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Trev wrote:Don't know why the pics don't come up in your posts, I just copied them and submitted them in mine and they worked .

Same here

Steve -

The car had a 149 when I got it, with the original crashbox in it. When it started blowing a tonne of smoke, I figured rather than a rebuild, since it was registered with a red anyways, I'd get a 186 put into it.

I got Greg out at Holdies to do the swap-over for me, and was really happy with the motor - it had great compression on all cylinders.

Then the gearbox shat itself, so it got a new 3-speed put in from an HQ, but of course the tunnel needed to be bigger to fit it, hence the butchering job to get it in - I told Greg since it was getting carpet over the top of it anyways I wasn't too fussed about it being neat under there.



Wish I'd had the room, resources and knowledge to restore it when I owned it, but as you saw when you picked her up, there's only room for ONE classic car in the garage, and Joy's Valiant had that position long before I came along.

Keep the pics coming though Steve - it makes me VERY happy to see such a great resurrection!



- Adam

HI ADAM YEAH THE TUNNEL WORKED WELL BUT HAD NOT MUCH CLEARANCE AND IM LIFTING THE REAR OF THE BOX UP SLIGHTLY .THE CAR IS GONNA BE NICE AND LOW SO DONT WANNA HAVE CROSSMEMBER DRAGGIN ON THE GROUND.YEAH THAT VALIANT IS PRETTY COOLREGARDS STEVE

Welcome Steve, great work so far on rear rubber looks killer!

love the story of the old timer ,have been watching it since the start,great story and history there

thanks Steve. yeah the blasting was the way to go...made things a lot clearer.

Looks like you have nailed the stance on this one. I'm sure Adam will be itching go to for a cruise with you when it's finished.

Also have changed a few preferences in your user account to see if we can get those piccies happening.

Stewart

Trev wrote:

this doesn't look like it was a bad shell till somebody tampered with the roof

top job yor doing BAT gotta luv big US's i'de like to put them on mine but don't wanna muck around doing the tubbing thing

HI RAT HAVE GOT A PAIR OF 15X8 WESTERNS BUT THEY DONT HAVE A LOT OF DISH .YEAH THAT SHELL WOULDNT HAVE GOT THE CHOP IFF IT WERE MINE,BUT I ONLY HAD TO CUT OUT THE SILLS AND PARCEL SHELF FOR THE GUY THAT OWNED IT AND I GOT TO KEEP THE REST,WAS PRETTY HAPPY WITH THAT BUT HERES THE KICKER[IMG]http://i826.photobucket.com/albums/zz18 ... CT0002.jpg[/IMG]

ValleyMistEK wrote:Joy's Valiant had that position long before I came along.

That Valiant ended up being a life saver , are you getting it fixed or is it time for another EK Adam?

COURTESY OF A RUNNAWAY FARM IMPLEMENT

PM sent Trev!

And if anyone else is wondering what he's on about, you can see pics here.

ValleyMistEK wrote:PM sent Trev!

And if anyone else is wondering what he's on about, you can see pics here.

fark that's some serious damdge bet that baby seat is the best money you've spent, did yor daughter suffer any injuries ?

BAT re: the 1/4 pics that'll do it every time

Wow Adam,

Hope everyone walked away unscathed.

Nice to see your old girl getting some new life breathed into her as well.

Keep up the good work Bat.

Love those rear wheels, nice job.

ValleymistEK - that Valiant is a legend to save your loved one, could have been so much worse.

Adam , looked like she was a real tidy old girl bfore the prang.