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[swampy1978uk]

So back from holiday Noooooo 

Back to work Noooooooooooo 

Back to work on the pickup Yay   

 

taken the fuel tank off 

 

 

not to much rust just surface,

 

 

cleaned it up and rust treated it then painted black

 

 

more soon.

Edited by swampy1978uk, 19 September 2015 - 07:26 PM.

[swampy1978uk]

Not sure what happened with the double post sorry

Just a very quick one project is still going but slowly as im still paying for the pickup and saving for bits

Its on this topic that my update refers
just ordered a nice new subframe, a bolt kit and adjustable camber and toe in kit now when it arrives i should have all the bits to send off for powder coating. Including the fuel tank as i decided that the black finiah sucked and if your doing a rebuild you beter do it right when you have the chance.

Edited by swampy1978uk, 29 July 2015 - 10:57 PM.

[swampy1978uk]

first update for a while

not done much been paying for stuff and waiting for a few thing before i could get moving again.

 

parts picked up from powder coaters

 

subframe

 

 

 

trailing arms

 

 

fuel tank take 2

 

 

 

drum back plates

 

 

handbrake cable bracket things

 

 

alternator thing.

 

 

camber and toe brackets munus the bolt that seem to have vanished at the coaters.

 

 

subframe mounts

 

 

a few bits to order, clevis pins, quadrants and new 2 x pivot kits. then its time for the big build wahoo.

[Richie83]

Those parts look amazing. It's the little touches like that which make a car IMO. Was it expensive to get done?

Edited by Richie83, 05 September 2015 - 06:29 PM.

[swampy1978uk]

no not too bad only £150 for everything above to be blasted and powder coated

[swampy1978uk]

Just ordered titanium clevis pins

[swampy1978uk]

got my brakes back together. 

 

 

think i got everything in the right (and left) place

 

if you spot anything i have done wrong please speak up as its all going back from memory.

 

note to self bung up threads before powder coating DOHHHHHHH

[phil hill]

One shoes is upside-down on each backplate.  I can't remember which though lol !!

 

I suspect the leading edge of each shoe should face the forward direction of travel, if you get my meaning.

 

Phil.

[swampy1978uk]

One shoes is upside-down on each backplate.  I can't remember which though lol !!

 

I suspect the leading edge of each shoe should face the forward direction of travel, if you get my meaning.

 

Phil.

 

thanks phil 

have just googles for pictures and you are correct

 

i think this is right now

 

 

thanks again.

[swampy1978uk]

trailing arms back together just need the new bearing pressed in, they should arive tomorrow.

 

 

found this inside one.

 

 

and that wasn't even the bearing i was knocking out someone had left it inside.

[swampy1978uk]

got a bit more done tonight

you know its bad when you clean your spanners before touching the shiny parts

 

 

 

just a couple of brake lines and a stubborn bolt that needs some fettling but not at 11:30 in my front room 

then hopeful get it back on this weekend and i can spin it round and start from the other end again.

Edited by swampy1978uk, 17 September 2015 - 10:30 PM.

[GraemeC]

Very nice, but I think you'll have to strip half of that back down again to put the front trunnions on

[swampy1978uk]

Thanks very pleased with the look. I thought about them just after i started packing tools away and was worried i might have to do that. I do hope not it was a dog to get the camber brackets lined up with the subframe holes.

[peter-b]

Looking schmick, great attention to detail. Would I be correct in the assumption you like blue?

[swampy1978uk]

Looking schmick, great attention to detail. Would I be correct in the assumption you like blue?

Not really but the guy i bought it from had already done the front subframe so i just carried on. It is growing on me though.