Slowly making a start on my new hz xx7 project

[rathyhg]

I got a lil more done on the weekend
Fuel tank before


Fuel tank is in.



Engine and gear box finally sitting in.

[Valencia]

Ok i have to ask why is the tank 2 tone

[78 sin bin]

probably a dumb question... i have an engine which was painted bright green...i want strip the paint because i'm pretty certain its not heat proof paint n paint it a different colour. did u strip down n paint your engine or leave it togeher as it stands now and paint it? what did you use to remove the old paint?

[rathyhg]

The paint on my engine was pretty good already and came off easy. The heads were already raw. I pressure cleaned the engine and wire wheeled the paint off, put a new gasket kit through the engine then prep'd and painted it. The manifold and timing cover were sandblasted and clear coated before assembled.
As for the tank I seen someone do the two tone before and liked it. i just don't want a sea of black under the car.

[RodneyHZ253]

Looks good that's a great start the diff would be other than HZ because for Hz the plates for the stabiliser bar would be weld on not bolt on .Thats not to say it won't work correctly and Iam not trying to be picky

[micks_sandman]

Looking Great

[hainzy]

Looks great so far. Going to be another top quality mysandman build!

[Vombil]

Bunny ears on diff suggests sedan or wagon but I stand to be. Corrected

Hanging to see what you do with the body! Very nice standard of work dude

[Innuendo]

Bunny ears on diff suggests sedan or wagon but I stand to be. Corrected

Bunny ears with bush holes are Sedan. No bush hole equal commercial.

[wbute]

Bunny ears with bush holes are Sedan. No bush hole equal commercial.

I just went and checked Ozboxs thread on diffs. Holes with bushes equals sedan. There were plenty with holes but no bushes on commercial vehicles from the factory apparently.
So commercials had diffs with no lugs, lugs with no holes and lugs with holes but no bushes inserted.