Thread: Restoring Cars

A thread I can make a contribution to...

I picked a car that I was kinda bred to own... Dad had Valiants nearly my whole life (after he stopped having Landies) until a few years ago.

I was bought home from the hospital in a metallic purple VC V8 with a white vinyl roof and polished Tasmans... so I was kinda doomed to get into Vals.

Before... (well, before it was painted, but after a truck came across the front of it...)



...and as she is now.



Have had the thing for nearly 12 years now. I will probably be buried in the thing too.

Wow that's a Beauty!..is that a VC valiant too?

Nope. Mine is a CM Regal, the last model before they went belly up and the plant started pumping out Mitsubishis.

And because that wasn't enough to cure me of restoring old car, in the last few years I have also picked up an '82 XJS from my uncle's estate. Always love the car as a kid. He had always been into cars, and worked on his own, thought it would be in great condition mechanically... no. This was the first car he let slip.

Working under the rear of a Jag was an education after the cart springs under a Valiant, I can tell you...

I have found that motorbikes are cheap convenient and fun to restore. I have restored exactly 0.0005 of a percent of my 1976 Bultaco Sherpa but loving every minute.

The entire rest project fits in one large plastic storage container in the basement of my building.

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Hey, Chops, found another one worth restoring.
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/showthread...28#post2173409

Oh! And this one!
http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/yamba...otive&mpch=ads

Originally Posted by mrapocalypse

I have found that motorbikes are cheap convenient and fun to restore. I have restored exactly 0.0005 of a percent of my 1976 Bultaco Sherpa but loving every minute.

The entire rest project fits in one large plastic storage container in the basement of my building.

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You've only spent a minute on it. You'll get bored after the second.

Originally Posted by Disco_Fever

Nope. Mine is a CM Regal, the last model before they went belly up and the plant started pumping out Mitsubishis.

And because that wasn't enough to cure me of restoring old car, in the last few years I have also picked up an '82 XJS from my uncle's estate. Always love the car as a kid. He had always been into cars, and worked on his own, thought it would be in great condition mechanically... no. This was the first car he let slip.

Working under the rear of a Jag was an education after the cart springs under a Valiant, I can tell you...

Yeah I read that story..shame!

82 XJS. your a Lucky bloke..My parents won't let me have more than 3 Lj suzuki's

I'd buy this if it was nearer to home

Suzuki Sierra Deluxe LWB 4x4 1985 FRP TOP 5 SP Manual 4x4 1 3L Carb | eBay


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