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« Reply #30 on: May 05, 2019, 09:38:02 am » |
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Cheers dude. Once all the boring rust repairs were done we had a nice blank canvas to do the more fun creative stuff.
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« Reply #31 on: May 05, 2019, 21:51:42 pm » |
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I wanted to change the delux headliner to the small 1200 type and was told i would have to drill out some spot welds to remove the headliner holding strips. After stripping out the old headlining i realised its not that simple as 67 and later bugs had tabs punched out of the body on the C-posts. These needed to be cut out and welded individually(18 of them) [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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« Reply #32 on: May 05, 2019, 21:56:39 pm » |
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« Reply #33 on: May 06, 2019, 16:43:42 pm » |
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Next up trim removal and welding up all the trim holes. Love the look of dechromed cal look cars. [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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« Reply #34 on: May 06, 2019, 16:49:26 pm » |
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« Reply #35 on: May 10, 2019, 22:44:05 pm » |
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Some changes to the dash now. Blanking off the speaker grills to take some VDO gauges. Used a part of an old glove box lid as it already had the correct curve. [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] Grinding the welds down.This is the space we have to work in if its raining outside  [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] |
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« Reply #36 on: May 10, 2019, 22:53:43 pm » |
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Welded and holes cut [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] With inserts [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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« Reply #37 on: May 10, 2019, 23:01:32 pm » |
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And gauges ,although the gauge layout changed twice more before I was finally happy with it. More of that later... [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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« Reply #38 on: May 11, 2019, 01:39:35 am » |
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Will be moving to London soon and hope to have something old to drive around - following with interest!
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« Reply #39 on: May 11, 2019, 11:21:49 am » |
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Never noticed the front valance mod- love those details - thanks for sharing
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« Reply #40 on: May 11, 2019, 17:54:56 pm » |
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Very cool build, I love the attention to detail...
Gesendet von meinem EVA-L09 mit Tapatalk
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« Reply #41 on: May 11, 2019, 20:38:18 pm » |
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Really nice car ! I dig the eyebrow vents on the rear decklid. First time I saw them, was in a feature of Ricki Riyat black cal-looker in february '98. Volksworld issue.  |
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« Reply #42 on: May 11, 2019, 20:53:54 pm » |
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Thanks for the kind words everyone. Ricki’s 67 was a very cool car
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« Reply #43 on: May 11, 2019, 22:11:11 pm » |
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welding up the center heater vent [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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« Reply #44 on: May 11, 2019, 22:20:22 pm » |
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and glove box lid trim holes [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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« Reply #45 on: May 11, 2019, 22:34:43 pm » |
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Discs in place for welding up the grab handle holes [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] filing down a small amount of lead after teaching myself how to do lead loading [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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« Reply #46 on: May 16, 2019, 20:28:13 pm » |
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What a great thread, can't wait to see all the other touches
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« Reply #47 on: May 17, 2019, 21:33:29 pm » |
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Next we wanted to weld up the ashtray so that the ignition barrel could be relocated to the centre with switches for the fuel pump and magneto kill either side. I like symmetry  [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] This is the area that needs cutting out [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] Plate made and tacked in [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] |
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« Reply #48 on: May 17, 2019, 21:38:32 pm » |
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« Reply #49 on: May 17, 2019, 21:45:49 pm » |
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Switches and ignition installed [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] and the gauges back in [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] looks ok but needs more gauges...
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« Reply #50 on: May 26, 2019, 17:50:17 pm » |
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decided to fit a tach so needed to weld up the holes i'd already cut so it could be re-cut for 3 gauges [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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« Reply #51 on: May 26, 2019, 17:57:52 pm » |
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and the same with the insert [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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« Reply #52 on: May 26, 2019, 18:07:31 pm » |
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[ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] looks better but somethings still not right. Maybe a little unbalanced. So we welded up the hole on the left side and in the left insert and re-cut both for one more gauge
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« Reply #53 on: May 26, 2019, 18:11:58 pm » |
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« Reply #54 on: May 26, 2019, 19:26:02 pm » |
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I couldn’t be arsed with making all the wiring look neat on mine. Nice work.
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« Reply #55 on: May 26, 2019, 21:50:56 pm » |
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At this point i hadn't even thought about the wiring. Although i think i was more surprised than anyone how well the wiring turned out considering i'd never wired a car before
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« Reply #56 on: May 26, 2019, 22:00:08 pm » |
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[ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] All steel eyebrow decklid that the Paintbox had knocked up for me [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] although it could have ended up like this [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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« Reply #57 on: June 01, 2019, 22:40:19 pm » |
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nice little job of welding up the aerial hole [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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« Reply #58 on: June 01, 2019, 22:53:07 pm » |
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Lucas indicators fitted to my Day moulding front wings. Cant remember who told me the trick of drawing a line from the headlight mounting screw to the top of the bumper slot for perfect positioning of the center of the lucas lamp [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] Notice i was still going with sloping headlights at this time [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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« Reply #59 on: June 07, 2019, 22:27:40 pm » |
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More rot in the usual places that needed cutting out [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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