still got a couple of little things to do. im going to redo the battery terminal wiring and make a new battery bracket. also going to upgrade the coil. 2020-05-17_03-30-48 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-05-17_03-30-56 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-05-17_03-31-05 by sheepers, on Flickr 43 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted May 19, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 19, 2020 the pot belly black paint dont work. 2020-05-19_06-08-42 by sheepers, on Flickr 11 1 15 4 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted May 23, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2020 i took the headers off, cleaned them up and then gave them a coat of VHT heat proof black. im about done with the engine bay i reckon. everything is how i want it and it looks tidy enough. 2020-05-23_04-35-29 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-05-23_04-35-39 by sheepers, on Flickr 29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted September 22, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 22, 2020 Since last update i've just been driving it and enjoying it. well, as much as you can enjoy and automatic 4M but whatever.... its fast approaching time to paint this car. and with that in mind its time for some new wheels. rear wheels that have a neg 15 offset so they wont fit on the back. only one thing for it, narrow the diff. ive had this disk brake diff lying around for ages and its time to use it. to do so i need to remove about 15-17mm per side. this small amount means i dont have to do anything to the axels save trim about 10mm off the end. ansd as far as the housing goes, all i need to do is move the spring perches. everything else can move in with the ends. the lower control arms will just need to have a bit of flex in the bushes and ill make a shorter panhard rod for it and everything is gravey. pictures of things, checking i could push the axels 15mm further into the spiders. 2020-09-22_08-44-55 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-09-22_08-45-05 by sheepers, on Flickr 15mm cutting guide, 2020-09-22_08-45-17 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-09-22_08-45-24 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-09-22_08-45-32 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-09-22_08-45-40 by sheepers, on Flickr 33 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted September 27, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 27, 2020 Wheels. They came powder coated black but I wanted a full glossy look to them so I painted them. 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted October 18, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2020 got new brake parts and hoses and put the new diff in the car. cant get new disks in NZ so ive got a pair coming from Auz, they aren't here yet so ill use the old ones until they turn up. i used the original center section as the spare that came with the disk brake diff had rust on the gear teeth. got it all assembled and mounted up. i cut the panhard bar to suit the new setup but i got the measurement wrong so i need to cut another 5mm out of it. not shown is the new swaybar which is now all fitted up with new brackets on the chassis that i made today. next is get tyres changed over and put new wheels on. 2020-10-17_04-57-34 by sheepers, on Flickr 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted October 20, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 20, 2020 2020-10-20_08-24-38 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-10-20_08-24-30 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-10-20_08-24-21 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-10-20_08-24-08 by sheepers, on Flickr 60 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted October 27, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 27, 2020 so, now its time to paint it. its been re-sprayed some time in the long distant past and from what i found sanding back the roof i think the reason it was re-sprayed is because of some problem with the original paint. there are fish eyes in the paint that go through the top coat and all the way down to the factory primer. its obvious that this car was painted factory red, then another coat of red was laid over that and these is a defect that shows in the first layer of primer. anywho, so far its been alright getting the old paint off, long may it continue. 2020-10-27_08-29-57 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-10-27_08-29-46 by sheepers, on Flickr 32 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted October 29, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 29, 2020 gettin more done. front guard was silver at some point. has a smack in the front corner which was never even tried to be fixed, just fill it with bog. so i go that out and its pretty good now. ill keep removing the crap paint to get it down to factory red/primer. then i guess ill chuck some epoxy primer on it. 2020-10-29_09-41-33 by sheepers, on Flickr 31 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted November 1, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 1, 2020 i've pretty much removed all the shitty non stuck red from the car. i need to tidy up a few bits before i can think about putting primer on it but im pretty close. this is very weird, every car i've ever painted needed months and months of rust repairs and panel work before the primer tin comes out of the cupboard but not this time. i have found three dents in it that have been filled with bog without event the slightest attempt to remove them so ill fix those. i also found a whole bunch of bog on the front left corner, which i removed to find absolutely nothing wrong with the steel underneath. like, nothing, its the correct shape, no dents, no rust, nothing. it just had bog on it. not sure what to do next, i need to take the screens out and fix two 5mm holes i found but there isn't any other rust that needs fixing that i've found so far. as i say, this is all a bit weird, im not sure how to proceed. 2020-11-01_05-57-24 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-11-01_05-57-32 by sheepers, on Flickr 37 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted November 3, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 3, 2020 thought i would paint the door shuts and all the little inside bits. took door and front guard off and disassembled door. the door seals are totally fucked so i had to come up with something to replace them with. i had some celica ones for the blue car so i tried them. the ends are completely different but they are almost the right length so i decided to make them fit. the ends are pretty terrible tbh but i got no choice, they are better than what was on there. it meant i had to redrill all the pin mounting holes and weld up all the original ones. so thats all done and the door inner is ready for some primer, hell, i may even wet lay some colour on it if it looks flat enough after primer. 2020-11-03_08-23-20 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-11-03_08-21-24 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-11-03_08-21-18 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-11-03_08-21-10 by sheepers, on Flickr 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted November 7, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 7, 2020 Richie came over and gave me a hand to prep some bits and then, i painted a thing. 2020-11-07_03-58-20 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-11-07_03-58-14 by sheepers, on Flickr 31 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted November 16, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 16, 2020 rinse repeat for the other side. 2020-11-16_07-25-21 by sheepers, on Flickr 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted November 17, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 17, 2020 and yip, then i painted it. now got the back of the boot lid and the boot seal area to finish and i can start priming the outside. 2020-11-17_08-09-25 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-11-17_08-09-18 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-11-17_08-09-11 by sheepers, on Flickr 29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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