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Alright, with the rust taken care of, the rear end, engine and transmission all sitting where they needed to be it was time to start planning how to get all the ancillaries to fit. I didn’t realise how small these cars really are until you try and jam a v8 in one… Given what I wanted to do with the ...

Damn!!! This thing is cool!!!


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A great read and pics BS. Being a fellow V8 converter I can fully understand the need to continually dip into the wallet to cover the unexpected. Great job. Yep, again I had this conversation with Tim on the weekend. If we were doing this on a Hq onwards or even a K/T/G it would have been a lot mor...

I can get some for you Blacky. I’m actually on my way to the west as we speak for work so when I’m back in town can get whatever photos you need. The problem we faced is that they are physically too wide for the front spring hanger. The way we got around it was to unpick the inner front hanger point...

Thanks gents Scope creep is an understatement [emoji51] It’s coming together way nicer than what I expected. I have to agree with you guys. Not one “kit” I have used has fit without needing modification. As painful as dealing with SCW was I have to say at least their front end when I eventually got ...

With all the structural rust sorted we turned to further strengthening the chassis and rear end to cope with the added weight and power to get through engineering. I had a castlemain kit here from another project but decided against using it with Tim knocking up some connectors which were recessed i...

Anyway lots of rust repairs, I have 100s of photos I won’t bore you with and I’m sure you all get the gist….. Once done the boys flicked some 2k over everything trying to make it all blend in with the rest of the car. Then bolt it all back together and back on all 4s nice and fresh. Fuel filler fill...

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A heap more rust repairs. Firewall, a pillars, one under floor brace, floor patches, outer sills, dog legs and a little custom touch with the now redundant fuel roller hole. All the hanging panels and the rear quarters were lift, there are still sins in the body but structurally the thing is like ne...

First thing to tackle was the subframe. Usual rust under the radiator and where it bolts up to the firewall, a few ripples from a hit back in the day and lots of unused holes no longer needed. Half way through doing the front subframe we realised how much we dislike rust repairs and how slow we were...

After Blasting, pleasant suprise, usual repairs to be done but overall not bad and confirmation for the purists I’m not destroying a pristine original car…. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240303/dc78db07a1c7419a8392aeac6139a7f2.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240303/67e0f6a96d772de8e4df18...

With the engine and diff taken care of attention turned to the car/chassis to plan out the required strengthening. This car has had a few patches here and there as well as some serious rustproofing done to it over the years. So while we were poking around we found a few of the usual issues but overa...

This is where the snowballing started. It became apparent that if I stuck with the original plan of an LS6 intake and throttle body realestate for a decent radiator, trans cooler, condensor would be limited. Not impossible but looking at all the options and wanting to keep all the cooling system a n...

With my patience dealing with Curley tested and running short I have to give him credit with the fact that he rectified all the issues in the timeframe I gave him. The end product is a good bit of gear but far out the whole experience did not need to be as bigger shit show as it was. Would I buy ano...

The longest lead time part was going to be the front end. At the time of me starting this project the pickings were a bit slim. Rod tech was my first choice but was not taking any orders…. V6 conversions I didn’t really like the design Castlemain Rodshop Tim had used in another customers build previ...