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  1. #121
    Quote Originally Posted by L31 Sandman View Post
    Grant, you are doing an awsome job! I think i need to come to your place with the inner guards and rear sway bar real soon! Like real soon!! I thought the van was a 7/76 not an 8/76?
    PLEASE...I will need them soon. Fridge is stocked
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  2. #122
    18-08-1976 was the build date Holden supplied on a certificate they sent to me but the ID plate says 07/76. Whats a month over 37 years
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    Excellent work, real progress.
    "Proud To Be An Old Fart".

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    Time to do a bit more on the panels

    The doors I got a while back had good fames and quit sound. The only prblem was there was rust spots on the lower section and in some places made small holes. I saw there was lower door repair sections available and was thinking this was the way to go



    unpicking the lower door section



    the inside was only light surface rust and red dirt it was from a country NSW ute



    the inside of the door after cleaning and a bit oF rust neutralizer



    Stitching on the new repair panel


    So..... after doing both doors and battling with panels that "sorta" fit, too long, bad curves yada yada, I wasnt happy with the centre join which was going to be 2x thick steel and too much bog.... I scrapped them, off to the recycles
    Last edited by Grunt; 06-05-2017 at 11:20 PM.
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    Good doors for these cars are getting harder and harder to find

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    I needed to find some good doors and located a pair from a HJ Statesman, very sound and been in storage for a few years but you dont really know what you have until you start stripping them down.





    After some paint stripper



    a little rust in the passanger side bottom, more patches





    Drivers door had a dodgy section at the bottom where it had rusted between the rubber and the door, the inside of the doors is sound



    I am very happy with these doors, small ding on the front of one but they are awesome condition for their age.

    Had to also grind off the trim tabs being statesman and weld up the trim screw holes







    here is a trap I didnt think about, being Statesman door they had no holes for winders so I had to drill the winder hole and 1x screw hole
    Last edited by Grunt; 06-05-2017 at 11:25 PM.
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    Spraying time, doors stripped back both sides and few other bits



    Its been a bet wet and cold around here lately so sprayed them in the garage, hade up a bit of a spray booth to keep over spray down





    Last edited by Grunt; 06-05-2017 at 11:27 PM.
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  8. #128
    see what other surprises I can find when I strip some other panels







    The prize lower tailgate that came with the car had an inch of bog in it so it had become a temporary work bench.

    Told a mate about the tail gate and he told me he had one in storage that he found on the hard garbage about 10 years ago and said I could have it.
    I dont think it could have been worse than the one I had.



    Turns out to be new never fitted in factory black primer. Its a ute version so I notched the corners, what a find, what a price, thanks David
    Last edited by Grunt; 06-05-2017 at 11:30 PM.
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  9. #129
    before the body meets the chassis again time to do a little engine work. I have learnt the engine was freshened up not so long ago so I planned to put a cam in and change the inlet manifold. The cam I picked is a Wade 242a. The 2x timing chain was already installed and there looks to be some minor port woirk done to the heads







    also installed a Scorcher electronic distributor
    Last edited by Grunt; 06-05-2017 at 11:31 PM.
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  10. #130
    The big day has arrived where the Body meets the chassis again.... been a long time coming







    new body rubbers



    wheels back on




    For those interested these were the lifting points I used in the cabin






    nearly there



    All back together. I was very surprised how easy it was to line up
    Last edited by Grunt; 06-05-2017 at 11:34 PM.
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