matty martins mild custom wagon

mattymartin · Post by **mattymartin** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:54 am

hey malcolm

what was you fuel lid off... was it a late model commy...

thanks
matty martin

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:30 am

very good matty

wish i had the money to drop a car off to someone and pick it up done

if you look through the thread on thommo's chopped van somewhere in there is a link to a guy called streatneat, who's also doing a chopped van if you go through the buildup of the van he has a bit where he has put on a fuel door he says what it's off i think it was a mazda of some description, hope that helps

Devilrod · Post by **Devilrod** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:42 pm

I thought the same thing Rosco.

What he means Matty is the part running forward off the front crossmember. "Normal" practice is to cut the HR one off and fit (weld) the original EK one back on.

Looking good though...

thropzed · Post by **thropzed** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:57 pm

Hey Matty. Here's the link to the fuel door streetneat chopped van
http://gallery.oldholden.com/Streetneat ... ?g2_page=4
Cheers Theo Z...............

camstuart52 · Post by **camstuart52** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 1:05 pm

Just a bit more direct!!!

http://gallery.oldholden.com/Streetneat ... oor+fixin/

Cheers Cam

mattymartin · Post by **mattymartin** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 1:59 pm

thanks guys

i'll pass on the info to joe (the panelbeater)... see what he thinks, about the 1980's mazda 626 fuel lid... with the opening mechanism.

DR, about the thingy infront of the cross member... will it be noticeable when car is back together... does it need to be changed...

thanks
mattymartin

LYNCHPIN · Post by **LYNCHPIN** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:17 pm

Hey Ratbox,

I wish i had your knowledge and experience on cars so i didn't have to drop my car places and pay for things to be done.

I am trying to do as much of the basic stuff as i can but i can't do a fraction of what you do as second nature.

Devilrod · Post by **Devilrod** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:37 pm

mattymartin wrote:DR, about the thingy infront of the cross member... will it be noticeable when car is back together... does it need to be changed...

thanks
mattymartin

If you couldn't see it before my guess is it'll be fine visibility wise. My question would be does the plate its mounted on flex at all? Even though the crossmember is bolted in 2 spots I'd still be guessing you get some flex under braking and acceleration. If you have an original crossmember with outrigger maybe look into swapping them. Ask the guys doing your car what they think. if they have played around with a few early holdens then they will hopefully give you a no bull sort of answer.

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:45 pm

matty, what DR said

lynchpin, my BIGGEST problem is impatience

i reckon i could do a brilliant job if i didn't want it done yesterday

thats prolly why my stuff gets done quick, i prolly cut a few corners

but it's nothing that affects the finnished job

mattymartin · Post by **mattymartin** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 6:34 am

hey thanks guys

can anyone give me a pic of what its supposed to look like... so i can compare & show to joe...

thanks

matty martin

Devilrod · Post by **Devilrod** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:52 pm

I'm guessing you're referring to the outrigger Matty? These are the best I could find without taking any.

As you can see it bolts straight upto the factory mounts without the extra peice....

mattymartin · Post by **mattymartin** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:12 am

thanks DR,

great pic's... i'll print out & show joe on monday...

hey did you get those dash nob's from johns rod & kustom & were they easy to put on...i was going to get some dice one's...

thanks again for the pic's

matty martin

Devilrod · Post by **Devilrod** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:18 am

Some yes and some from Moon. The new ones Johns have are really nice (new supplier), to the extent if I had spare cash I'd be swapping mine

...

The slide straight on and have a grub screw to hold them. The only mod is a slight enlarging of one to fit the wiper switch.

captainbill · Post by **captainbill** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:03 pm

Hey matty heres a close up of the new outrigger we put on basicgreens fb.Not sure if thats what you were after though.

Devilrod · Post by **Devilrod** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:52 am

Thats what he's after Captainbill. If you look at Matty's you'll see the left the HR one on.

Although Matty you will probably need to find the original bracket to bolt the outrigger and its rubber back up if you do swap it. Just another piece to add to the puzzle...