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ok guys i have had this old girl about 6 weeks .. ill slip up some pics of her as i go .. she has a lot of cancer and i got it 4 the challange .. lol
bear in mind i have not worked on a car for 20 years and gee i wish i still had my GTS Monaro now i see what there going for ..

ok here she is as i got her still regisitered then and drivable . fitter with HR disk front end red motor and hadfield chassis

I like the colour of it. Cancer can be fixed(sometimes) good luck with her. Cheers Mark

ok lets see where do we start .. she came with lots of spare most stuff the complete her ..

ill toss up a few images of the cancer

Sills both in about the same state .. A and B colums with matching rust



fire wall , both sides match also // the sub frame is not orginal look at her she has some work done on her in the early 90's going by the date painted on kick panel wall .. 9/91



The ususal guard rust and guess what the right side is not matching in good nick ..



Dog legs both matching




some nice holes chopped in fire wall .. hmm i think so they could fitter extractors



Front floors matching .. the rears are not to bad some minor pin holes but i havent stripped the rear floors yet so who knows





lots of rust around rear window .. i undid the 2 screws holding the chrome and the window fell out ..




well theres more but thats enough for now .. D

looks like a bit of work mate but not near past it just lots a time and money and it will turn out nice i like that colour i had a mate that had one like that at a place near goulburn nsw twelve years back thanks for the reminder of him buy a mig or tig if you dont already have one and a hammer get some good scrap its a challenge but its not imposible with a few bundy cans the imagination will kick in

ah she well under reno just have not posted pics yet

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Love the flashkit dave, they are so bloody hard to find.

Be sure to throw it back on once the rebuild is done !!!

Some work ahead of you for sure dave.Nothing that cant be fixed though.Been there before.enjoy.

looks like you've got your hands full.
but if you take your time and do it right you'll be able to enjoy it for years.
cheers tom

Hi Guys,

have replaced right sill and column supports and floors to date its coming along ..







I just cut section from the donor part as i didnt have the full sills to replace but as the girl sits on a hadfield chassis im sure that will take a lot of the load .

wow...

SCAAAAARY stuff... glad its you & not me.




matty martin

Hey Dave,

Mate your doing a great job, keep it up and keep the pictures coming, everyone likes pictures.
Looking at your car make me feel very lucky, as my sedan when I got it from a wrecking yard had stuff all rust saving me a lot of extra work.
Also love the side flash.
You can't beat having a donor car to steal from.

Keep up the good work.
Cheers

yeah the flash kits is rather different and will be going back on for sure .. am thinking doing a paint scheme filling in the space btw the flash with a cream colour running up to the roof .. and the body candy apple red so my daughter tells me, i was thinking a soft yellow .. but who am i to agrue with my daughter ..

Mel your car is amazing i was thinking that your will be stripping it for painting so whilst its in the shop u could start a convertable .. that way i can see how it should be done

Karsten yeah i have a mig (loaner) but im not to happy with the results using gas less wire can be very messy finish .. i must prefer my henrob but thats slow going .. sp maybe i need to get some agron for the mig just not sure which way to go just yet.

ok guys heres a few more pics . i welded the holes in fire wall and etch coated the sills and part of floor .. looks like i will be going with gloss floors and apply sound deadner to insides so a quick inspection will alert me to any future problems


New floor welded and a little filler to make it look pretty



a pic ot the sill partial replacement u can see the seam where i oxy welded it in .. a little filler and she will be sweet . did this sill in 3 part replacement section .. the tight side im going to weld the whole piece in 1. i think


and last pic for a week back to work tomorrow .. i work a little like mel 4 on 5 off

this repair of the axe holes in fire wall (see pic in early post ).. have not decided if ill weld the big man hole up or fit a screw on panel .. someone cut the hole for a reason ?



Just waiting for the filler to set on sills .. and a sand and prime ,,

Lots of the wrecks I see have a hole there- I think its for replacing the welsh plug in the back of a grey motor without removing the head.
If it was my car I would weld it up.

Wow, I never thought the car was that bad! I looked over it when the previous owner picked up the trim. I didn't notice the firewall though

Keep up the good work can't wait to see it finished. Candy is good