Anglia4’s Galaxie Wag

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The Youtube channel is still catching up to real life.

There's not much more to show in photos, imagine the above, but with the rest of the front drums re-assembled, and the right rear drum rebuilt with new shoes and cylinder (hint: it looks the same from the outside).

Here is the latest video, enjoy:

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I have been slowly chipping away at jobs on this.

i got the brakes back together a few weeks ago and put it back on the ground.

One thing I noticed while poking around underneath, was that one of the trans cooler lines had a hole in it… 

I patched it up with some hose and clamps as a temporary repair, and checked the oil which had the correct level, but was suspiciously clean…

Nevertheless, it was time to attempt movement under its own power. I fired it up, got the whole family out to watch, and put it into D. Nothing happened…

I gave it a rev, and as the rpm came back to idle it lurched forward and started to drive.

I managed to get it out of the shed, which was good cos then I could give it a proper warm up and run for a while. Sorted a couple of leaks and then backed it back into the shed with the same rev-lurch approach.

So yeah… I’m thinking the transmission might be a bit stuffed.

I gave it another good warm up yesterday and checked the fluid and topped it up a wee bit. Then managed to drive a lap of the cul-de-sac! It seems to be really shitty at selecting gears, so I’m wondering if the valve body needs some attention.

Proof that I drove it, it’s the wrong way round in the garage.

Edit: photos are failing from my phone. I’ll come back and finish this on my pc!

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Today I took the day off work with the plan of pulling the engine and box, but that plan fell through, so I shifted it outside and took the opportunity to give my shed a decent sweep out for the first time this year.

Then I spent the afternoon getting all the windscreen adhesive off. What a shit of a job. It’s resting with some rust treatment on the surface rust at the moment. It’s in surprisingly good shape.

Next on the list is to tackle the dash pad.

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Nothing too exciting here, just the video to go with the post above.

 

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I’ve been spending some time locked in my garage with a heater running and some strong aerosol paint fumes this week.

Primed it, smoothed out some pitting, primered again, and sprayed white. Don’t let me forget the clearcoat… I only remembered that as I’m writing this…

It’s nearly ready for the windscreen to go back in.

I also fitted the roof rack. It’s a proper wagon now.

 

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The paint match is not even close 😅

Not a drama though as it will all be covered by the glue and chrome.

It was a good test for the rust repair I have to do though. For that I might have to take the fuel door off and get it paint matched by the laser paint matcher thing.

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Windscreen is installed. Thanks to Taranaki Windscreens.

Now, FINALLY, I will be able to give it a wash. When it arrived from the states it got pushed straight into the shed, then had no suspension, then no window, now its ready for a bath.