Thread: Look what I bought today

Finally after a bit more tinkering, I have got my 80 down to the bare chassis, well as bare as I can get it, as the steering relay and the clutch pedal are still in and won't budge, I'll just see if the sand blasters can be careful in those areas. I'll check out the sand blasters on Monday . So the fun of putting it all back together can start, I do think that it will take a lot longer to put back together than it took to pull it apart ( I just hope I can remember where everything goes). I am happy with how it is going and I may have found an original engine , but that is another story.
Time for a well earned beer or five

Cheers Jeff ( and good luck to the Reds in Super Rugby Final)

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Yesterday I was in Brisbane and the event that I was at was just around the corner from MR Automotive, so I droped in to have a chat and a look. While I was there I had a look at the Series 1 their doing up and I noticed that the gearbox in it was different from mine. So what I was wondering was could somebody tell me what model it came from ? The number stamped on it is 34313793 with an E stamped below the number.
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There is also 2DN stamped on the transfer case.
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Here is a shot of the gearbox.
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When I first got this series one the nob on the bell housing ( where my son is pointing ) for the starter motor was sticking through the piece that goes over the gear stick and other leavers.
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Any info would be great.

Cheers Jeff

PS is there a tutorial on the forum for posting photos, I got the photobucket thing worked out, but I can't get bigger photos up. j

I got my chassis back form the sandblasters today, sandblasting and priming cost a grand total of $180 , which I thought was pretty good as I was originally quoted $180 just for sandblasting. I very happy with the result and there are not many repairs that need to be done.
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The only other thing that I have done lately is strip the rear axle and get it ready for painting and replacing the bearings. It is slowly moving along, at least now I can paint the chassis and start putting things back on. Anyway it is Friday so its time for beers

Cheers Jeff

That is a very good deal for a blast and prime of a chassis....

Originally Posted by series1buff

That is a very good deal for a blast and prime of a chassis....

Mike

Thats the advantage of having lots of manafacturing companies based here where I live, there are a few other companies that are based here that I will be using during my rebuild.

Jeff

Hi All,

Well it's two years since I have put anything up about my Series 1, so I thought I should explain. Just after I put up my last post I had a change of jobs, it was a lot harder job than what I had been doing, it took me away from home on regular intervals, but I was enjoying the challenge of the new job and it paid really well and I had a vehicle with private use. This didn't leave me a lot of time to work on the Series 1, I did some things like buy better axles and some panels that were in better condition than the ones I had and I have painted the chassis. Then earlier this year the pressure of the job got to me and I was diagnosed with depression (that is something I wouldn't wish on anyone). Since being diagnosed I have changed jobs again to one with a lot less stress and as long as I keep taking my "happy pills" I will continue to overcome the depression. This also means I can get back into the Series 1 and get it back on track. Hopefully I will be putting up regular updates of how it's going, starting today with a picture of the springs with new bushes and painted. Till the next up date.

Cheers jeff

Hi All, Have done a couple of things in the past couple of weeks'

Fitted the motor and gearbox for a trial to see if everything lined up,

Prepped and painted som parts,

Put the bulkhead in the molasses bath,

Till next time, Cheers Jeff