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Started pulling the front offmanaged to snap the heads off both stabiliser dumb iron mounts. saved one long bumper bolt lol. The grille and stone guard came off with no drama. Drivers bumper iron slightly deformed. everything else just needs a good clean and polish.

Have to replace passenger dumb ironI think the driver side is ok


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Sub frame skirt isn’t too badThe appendixTjis is what came outand it’s still coming out. At least it’s dry.


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More stuff an unused bandaid!


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Some more terrific progress the Clay.
She is looking really good and I am looking forward to seeing plates on her.

I have to admit after (still) reading old posts of rebuilds and this one, that these cars suffered so badly with rust & corrosion.
It is almost like the old joke “they come standard with rust from the factory” isnt actually a joke. It’s fair dinkum.

I am amazed that the cars were still driving happily around, without any dramas, with the front end literally hanging in by a thread.

Has anyone seen a roadgoing FB / EK break in half or the front end comeaway from the body shell?

Ric.

Errol62 wrote: Sat Aug 04, 2018 6:21 pm an unused bandaid!

The mice mustn't have cut themselves when they made a nest from those paper scraps and NASCO rust.

Cheers,
Harv

The WW Stromberg carb I bought appears to be from a 253The butterflies have some rust but it is all there at least. The current carb isn’t atomising very nicely on throttle blip. Rather than bother with it I thought I would overhaul the Wws, so I’ve ordered a kit. I probably should have just gone to car parts plus.


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Trying different wheels on the front. Got a pair of seven inch jelly beans with 4” backspace. They clear the tie rod end but still foul the upper control arm on turn in. Tried the six inch chromes off my old sedan no problem. Rafferty polished up a hubcap to try on.


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Bloody Cassandra


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lost for words


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Bloody hell Clay, looks like you're in the same boat as me, and many others before us. Gonna be a little longer before we're back on the road.

On the bright side, you can show us more pic's as to how you fix it

Have fun mate.

Cheers,

John

Shit Clay that looks a little nasty mate I suppose it is better you find it now though.

I feel your hurt mate keep the pics coming though.

Neil

It isn’t that bad compared to the van. Firewall needs a cleanup and patch. Subframe skirt will be a bit more work. Just a pain that I have to split it.


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Ouch

The other side looks good. Can’t believe all the body schutz. Could this be factory?


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