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[Ben_O]

More progress today.

 

I primed the engine, starter motor and back plate

 

 

 

 

 

And then top coated them. I did the engine in two stages, First I painted the block and head in satin black and then once dry, I masked up the block to paint the chain cover and rocker cover

 

 

 

 

 

I painted the starter motor satin black too

 

 

I think the contrast between the gloss and satin looks alright.

 

And then I reassembled the rear axle with all new poly bushes ready to fit to the car

 

 

And then had just enough time to bolt it in

 

 

 

More tomorrow...

[jamesmpi]

Looking very good. Top work 🙂

Edited by jamesmpi, 24 August 2017 - 01:10 PM.

[JDImini]

Yep I'm with death row, great thread and makes me always wonder how much for a rebuild of this depth. Keep the builds coming.

What price quality? I'm hoping it'll out last me

[JDImini]

Hi Ben, it's looking really good, the contract of the black axle against the blue bodywork looks great!

 

A couple of these should be arriving tomorrow with the frames and harnesses 

 

[Ben_O]

Hi Ben, it's looking really good, the contract of the black axle against the blue bodywork looks great!

 

A couple of these should be arriving tomorrow with the frames and harnesses 

 

Excellent. They look great!

 

I shall order the carpets, trims and other bits tomorrow ready for next week.

[Ben_O]

On with today's update.

 

I reattached the engine to the gearbox and bolted on some of the ancillaries. I shall leave the others off until it's in the car so I have more room to work round it and less risk of scratching the paintwork.

 

 

 

A vast amount of the day was spent cleaning up and de-rusting parts ready for paint.

The heater blower/matrix is done, as is the pedal box and blanking plate for the bulkhead.

 

 

 

 

 

oh and the washer bottle holder

 

 

The heater was quite a pain as it had been brush painted over rust at some point. Oh well, looks better now

 

I re-installed the wiring loom. Took a bit of figuring out as I had left the strip down photos on my laptop at home but it's all back in now

 

 

The rear loom and interior loom are installed too but no picture..

 

Once the parts had baked off, I reassembled the pedal box and installed it back into the car with the master cylinders

 

 

And then started making up and installing the brake lines. Nothing wrong with the old ones but new copper lines are pretty 

 

 

 

 

Back to it tomorrow!

[Ben_O]

Just going through the strip down photos and found some of BAP before work began

 

 

 

[JDImini]

 

 

I shall order the carpets, trims and other bits tomorrow ready for next week.

 

 

Thanks Ben

 

Edited by JDImini, 23 August 2017 - 09:51 PM.

[Ben_O]

It's been one of those days today where I have been working flat out but don't have a huge amount to show for it.

Non the less, it's edging closer.

 

I started by running the rest of the brake lines, the clutch line and the fuel line

 

 

And then I rebuilt and fitted the heater, Fitted the washer bottle and holder and also cleaned and repainted the wiper motor which is now back on the car

 

 

The engine mounting plates got some fresh paint and they were bolted on too

 

 

Nothing stopping the engine from being lowered in now I guess

 

 

Once that was all bolted up, I refitted the manifolds and carburetors

 

 

As you can see, the battery is in too. as is the starter solenoid, coil and some wiring has been plugged in too.

 

I also attached the rear loom to the inner sill with some nice new P clips

 

 

Tomorrow, I shall clean, paint and rebuild the front hubs and then some of the shiny new uprated stuff can go on

 

The new seats turned up but I haven't had a chance to unbox them yet so ill try and do that tomorrow and get a photo.

 

Cheers

Ben

[JDImini]

It's like everyday is Christmas!

[Ben_O]

It's like everyday is Christmas!

I'm glad you like

[xrocketengineer]

It's been one of those days today where I have been working flat out but don't have a huge amount to show for it.

 

Ben

 

Jesus! What you have done in one day, would take me at least six months! Amazing work!

[Magneto]

I would sure like to know what the budget is for this rebuild - it will be like a new car when done!

[Ben_O]

I would sure like to know what the budget is for this rebuild - it will be like a new car when done!

Sorry but I can't say.

It's not cheap though.

 

It sure is shaping up into a nice car though. I hope Darren will be happy with it.

 

Cheers

 

Ben

[Ben_O]

Bit of a disaster today which has put things back quite a bit

 

I had planned to strip, clean, paint and rebuild the front suspension today so started off by soaking the front hub/wishbone assemblies

 

 

They are caked in thick grease and gunge.

 

Once I cleaned them, I started to strip one down and noticed a crack in the mount that the king pin fits to on the wishbone. There was also a fair amount of play in the bushes.

I decided to take it and visit a friend so he could have a look. He is very old school and knows everything so is ideal for things like this.

 

He told me that the fulcrum pins seize in and are extremely difficult to remove without damage. He also told me that the tube which the fulcrum pin goes through can be replaced (the bit with the crack) but is a precision job which I am not equipped to carry out.

 

We concluded that it would be best to get new wishbones and new king pin kits rather than repairing what we have as the labour to do it would have exceeded the replacement costs.

I am luck enough to have a precision engineers on the same industrial estate as me who can ream the new bronze bushes for me.

 

So new ones have been ordered this afternoon.

 

With that all arranged I placed an order for the rest of the parts required to complete the job including new carpets, trims, seals, electric fan kit, alternator conversion kit and other bits and bobs and that took us to the afternoon.

So all I managed to get done suspension wise was fit the new shock top mounts

 

 

These replace the old lever arm type shock absorbers and will have conventional shock absorbers bolted to them.

 

I spent some time bolting up a few bits and pieces from the engine fitting yesterday, nothing really worth photographing and then set to work on the fuel tank

 

 

Safety first, I swished some water round in the tank to expel any potential vapors remaining and then attacked it with the twisted wire brush.

 

It came up well and looks much better for a coat of primer

 

 

 

Naturally, there is some pitting but nothing concerning.

 

I finished it off with a fresh coat of gloss black and it's now ready to go in the car

 

 

 

Whilst that was baking, I unpacked the seats to check they were the correct ones.

Darren had asked earlier if they fitted in the car ok so here is the answer

 

 

 

 

me likey!

 

Lastly as I was almost out of time, I decided to flat the front deck panel ready to polish so that I can fit the wiper wheel boxes, washer jets and dash rail.

 

I couldn't resist a quick spin 

 

 

Still a long way to go before i'm happy but it's coming up fine.

 

Cheers

 

Ben