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The bonnet was smashed at the front so we cut the front off and will use the spare bonnet and some donor metal to rebuild the front.

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Quiet here in Ballarat cause of the cold but Dale picked up his old school "Jellybean" 5 slots and i shot a trace coat onto the car.

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Well here i am stealing my own (Dalee's) thread again. As dale mentioned the motor in Yellow is shot and in need of oil rings and such so i got onto the parts car that he bought off BenZed and had a go at getting the old girl fired up in my usual fashion... here's the result on You Tube.

 

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Its alive.  Rego expired in 1999 and the two previous two owners didn't run it.  Mind you I have had it for 3yrs and I had never even bothered to try.

Parts required

3 car batteries

fuel pump

adj oil pump

elec disy

fuel line

fuel

put the bung back in the balance tube

 

See how it goes under load but so far all indications are its a goer.

 

 

 

 

  • 4 weeks later...
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Well both Dales L24's have a similar amount of wear (check out the deposits on the valves) so with both the engines stripped bare and ready to go to the machine shop, it's back to the build thread. No more hijacking by me.

I cleared the garage/workshop and block sanded the whole car after the trace coat finding 25 seperate imperfections left on the body. Most of these will be taken care of by the next coat of Primer/ Filler.

 

Then all we need is a reasonable day in Ballarat and i'll shoot the primer ready for the Top Coat.

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With weather still holding us up we have been kept Busy constructing a new work bench from scrap steel we borrowed from the Big W skip. Came up well for just over $100.

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Moving on up... it seems a soon as one is finished the other gets the Lovin it needs.

 

Dale should like this, bodywork will be completed this week, ready to paint.

 

Oh seen a nice rod at the paint shop today too.

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Well after a week of switching between jobs i went on to complete all bodywork in preperation for paint. I'll really have to list the steps we have taken as it's been primer fill sand, primer fill sand and so on (including a dropped pot of primer in the engine bay) as it's been quite a process.

 

Pics up and even i must say, orange is looking sweet and well on it's way back to recovery.

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Work continues in preperation for paint.

 

Pedal box removed.

Fuel filler reworked.

 

And one bit i missed, i test fitted the rear tail light surrounds and just need to tidy up the area around the surround. I would have missed this other wise, on a near perfect body, would have ruined the whole effect. Test fitting is so important for more than one reason.

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