slowburn Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 so i really wanted to get my mrs driving and the best way i thought we could do that was to find her dads old car that she grew up in and get that restored and give it to her. took several years to find it on th e keys. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowburn Posted September 24, 2018 Author Share Posted September 24, 2018 as you can see,it's pretty far gone, we found it in Waitara sitting on some blocks under a tarp outside about 30 meters from the sea.....not a great place to be for an old girl like this.....she was complete except for the driver side front quarter window and has reg on hold. W e dragged her back to the Wairarapa where we stripped her back to find the true extent of the rot...more pics to come 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowburn Posted September 24, 2018 Author Share Posted September 24, 2018 discussion page here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowburn Posted September 25, 2018 Author Share Posted September 25, 2018 so with the help and skills of a new friend who know his ways around a 124 we stripped it over 2 days and revealed what you all knew was waiting.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowburn Posted September 25, 2018 Author Share Posted September 25, 2018 some one had cut a sunroof as well and there are multiple holes in the floors and around the seat stays. all of the window frames need attention and the door bottoms too. it has some good bits. but another shell would be better. and easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowburn Posted September 25, 2018 Author Share Posted September 25, 2018 (edited) fast forward a year which leads me to here......... a way better shell, scored from Cambridge ,thanks mal. the window surrounds are clean, the panels are pretty damn straight ,the boot and engine bay are ready to be blasted and primed and, no sunroof and it has a hood lining there too! stoked... she has been at Kayne Thomsons Barn in Carterton and is 1 part through a 3 part process.... Edited September 25, 2018 by slowburn spelling error 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowburn Posted September 25, 2018 Author Share Posted September 25, 2018 so here are some of the pics from from the first round....all of this stuff is well outside my skill set. I'm happy to wrench on it myself once it's whole again. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post slowburn Posted September 25, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2018 the worst of it fixed... 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowburn Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 more to come shortly, pics this weekend 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowburn Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 so, round 2 has happened, as with most things, it wasn't straight forward. was supposed to be the floors and seat stays. but ended up being the outer and inner sill and the rear suspension trailing arm mount. the floors will be next. at some stage. I have the outer sill ready to go on, it's just not fitted yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowburn Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 I'll put up all the pics I have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowburn Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 more pics showing the repairs from the inside...and the whole length from the outside 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowburn Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 the underneath of the trailing arm mount fixed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowburn Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 along the sill towards the front from underneath and side 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowburn Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 and then the front by the jacking point and some more from inside... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowburn Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 I will go back out to my lock up and take some more pics of what's left to do...."heaps" the bottom of the A pillars, the back of the rear guards and the front clip.....more on that shortly...I'll try and post more regularly.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowburn Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 top of the trailing arm mount....can't wait to get this thing in one piece.....I have lots of parts to go on this thing and reg on hold....may take some time but it will be a nice car again 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowburn Posted April 15, 2021 Author Share Posted April 15, 2021 made some progress, have cut everything needed off the blue shell ready to be vapour blasted and trimmed to stitch onto the red one....will be a whole solid shell again.... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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