Damn rain kept me off this today. via Instagram http://ift.tt/1nrj81M

Ready to paint! I’m horrible at remembering to post stuff. But! We’re almost there. From the last update - I’ve got shiny wheels now. After about a week of spending 4 hours a day sanding them back to a polish and then polishing them with a magic electric drill-bit polisher - bam, shiny wheels! We also fixed up the front end. The middle, bottom part was pretty dinged up from where the PO had probably taken a few speed bumps a little too hard, we didnt’ want to replace the entire panel, so we rigged something up, a bit different, but I really like it. Mesh grille sort of thing. And the good news is we’ve finished priming the body, just gotta get the OK from the painter, and off we go!

Look at that face.

There has been a significant lack of updates for the blog, phone died, lost a bunch of photos! Anyway, since last time:



Front suspension has been overhauled with new rubber cones and adjustable suspension (hi-los) fitted. New radiator to be put in, new timing belt. Found a nice big hole in the boot. Fuel tank is out while painting (long story). But most importantly, roof has been painted cream! The rest of the body will be the same jade green, but the roof cream :) Until next time!

A bit more work here and there! Roof is complete. Sanded, primed ready to colour. Engine is running with exhaust (and muffler) fitted. Took the front wheels off to find that the brakes are good but we might need to replace the rubber cone. Most of the rust is gone from the car. Both doors and the boot have been removed for painting and not much more of the car needs to be sanded and primed. We will get there!

OH YES IT RUNS!!!

Spent a bit more time taking some more photos, all are uploaded onto my Flickr. I’ve also gone and cleaned up the gutter rust and hitting it with rust converter and primer, which appears to have worked quite well. Now, we’ve attacked the roof, sanding it back to bare metal in the places that need some filling, panel beating or the rust removed. It’s looking good. We also managed to score some door handles at $25 each (cheaper than $125 online!) which was great. Collecting a battery and connecting up an exhaust system soon and we should hear it purr for the first time!

Engine seems good but have to replace the clutch master and slave cylinders, but will clean up the firewall and generally the entire engine bay while we’re at it to clean it up. Interiors are original, tear in one of the seats and missing the right hand drivers door card. A few dents in the roof will need to be smoothed out, so the roof lining will probably come out and in which case, the windscreens will be refitted with new rubbers.