SHIZZLs Super Hunter

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So seeing as it now has a fresh wof and not needing anything at the moment, I decided to give it a treat.

 

we had some laminate flooring sitting in the garage for the last 18months, so why not put it to use haha

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Took this on another grasskhana today with Pukekohe car club.

im over the single spinner life. 
 

must look into options for 2 wheel peels atleast on grass anyway.

 

it has the power, the handling, the braking performance, now it just needs traction. 

love getting this thing on full lock to lock

 

open to suggestions on diffs.

i have an escort English diff sitting in my workshop that you can buy all bits for (lsd, gear sets, upgraded axles etc). 
 

do i bother going 4 link like a escort clubman kit or stick with the leaves?

 

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Sooooo since we have no work still, we’ve been pissing about on the mk5.

 

still need to get a full exhaust system and all coolant hoses along with a heater core.

 

but we have sorted the majority of the body work and have started sanding it down. (The worker has been sanding haha).

2 dents on the roof (they will push out)

1 ding on the boot lid

drivers door has a few minor dingers

and the only other one is in the lower rear corner that I’ll try and pull out.

its a factory white car, so will respray it white.

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Oh and 2 more pics of the hunter going full RAAAAAGGGGHHH!!!!!

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Sanding all the things. 
there are surprisingly very few dings on this, less than a dozen small fingers, but 3 larger ones. 

 

 

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Got 2 coats of high build on today.

let that set up for 24hrs or so before blocking back.

 

then it’ll be a throw down of ritey titey whitey

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Decided I needed to lay on more primer, 3 coats went on today and I’ll flat it back with 600 tomorrow.

then it’s white out time.

there are still a couple of bits that I should’ve found but I’m over it now and it just needs colour and completion to get out of the shop. 
 

most of these bits will cut out with the 600. 
 

it’s a shame that all of the out window seals are buggered

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Finally back together.

 

paint finish is meh.

will eventually need a cut n polish.

 

a few more bits before it can be run.

not bothering with carpets yet

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Fugh me, gave it its first wash after paint.

had to take the calipers of the hunter so that the Tina has any kind of usable brake.

stops mint.

then I decided to yeet the modgies and put the escort wheels on it.

wow boy, looking sweet as a nut now.

 

then we even got the spotties working.

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Cortina is finished!

well mostly. 

time for a wof check now. 
drove it up and down the road a few times, mixtures were shite so adjusted that and it started to run quite good.

it does pop out of 3rd but I’m sure that’s just the carpet pushing it out. I need to trim that back.

 

Does need an alignment though. Wof check first.

 

then sell!!

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Cortina is sold!!! Yay I have floor space again.

 

now I can get the bagged chassis off my hoist and back on the floor so I can get my fab table back. 
about bloody time

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Jesus, bottom of page 4 . This doesn’t get much use at all these days. 
only seems to be skids haha

 

But it did survive another trip to garlic nats. 
had an odd noise from the starter that had me worried. Didn’t even look at it til I got home and found that one of the starter bolts that holds it together had backed all the way out. 
easy fix. 
 

decided to swap grilles out for one that someone had done a mesh swap on, but I added my ae92 fxgt “GT” badge to the grille. 
even have the “twin cam” badge but it sits out too far and looks odd.

 

i sat the HT-18s rx7 turbo on the manifold for a “look”. Sure does suit it. 
 

well, i guess it’s parked til drag day 🤣

@Thousand Dollar Supercar for these glorious slide shots

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All good things must come to an end.

today was a one of those sad days.

i sold the old girl and she’s off on her new adventure in Taranaki.

 

ill miss it, but 600kms of use per year didn’t justify having it around.

i know the ute will get driven more than that with plenty of weekend cruises and meet ups around the place.

 

the hunter only ever left the shed to get raped around a course or down the drag strip.

 

so long little buddy