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Did you end up useing my spare Door mate? ???

 

BTW - it was looking good when I saw it last night! :P

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My brake never cool down  ::) ::) Lurch unless I following  you  ;D

Rev it look great mate. yet another great car to add to your congregation

regards

Bruce 

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I guess in theme it will 'look' like his however will more than likely perform more like what it really is a 'freshened' L26 with a manual conversion!

  • 2 weeks later...
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Well today was the day and color went on!  with a nice day and the spray booth ready (home made) I shot 3 coats of color and 3 coats of clear.  Still have to do the black hood and flares and then put it all back together including motor and gearbox but this has broken the back of it all....it's all downhill from here!

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looks good, but ur making the rest of us look lazy...

 

is it much effort to take the front and rear windows out? and do u need to replace the seals if you do?

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Hey Evan, normally you have to replace the seals as they are hard and unusable and not pliable enough to get back in.  the beauty of this car is that they were only just replaced and nice and pliable.

rev.

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looks very good Rev. and not just saying it. been there done that so i know how much effort was put in to get it lookin like that.

 

cant wait to see the outside the shed shot.

 

LOL about home made spray booth. sounds and looks so familiar.

 

so is your lad going to be driving this one or is this Daves toy #2?

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I think it will be dave's toy #2 for a few months and then it will be for sale to pay for the finish of the other Zed.

Rev

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Hey Dave,

 

You should go into business specialising in restoring 2+2's. Everyone restores 2 seaters, its an untapped market. Great work by the way mate.

 

Cheers,

Add

  • 1 month later...
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Update time! well it's been a lot of finding stuff and reassembly! it's so far coming up real nice as I've been able to sort most of what i need, here's a few pics.  manual conversion has been done as far as pedal box to Master cylinder, gearbox is sitting on the shed floor waiting to be bolted on and then motor in, fuel tank, lower the springs and....(there's always an and at then end of any project!) ;D

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love your work Dave.

 

another hot 2+2 destined for good times on the road once again. thanks to the saviour Revrendzed.  ;D

 

hey u may end up one day as Saint Zed  :P

  • 1 month later...
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well things have been moving along BUT not without some hiccups!  with the help of a very tall friend (again!) I got the old motor stripped down and the old Auto trans off.  Then with all of the great tuition I have had lately, I got the new manual box on, motor swinging nicely on the hoist, almost in and.... :o someone had changed the engine mounts to accommodate some other motor!!! So engine out again and back to the drawing board!  Thank God for the 'parts car'!  I had to remove the cross member from that car and the resto and swap them around and then once again have a go at fitting the motor..this time ;D everything was where it was meant to be! so tomorrow it should be tailshaft in and fuel tank in.  Carbs and exhaust to be fitted and then we should be O.K to turn the key!

Rev.

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I just found that I don't have the bolts that go through the gearbox support bracket....any suggestions?

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