Month May 2013

found some more rust when we removed the tail lights…oddly again on the driver side and in behind the light fitting itself, which was really weird cause the rubber seals on the light were in good nick so we sanded… Continue Reading →

Connor and I started sanding down the body last weekend, and its going to take a few weekends worth of work to get it rubbed back ready for undercoat… Connor got right into it and loved working with the Electric… Continue Reading →

Pulled off the Bumpers as part of the prep of the body and found they have surface rust pretty bad on the backs of them Im not sure how to treat them so open to suggestions

Ok Connor and I started on the Rust repairs last weekend and got a fair amount done.. striped back around the rust holes in the door and sill and treated it with rust converter we found that after removing the… Continue Reading →

ok this thing is going to be the bain of my existence 🙁     as you can see its beyond repair…  and i attempted to remove it and ended up with as you can see there wasnt much left… Continue Reading →

ok the ultimate plan would be to restore her as a weekend driver and show car… who am i kidding i don’t have that sort of money! so for now the plan is to do the following: Remove the Rust… Continue Reading →

ok after getting her home and giving her a clean we have gone thru her to see how bad she is… Engine Ok mechanically we found that it idle’s really roughly and seems to be running really rich… and it… Continue Reading →

Ok we got her home and the first thing we did was give her a good wash down and a go over inside to get rid of a lot of dust etc from a distance she looked rather good apart… Continue Reading →