Thread: New Toy - 1957 107" ute

I did give some areas inside the chassis a good spray with cold gal primer. I've found it good for keeping rust at bay on my Falcon ute. Similarly the inside of the front crossmember got a good coat before I welded it up. Apart from that areas that were exposed prior to the black subframe paint going on were done with red oxide primer. I didnt sandblast as I didnt think it necessary. Areas that were stone chipped and rough I cleaned up with a flap disk on my angle grinder prior to painting. I mostly only took it back to the original yellow primer and sprayed the black over the top.
Oh, and welcome aboard.......

Regards,
Tote

Looking good Tote,

looks like a new chassis, great repair job!

goodstuff mate, coming up very well indeed! i noticed the front cross member where your radiator grill panel goes, theres meant to be a tab in the middle just thought id point that out if you want to add it back on there, incase you might of forgotten. this for refernce





cheers Chris

Bugger, missed that tab. Oh well some more welding to be done I guess.
Thank You,
Tote

coming along nicely tote keep poking at it

Some work on the old girl this afternoon, some questions and observations.

I have removed the engine and box from my donor vehicle a '55 86" over the last couple of days.

Gearbox before cleaning



There is a difference in the gearbox mounts between the box that was in Geraldine and the one in the donor 86". From looking at the manual it seems that the series one mounts were constructed with horizontal joins as in the top , rusty, well rooted mount and presumably later series mounts were of the diagonal joint type.



It seems that the box behind the 186 in Geraldine may be original judging from the number, it was fitted with the later mounts. Unfortunately it is well past it's prime and needs a rebuild after surviving behind the Holden motor. Maybe it will get rebuilt in the future. The transfer and gearbox from the '86 seems to be in pretty good condition in comparison.



The box in the donor was a later box fitted with the correct mounts. Can anyone tell me what from?



Maybe a reconditioning plate on the top of the gearbox from the 86"



Can anyone tell me what this modification is for. Is the starter in the donor vehicle from a later model? The cover plate on the firewall has a hole cut in it to allow the modification to poke through.



Hopefully I'll get the box fitted to Geraldine tomorrow as well as tidying up the engine and fitting it as well. I'm aining to have the drive train installed by the end of the weekend so I can get the bulkhead soda blasted and fitted.

Regards,
Tote

G,day 36106103 No on the gearbox is from a 1953 80" the mod that you asked about is because the bell-housings are different where the starter motor mounts on the 80" as oposed to post 1954 models.

Ahh So it might be prudent to swap the bellhousings. Some more pictures after a "VHT Overhaul" . The engine seems OK so at this point I'll put it all back together and get it running and see where we go from there.






Looking at that second shot I might need a bit more paint and a bit less beer on the front......


Regards,
Tote