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Looks very similar to the AAW kit I bought for my '57 , top quality gear

Yeah it seems to be bloody good... Tons of instructions etc... Never had any issues following wiring diagrams or anything so should be pretty pissed off if I get it wrong come d-day Also this photos for me.... Since I've never seen my car like this...



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Nathan

a little bit of custom work...



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Nathan

why did I bother with a six?,i shoulda done the v8 thing
looking grouse

So having to move the alternator to the drivers side due to the air con so went with an early commodore set up and modified the adjuster bracket slightly and all good... Also bolted up a set of laser cut exhaust flanges to start work on some log headers.



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Nathan

Mick Jagger wrote:
why did I bother with a six?,i shoulda done the v8 thing
looking grouse

yeah if yor a handy person and can do some nutting out and welding and you are doing a red conversion that needs engineering it isn't really alot more work to go V8, and i don't know about other states but in NSW we are starting to get raped with the cost of engineering so might aswell go for as big as you can

pretty much nothing much different from doing a 6 install except maybe the exhaust to be honest... pretty much as you told me before Mick.

spacing's are a bit finer but no rocket science

hoping my Radiator rocks up this week and then apart from the exhaust and a sump the engine bay can almost be torn down and welding finished off in that regards... this list is getting shorter in regards to getting it to paint!

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Nathan

Managed to get some bits ordered and some work done in the car... Found some MDF I had lying around so knocked out a simple parcel tray



And made up some mounts for the AC condenser so I can now order some fans, thinking of going with some low profile SPAL units from everything I've read... Anyone have any recommendations of others (needs to be low profile due to space)



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Nathan

are the fans mounting on the front of the condenser or behind the radiator ?

In front mate... Amazing how much extra room an ac system actually takes up

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Nathan

well got the fans ordered today, a couple of SPAL low profile ones, sound do the trick.

in ticking things of the list i started looking at making the fuel inlet pipe... however bending where it needed to bend from where i welded in the wagon inlet didn't give me much grade over the whole length... quick decision and we decided to cut off and weld up the stock position of the tank and move it so we can run a straight pipe with a reasonable grade, a 45deg bend in to the tank and will put a unleaded restrict flap valve (mainly for the non return fact) for added safety. tanks been dry for ages, fume tested it with a lighter







should have it sorted in the next week or 2.

mounted up a moon tacho also, old school style.



pretty much it till next time... probably look at getting my under dash panel housing all the ac vents / controls, radio, extra gauges etc... mocked up and cut out which will be another major item off the list.

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Nathan

nice work Nathan

Not sure if this will help Nathan but its a pic of how I did mine, I also used the SPAL fans, recessed the radiator into the support and welded on locators to the bonnet striker, and the bottom locators on the fans fitted perfectly into holes in the stone guard (or what ever its called) that the grill bolts to. Works a treat for my 308 (stock as a rock).

Cheers Mark

Sweet! Keep the progress coming!

Are you going to the GM day?

cheers marko... thats something to consider the ac condenser throws a spanner in there so what other people have done definitely helps when looking at it.

which fans did you use if you know the model no's... would just be curious is all.

probably not man i got an arvo game of baseball so that pretty much screws up my day... annoying as i wanted to get there.

hopefully get the fuel pipe sorted next week...

now you sold your car you have the funds for the chev hey hows it riding now with the lowering?

cheers
Nathan