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Looking good is your build so far Pete. A cracking bit of workmanship on the front end rebuild mate. I will be keeping an eye on it to see how your getting on :thumb:
Glad your making a recovery after your crash. Explains why your always on MIG or PNG :)
Cheers. Did abit on getting my engine finished this week. Will go back to my mums tomorrow, as the postman has been good to me this week;) ! Will get some pics and post them up!
Yeah, spending a fair bit of time on the forums. Has certainly given me fresh motivation to get the thing finished!!
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First time I've read your WIP mate. Sorry to hear about the bad luck! Looks like it is coming together nicely now though :) Nice job on the painting mate, how did you do the underside, lay on your back with the gun?
Hopefully 2009 will be your and your Novas year bud!
Cheers. Did the underside by hand mate!!! Got some of those mini foam rollers and a brush and went for it!!! Not a bad finish and the coverage was quite good.
yeah first time i have noticed this aswell mate , looks like some good work coming on there , keep it up woukld be good to get another back on the roads
Ok, so the postman has been good to me the last few weeks. Got my polished rocker, some stainless bolts and a load of other nice bits. See page 2! Went to my mums today and made a start on getting my engine nearly finished.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...a/IMGP0271.jpg
I started by modding my rocker cover, to do the breather mod. Probably not the way most have done it, but i have spares if it all goes wrong!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...a/IMGP0272.jpg
This was the bit i was left with. Sanded down the rough edges and..
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..bolted it in.
I then fitted the new rubber gasket and bolted it down with my collection of stainless bolts.
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I also fitted my alloy crank pulley, cool running stat, my tidied up dizzy, and dipstick holder along with one of my blue samco hoses. Rust on flywheel, water damage after the fire :roll: :( will be cleaned off.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...a/IMGP0278.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...a/IMGP0269.jpg
Mmmmm, shiney! Spark plug cover will have polished letters and be painted blue.
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The shell as it sits now...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...a/IMGP0279.jpg
..it has got the rat look, not on purpose i must add. Water plus fire/smoke damage:(
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Thats all for this week. Need to get a few more tidy up tools then will commence engine tart up next week. :)
its coming along nice
also liking the polished rocker cover
Thanks. Have been busy painting stuff this week. Hoping to finish off bodywork and get it ready to prime it in the next few weeks.
very nice mate lookin forward to the end result :thumb:
Hey Pete, i think i remember this car when you were on/in PVG, as your avatar was the same on there that you had on here till this week lol.
Looks like you've been through the mill a bit, but getting there mate, nice plans,with some nice parts too.
Scott