I think i will give the original owner a call and take the advice of members on here, I am going to try and see if she has any old photos of the car from years ago.
Part of the agreement of me buying the car was that i had to take the previous owner out for a drive which i will do when its on the road.
Do people think i should put a bonnet ornament on her? I was thinking i want to but have struggled to find a decent one anywhere i have seen a couple go on evilbay but they werent in that good condition.
Would anyone know if this car probably had white rims as it seems like there is white paint under the silver paint on the wheels?
Does anyone know of a good interior trimmer down south in victoria as i would like to get the passenger armrest fixed and a small aplit in the side of the front seat?
I am confused now about whther to get her resprayed now or not I think i would like to as it would be so difficult to match the paint on a car of this age unless the there is someone that someone may recommend who could do this job?
It's purely your decision to go with a bonnet bird or not. If you do find the best one you can (less pitting or none at all the better) and get it rechromed. The painful part will be drilling the holes in exactly the right spot...
Yes your rims would have been white. Couple of choices here...get the tyres off and then get the rims powdercoated or leave the tyres on and use the old paint stipper and elbow grease and get yourelf some rattle cans and spray yourself.
A respray is a fair bit of work if it's to be done properly. Based only on what I can see in your pics I'd be going for the polish. Spray painters can match the pretty easily. Some places will do it by eye, others can 'scan' a chip of your paint and use a computer to match it.
The Victorian guys should have some leads on trimmers and spray painters.
regards
Stewart
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I agree Thommo , no hood ornament. If the car never came out with one dont throw one on there.
If you do decide however to put one on...... you will need to change the bonnet springs. Bonnets with the ornaments had a double spring because of the weight ( little spring within the main spring , think Smooth had a shot of this in a post somewhere )
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For the arm rests give Supertrim in Coburg a call, they have alot of new old stock vinyl. I bought mine off them and was quoted $45 per side. Luckily they listed some red ones on eBay a month later and I won them for half price!!!!
If you're after a good beater and painter, Gollings in Braeside are really good. Not cheap but priced well for the quality work they do. But they are usually busy, plus they like playing with early holdens or any make for that matter. They have done quite a few concourse specceed rebuilds.
Speed and Style........... One day I'll get the speed bit.
Pamela started tonight for the first time in about 10 years, since getting her i have changed a few things that needed changing, water pump, carbi, leads, plugs, dissy cap and rotor button.
Finally she started not bad fo an old grey that hasnt been started for 10 years, i am so rapt
She still wont idle but i am going to have to learn how to tune the carbi now.
If anyone has any advice or lives down my way and would be willing to show me how to adjust the float level and fuel mixture and so fourth it would be much appreciated, if not any advice would be great.
She is one step closer to getting back on the road.
If she won't idle she's most likely got some shit in the carby that is blocking or partly blocking some of the jets and most likely in your case the idle tube and idle mixture ports.
These carby's are so easy to work on compared to some multi barrel carbies.
If you've got access to an air compressor and a blower give the carby a good clean externally with a solvent cleaner and then dismantle and clean out the jets with the air blower.Just pull one jet out at a time so nothing gets mixed up.
Check that the pump plunger is giving the venturi area in the carby a good solid squirt of fuel when depressed.
Generally the fuel level will be OK unless a previous owner has fiddled with it and got it wrong.The adjusting tab is hard to bend in general service so it would probably be right.Fuel level should be 5/8 th of an inch from top face of bowl.
Fuel mixture adjustment is easy.Basically just get the motor to normal running temp,choke off and set at idleing speed of around 600 rpm ( doesn't have to be too exact ) and play with the screw until you get the highest idle speed out of it.I then just screw it in until that idle speed just starts to lessen then screw back out just a bit.
Good idea to clean out the crap that may be in the fuel bowl while you are at it.Another must have is an inline fuel filter fitted along the flexible line between end of steel tank line in engine bay and the fuel pump.Another spot to put one would be between fuel pump and carby but you will have to cut the steel fuel line to fit it and make sure if you have to do this that you clean out all the hacksaw filings out of the fuel line when you make the cut.
Best investment you could make at this stage and to save yourself some $$$ and get satisfaction from being able to do it yourself, buy yourself a copy of Gregorys workshop manual number 67 for Holden 1948 to 1968.I had one when I was first playing with old holdens and still at high school and I learn't heaps from it.The knowledge I got from it helped be get a mechanical apprenticeship when I left school.
One more thing.Make sure the fuel in the tank is fresh fuel ( not 10 year old fuel ) as stale fuel will make the engine play up and especially won't idle.
Won't go to much into this but years ago I spent lots of time cleaning out a fuel system to find the problem still there.Fuel didn't smell stale but as a last resort I drained the tank and filled with fresh fuel..... fixed the problem straight away.
The "fresh" fuel that the customer told me that was in the car apparently wasn't as fresh as I was led to believe .
I have got the Gregorys manual and am trying doing most of my work out of it. The carby is a new one as i had to replace the old one as it had been cross threaded at some stage and was leaking fuel. I will work on the float level and idle speed as you have suggested.
In regards to the fuel, when i still had the old carby on i drained the tank and pushed the old fuel through and then filled it up with new fuel so it should be right i Hope...
I will give it another crack tomorow night and work out of the manual.
Might have to sneak out though as the fiance thinks im getting more interested in the car than her.
The fuel we have these days, anything over 2 weeks is pretty much stale. A insight which is often overlooked.
Try this simple test, grab 10mls of fuel, then ignite it, wait til it burns out and look how much contaminated residue is left over. And were paying top dollar for the rubbish.
Hi Richard, great car & welcome! I spoke with Pamela about the car when it was advertised. Pam had some great stories like washing the car with the sprinkler while the children were playing under it.
I have noticed the factory finished cars are pulling more & more attention in the collectors & resale market. I would not paint the car if I had it.
If it was a guitar & one removed the factory finish, it would lose half it's value & I see cars heading the same way!
Pam must have told you same story as me, she was a lovely lady that really loved her car. Apparently after Pam sold the car to me she had prople ringing her up and abusing her for taking the car of ebay, not nice.
In regards to painting i am confused by all the people telling me not to paint her but the thing is that i am worried about is the slight rust she has and also whilst the car was stored in the garage it had blankets on it which has caused the paint to sweat and flake off on both front doors and the front quater panels. I realy dont want it to get any worse that is why i was thinking about getting the car painted.
I didnt really buy the car to make money i bought it to keep for a number of years and enjoy and drive around and show it off.
I can put some photos up of the paint and am happy to get suggestions as to what peolpe would do.
Now that i have the motor going the next thing that i will be doing is the brakes as they have been dry for a number of years, once this is done the suspension will come, does anyone know what the actual original specification were in regards to height and so fourth when replacing the suspension?
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Right Head Light
Rear right where repairs were done a long time ago
Little bit of rust
Same repairs as above
Right hand side where paint has sweated and is very brittle
Left Front door paint sweat
Close Up
Slight rust front left upper guard
Any advice as to whether i can repair this would be appreciated.
to be honest i dont think its factory paint in a lot of spot cos i dont think it would flake off in that manor .. and looking at the pic there is a bit of cancer fidding under the surface .. so matching the old with the new will be a hard task ..
I think i would like to as it would be so difficult to match the paint on a car of this age unless the there is someone that someone may recommend who could do this job?
