Shonky's '58 Series II SWB

I want to reweld the drivers footwell (replacement) in the firewall, as the person I bought it off couldn't weld for ****! Once thats done I can get it sandblasted, zinc sprayed and colour sprayed. Then it is just a case of swapping stuff over from the old 'wall.

The engine needs a new headgasket and a clean up, and then I can mate it to a gearbox (my current one is an unknown quantity) and put it on the chassis.

Speaking of the chassis, I need to weld the new rear member on to it, fix up a crushed front dumbiron and give it a coat of paint. I am undecided on wether I should galvanise it first.

I'm not going to touch the axles / diffs etc unless they give me greif.

Looking to grab a set of Parabolics, and then I can bolt it all together. and start putting the panels back on!

Need to recover the seats and redo the brakes also, and want to upgrade the lighting to relay operated H4s. (it will be a daily after all :) )

Nice and clean...
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Paint test:
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Blown head gasket

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Bores are boring. :p
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God that camera is finnicky. Sorry about crappy pic No. 1 - unless you have the friggen thing *perfectly* still, it come out messy.

Never had this problem with any other camera! :(

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Originally Posted by hillbilliywheelchair

might be worth shaveing the head to help with unleaded fuel

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Shaving the head may be a good idea, depending on what C/R it is already, but it won't help with unleaded fuel. What helps with that is steel valve seats, but I have been running mine for years without this without any sign of valve seat recession.

John

I've heard that from a number of people of reputable people now John (including yourself), and haven't used Lead additive in Ambrose now for months.

I was planning on doing the same with this motor. :)

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Originally Posted by Shonky

......I had decided to repaint it grey, but a trip to SuperCrap was fruitless. They had hot pink, fairy pink, bright yellow, purple, orange, red, light blue or dark blue. I narrowed it down to GMH red or Ford Deep blue, and chose the latter .......

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Disappointing Andrew :mad:.....what happened to the Oxford Street allegiance?











Seriously........ Looking good mate, can't wait to see Ol'Gus on the road.

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I was going to get a can and do a test spray - just for you! :p

But it was expensive and I am poor. :(

Bit of an update - pics will have to wait as I am using the mother in-law's Crapple Macinflush which isn't compatible with my Ext-HD.

Stripped the block of ancilliaries and dropped the sump. Cleaned a good amount of clay like goop out! Iniside the block was very clean and everything seemed in order. Painted the sump gloss black and set aside.

Painted the block (deep Ford blue) and bolted up the water pump, sump, filler tube, dipstick tube and oil filter with new gaskets all 'round. As a hats off to modern cars and their "only touch the bright coloured things" user servicing principles, I painted the dipstick cap yellow... :angel: Well, that and I had run out of black paint.

It looks garish! :D

Manifolds copped a coat of silver (exhaust) and black (inlet) and in accordance with the instructions I baked the manifolds at 200 degrees for 30 mins to 'set' the paint. The missus then went to bake cookies the next day and I got in deep ****. :(

Manifold and paint flavoured choc-chip cookies are NOT a winner... :o

Am going to get the head checked and cleaned by a pro, so will drop that off today sometime.

Bought some parabolics off eBay for $750, so will pick them up soon.

Have been going through the NOS wiring loom I bought with a marker pen, roll of tape and a wiring diagram. Anyone bought a vinwire harness recently and want to share their allegedly simple instructions?

Bloke across the road has been sent a threatening "cease and desist" from council regarding him using spray gear. Stupid neighbours whinged about noxious fumes and overspray - but he only uses acrylic! (= little overspray and no nasties) ignorant Wednesday Tennis *******. Dunno how I am going to spray gus now. Might just do it in the backyard and hope noone notices...

Have to go do my tax return now. I want my kruddy money.

Pics later! :D

Good one Andrew, I saw those parabolics too and thought that was a fair price. They should make for a nice ride.

Bummer about the oven - oh well. What's more important, cookies or manifolds? :lol2:

believe it or not, Dynamo laundry liquid is unreal for lifting oil stains