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Theres a bloke over here who refurbs them - he cuts the bottom out , repairs the top from the inside then welds a new bottom in , tank still looks like a standard one except for the weld that you can only see from underneath. Surely theres someone in Brizvegas who could do the same or similar ? Che...

been looking at different insulator and sound deadners and have decide to use a product we also use at work to insulate cushion boxes in the air con trade has good acoustic value . this product is a rubber foam base with silver foil and is a stick on bought a 30 meter roll 1200 wide will be doing ro...

X2 - I do like to see permanent work..... you won't ever see this floor again once you cover it. I was told to use a "welder's etch" where the new steel is fused into the original - it has zinc in it and its main purpose is to prevent electrolysis... brought about by the different metal. ...

Time for an update i think, well finished underbody back to bare metal and found some nasty sections which had been packed with bog and more bog wouldn't have known until ripping the wire wheel over the sections front floors from inside had new floor sections welded in but the old floor were never t...

May have been asked before but given up searching. my wagon tank is beyond repair dents everywhere has anyone fitted another type other then marty's stainless ones.
will the xb fit or only fit the sedans? Or has anyone else fitted another type into their wagons.
cheers
Paul .

May have been asked before but given up searching. my wagon tank is beyond repair dents everywhere has anyone fitted another type other then marty's stainless ones.
will the xb fit or only fit the sedans? Or has anyone else fitted another type into their wagons.
cheers
Paul .

sanding sanding sanding oh when will it end . lol wire wheels and strip disc's made the mistake of using a wire wheel over one of the rear fender peaks and knocked a fair bit of lead out in this area lesson learnt . nearly finished the body and interior underbody to go not looking forward to that on...

Bugger will check rims to see if any distortion yet cause I don't know how many years its been on there for. what about the weights are these to balance the drum them self or ment to be on a particular side of the car . I am sure they are just to balance the drums but just need clarification. cheers...

managed to do a little bit more this week

Humper 1 wrote:Hi Steve here I was just wanting to know if I can use original ek drum brake front end but do away with the old unreliable drag link set up and use something like HR draglink setup. Any help would be appreciated.

just wondering if there is an update on this as want to do the same .
cheers
paul

20150810_104542.jpg 20150810_091831.jpg well today planning on finishing up welds and sand front clip back to bare did go out and buy a sand blaster but waste of time compressor just not big enough using some 3 inch quick change discs on the die grinder for the little nooks and nannies seem to be w...

under radiator support couldn't believe some cowboy has just bogged over this .

well removed all drivetrain and lifted car up higher onto a dolly trolly to wire wheel under carriage

Rubbers across the bonnet, yes. Above the guards and front guards inside, no. I have some left over when you get to that point. cheers Finny went and payed the big bucks and purchased a full resto rubber kit when they had 20 % off and my inner rubbers under the guards are still pretty good so shoul...