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cheers guys!

dave, got the chrome done at ferntree gully platers. got onto it through my uncle who had his buick chrome done there. the guy does a good job
and i'll be taking it everywhere to show it off! haha i'd bring it this week if it was legal to drive with no panels while sitting on a garden chair!

That is looking super nice

Damn!!!! Chrome looks good... gotta be happy with that.

i like the silver paint in the engine bay, not as expensive as chrome but still looks good

haha the chrome pretty much blew the budget so the $15 can of silver from bursons was the next best thing

dash is all back in and everything is wired up now




getting the next generation started early!


went for it's first spin! dad stole the honours but i managed to only stall it 3 times getting it back in the shed!!


almost there...sort of


quick scrub.



all up, a very exciting day! got more chrome back yesterday (door handles, bonnet bird, headlight rims etc.) and painted a few other bits and pieces ready to go back on

ITS SHMEAGAIN LOOKING GOOD

haven't updated in awhile, the parents have been off gallivanting around the south pacific so not much has been done. thought i'd post some progress from the weekend though


slowly getting a bit more colour on it




i'm in charge of the bootlid my great bog job is nearly done


got a new drivers door off a friend, realised it was a ute one once we got it but dad's going to be doing a bit of modifying


and all the hinges are back on so dad put the door on to adjust it and didn't even need to in the end

I'm sure the old bog i dug out of mine is worse. Did you know rust doesn't actually need to be repaired? you can just bog it up...or mix glue and sand and use that.

thanks for the pix, getting there!

Hey SheilaShoe
That's going to be one quality car when it's finished.
There is a lot of love, blood, sweat and talent poured into that car.
What a lucky FB!
May all FB'S be reborn into a family of such talent.
Well done.
Can't wait to see the end result.
GAZ

Cheers Gaz, appreciate the comments dad built his first car at 18 as well so we're sticking with the family tradition

i come bearing updates
haven't posted anything in awhile but the shed is still getting a workout.
all the body work/filling is finished now and we're onto the second coat of hi-fill on all the panels so we're slowly getting there! hoepfully we'll be on to colour the weekend after next so it's all getting very exciting now




got my wheels and tyres all ready to go


my uncle has done most of the body filling so i guess i owe him a pretty good christmas pressie this year


seat belts are all ready to go in.






the sunshine brought us outside today




moved the battery into the boot in preparation for the new engine when mr plod says i'm allowed to have it.


ready to be rubbed down...again


got my carpet this week too. my puppy has adopted it as his new sleeping mat though so it wont be long before i have shag pile

so we are slowly but surely getting there still on track to be on the road by christmas, very exciting!
shelley

Cool, can't say I blame you for going outside today. Great day for drying panels. Progressing nicely.

Looking good, love where you put the battery .