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Re: Red Rattler Revamp
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 10:23 am
by FireKraka
Love the nutsert idea of holding the kick panel in mate.
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Re: Red Rattler Revamp
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 9:24 pm
by Mick
be carefull of jigsaws
Ouch
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Re: Red Rattler Revamp
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2024 12:32 am
by Blacky
Red Rattler Revamp
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2024 12:44 am
by Blacky
Like a glove
Then got stuck into the parcel shelf - fortunately I had a certain 2 door in the shed that I could use as a template
Went with 9mm MDF so I can sit the old parcel shelf over the top if I find it - God knows where it has gone …….marked it out, trimmed the corners and found the parcel shelf has a kick up at the back which needed addressing so out came the plane and trimmed it up to fit
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Re: Red Rattler Revamp
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2024 12:54 am
by Blacky
Re: Red Rattler Revamp
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2024 12:45 am
by Blacky
Door cards arrived today so I removed the trim off the old cards and transferred them over to the new ones , was a bit warm in the shed even though I didn’t get in there until nearly 6pm
Old cards were pretty crusty -
Removed the foam , reglued it all and they are sitting with weights on them to try and get it all to bond together
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Re: Red Rattler Revamp
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2024 12:52 am
by Blacky
Was looking at all the leftover MDF and thought I might have a go at making a console seeing as there is no cup holders plus I need somewhere to mount speakers and a couple more gauges so I did a bit of CAD work
Then cut a side out
Fettled it into shape so it follows the floor and finishes where I want it to finish under the dash then used it as a template for the other side - I am assuming here that both sides are the same even though it’s almost a certain bet they won’t be
That’s as far as I got tonight- play will resume tomorrow hopefully then on the bird Wednesday off to site for a few days
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Re: Red Rattler Revamp
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2024 9:41 am
by 62ekute
geez Blacky, with all those new gizmos you'll need something like this...
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Re: Red Rattler Revamp
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2024 3:02 pm
by Blacky
62ekute wrote:geez Blacky, with all those new gizmos you'll need something like this...
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More like this I think ……..
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Re: Red Rattler Revamp
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2024 9:23 am
by Blacky
Well Tuesday night didn’t happen nor any other night until play resumed yesterday-was working in sunny Onslow where it tends to get a little bit warm
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Outa there thank God and back into it , continued the console build ,cut the passenger side to fit then decided they needed to have a bend so made a couple of wedges, tipped some hot water over them , clamped them up and put them out in the sun to dry
While I was waiting for that to dry I mounted and wired up the horns and the fan , put the grille in and now the front of the car is back together
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Re: Red Rattler Revamp
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2024 9:26 am
by Blacky
Then I put the underlay and the carpet back in and continued with the console- made a couple of braces to hold it together and sat it in there -
And that’s about it for today
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Re: Red Rattler Revamp
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2024 10:14 am
by FireKraka
Now you’re getting there mate, console looks very tidy.
When’s the key turning ceremony
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you must be getting very close.
Re: Red Rattler Revamp
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2024 1:15 am
by Blacky
Yet more wires today, sorted out the non functioning Numberplate lights, made a gauge panel and installed and wired up a boost and AFR gauge
Then threw a battery in and that’s where the fun began , spent the rest of the day sorting out various dramas and getting things working.
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Put the blower back on and got as much done as we could because we are going to try and fire it up on Wednesday night
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Re: Red Rattler Revamp
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:14 pm
by basic.green
Re: Red Rattler Revamp
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2024 10:54 pm
by Errol62
Hell yeah!!
FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie