SO!
Last week my parents drove their car down to Wauchope, NSW to pick up the Monster. With nothing but a car trailer and a few pieces of rope they made the journey home to Bathurst at 80km/h averaging 16L per 100k (sometimes 22 up hills) which is a fair difference from the norm (usually averages around 9.5l/100 on the highway - 2010 manual SS). All went well and everything arrived safely with no damage to either car (other than an overworked fuel pump
).
Since then my mum has made contact with a gentleman from Richmond, NSW, who is apparently known as the "Z Man" (if you are on this forum then make yourself known) and yesterday travelled there to pick up a bonnet, some badges and some front panels as replacements for the ones that had been damaged prior to us owning it.
I got home yesterday from my 2 week holiday in NZ and this morning my father and I removed the radiator, the front panels and the engine so that we can start getting ready to sand, prime and paint (once the panels are all off). While this is happening we will service the engine and check all of the anchor points.
In the previous photo, the Monster has a big duck-tail wing. We have removed said wing and front splitter in favour of the original panels.
For clarification, when the 308 went in, the previous owner did not cut any part of the body and reused the engine mounts as well as the alternator, this allows us to leave all of the original wiring unchanged and (hopefully) problems will be avoided. A few things that have created a bit of concern are the battery placement, the original spot would be fine, but the engine creates too much heat and destroys the battery after a short drive. the previous owner had the battery way out in front of the radiator though we think that this would impair turn-in and balance and have decided that moving the battery to the cargo area would be best. Does anybody have any thoughts in this? is it common? we know how to do it and in our minds it makes sense though I figure if I ask then we will know for sure.
Here are some photos
P.S. I'd say we will join the BLCC ffor sure
if can be careful enough not to stack it.
