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Have to agree look'n great, just had a quick reread, the SCW f/e part amused me, exactly the same for me, except for the God DBogga bit, no coilovers, no pads, that was after 18mths, back in 2018/19 so at least things have improved a little.
Keep up the good work.
Cheers

briby wrote:Have to agree look'n great, just had a quick reread, the SCW f/e part amused me, exactly the same for me, except for the God DBogga bit, no coilovers, no pads, that was after 18mths, back in 2018/19 so at least things have improved a little.
Keep up the good work.
Cheers

Hahaha I actually said to Tim last night looking at the front end all complete and powder coated looking pretty almost makes you forget about how much of a pain in the arse he was to deal with.

How does yours drive with the front end? I’m interested to see how it handles.


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Cause it took so long i needed a front end to mount the motor/trans so bought a CRS unit & left that in, Blacky bought the SCW unit.

briby wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2025 12:55 pm Cause it took so long i needed a front end to mount the motor/trans so bought a CRS unit & left that in, Blacky bought the SCW unit.

............. and I traded it as part of the deal to buy an FJ ute - it now lives under an EK ute in Perth. I wish I still had it as I need another now to put under the 2 door....... that's why I was asking about the Street Machine garage ones - I have yet to find anyone who has bought one let alone driven one

Bitta jam on the fire wall and some more epoxy on the front end and boot floor after deoxodine and easy phos treatments. Even got the supervisor on the tools










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Jeezus, what happened to that fence ??????

Blacky wrote:Jeezus, what happened to that fence ??????

A few off side drives….

Was the previous owners feral kids.

We never bothered fixing it because… kids..

When they learn to kick like they aren’t playing for the dockers and can hit their old man ol the tit we will replace some panels


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Hard at it this weekend. Potential cyclone impending which means I can really afford to waste any fine weather time.

Put some filler and seam sealer on the subframe in areas it needed. Put the boss to work again much to her disgust.

Managed to get it all resealed in a final coat of epoxy and 2 coats of 2K satin black.

I’m not a panel beater or a painter. In fact this is the type of work I enjoy the least but it seemed to turn out ok. Good enough for what I’m trying to achieve anyway (tidy street car).

I’m between coats drying I pulled the diff housing out, cleaned up the bits I needed to reuse from the old brakes and assembled the diff so fit a breather, fill it up and it’s good to chuck in the car for the final time.















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Satisfying result is the reward, but yeah….


FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie

Well the cyclone up here cost me a weekend of progress which sucked.

Have been trying to make up some time. Thankfully paint and body work is done. Epoxied, seam sealed, areas visibility sealed, final coat of epoxy then final finishes on top. Anything external got raptor anything interna/visible done in 2K.

Doing things so that if down the track I want to do body work and paint on the outside of the car it’s pretty much minimised to a closed door respray.

With the protection of modern products and the fact this car will be very well looked after and maintained its should pretty much outlive me now.










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Looking good. Did you have to reinforce the fenderwell header cutouts?

Cheers,
Harv

Harv wrote:Looking good. Did you have to reinforce the fenderwell header cutouts?

Cheers,
Harv

That subframe has been chopped and modified heavily to get everything to fit. Hasn’t been mentioned to date as an issue. Biggest concern so far has been clearance issues.

Big day today, subframe mounted. Was a bit of a mongrel and working with stuff your trying not to scratch adds complexity.

Fuel lines in, tailshaft loop in, front end in, brake booster in, power steering in. Engine and trans in, shifter mounted, ac compressor mounted.

Going together really well. Fresh finishes, new hardware and fasteners looking like a new car. Rewarding part of the build for sure.










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just like a big green and black Meccano set ....... should be driving it next weekend

Blacky wrote:just like a big green and black Meccano set ....... should be driving it next weekend

It sure is!! We’ve had this together and apart that many times figuring out how to get everything to fit and be functional/serviceable. You forget how small/limited for space you are with these cars when you dump a V8 in them let alone all the other mod cons like power steering, aircon etc

A bit more back in to end the weekend. A productive couple of days.

Back up to site for a few swings Wednesday and Tims back to his day job after a few months off Monday so progress (and the haemorrhaging of my bank account) will slow down a bit but it’s going together nicely now.












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