Neil's FB Station Wagon

[melly]

Nice work Neil, making some good progress

[FireKraka]

Thanks Melly, I don’t get as much time on it as I would like but think I’m making headway, plan is to try to get repairs that I can do finished up by say Jan/Feb so I can change the roof and a fair amount of the firewall mainly the top part cause the plenum and some of the dash is rotted out.

Hey Blacky not sure what you are meaning re “take out the coil overs and jack it up into the wheel tub” mate, Gardeners instructions say to lower it onto the ground and adjust the shocks to, I think 200mm (I’ll have to check the paperwork) so I’m going to do this today.
The tyres are 50 profile so I could go to 60 or 65 to help fill the wheel arch if this is what you are meaning or maybe you are meaning clearance mate???

[FireKraka]

So after fixing other vehicles on the weekend I lowered the wagon down to put some weight on the rear end.

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Definitely going to have to roll the lip if I want to put the 225's under there and maybe even a bit of the outer inner wheel well (if that makes sense) either that or go with a 205 maybe
Measured the coilover and they are at 280 mm, instruction say to set them at 260 mm, so not having dealt with coilovers before I am assuming that I take pressure off of the spring to allow the shock to compress more assistance from the brains trust please.

[FireKraka]

You Tube supplied the answer on the shocks and confirmed what I thought.

[FireKraka]

Sooooo rear end out again

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Finished off the weld in of the plate that gives clearance for the suspension cradle.

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You can see in this photo how much of the floor area I have replaced, sometimes wonder if I should have cut the whole thing out and started again, wish somebody would make full floor pans like they do in the states

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[Errol62]

Good to see you are getting on with it, unlike me. Looking good mate!


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