Thread: New Project...

Arrr ....The good old universal brake blocks
One should never leave home with out them!

Hi All,

Well "The Grey Ghost" (another thread) is off to the mechanic, and I just couldn't wait any longer.

First step - drag "Roger" into the garage:



Take off the door tops and door bottoms:


Take off the tail gate (top and bottom sections):


Take off the spare wheel and bonnet:


Take off the front badge and grill:


Take off the roof and canopy (not that easy on your own):



Take off the windscreen wiper and windscreen. Also remove some of the seats:


The rear tub has some sort of carpet/tar on it - this is going to be fun trying to remove it...
Any suggestions - I am using a wood chisel, and trying to be very gentle:



Big weekend working on the car - time for some rest!

Regards,
The Grey Ghost

No mucking around for you is there mate?

What are your plans for the engine - are you going to have a crack at starting it before you strip everything out? If you aren't in a huge rush, I can pop over one day with a decent battery and see if that, some new oil and a can of fresh petrol can get her started...?

Cheers - Gav

Hi Gavin,

I'd love to attempt to start it before I strip out the wiring.. Do you feel like a trip over next weekend? I haven't stripped out any wiring yet.

(I still have to take off the seat box, rear tub, floors, etc).

And I would certainly appreciate your help... I manually cranked her with the crank handle, just to see if the engine is turns over, which it does..

Regards,
Tom.

Next weekend may be a stretch - probably the weekend after if you can wait that long. If you get an itch to start stripping out wiring, that won't matter - I'll only need to jump a supply to the coil and starter, so as long as it is still physically sitting in the chassis, we can still have a go. Knock yourself out getting rid of the wiring if you like - that doesn't matter.

Just leave the radiator and hoses there as well - fuel tank can even come out if you want - we will be running the engine from a jerry can I would think - not sure what is currently in the tank, but I bet it will need a good clean out.

Cheers - Gav

Hi All,

Another big weekend on the tools - still in the deconstruction stage...

On my previous project - I didn't go as far as this, so it's all new to me.. Some of the nuts/bolts are almost impossible to get to!...

Seat-box out - drivers side:


Seat-bot out: passenger side:


Rear tub off:


The pile of DIRT after moving the car out:


Deconstruction done:



There is surprisingly little rust on the car - drivers foot well, and a few patches on the chassis (small, about 5c in size).

Now the cleaning (and chassis painting) phase starts!

Regards,
The Grey Ghost

Ghost, can you solve a couple of mysteries for me please?

1. Can you post a photo of how that exhaust exits past your mudguard? Does the guard have a bit cut out to let the pipe pass?

2. Does the handbrake have a return spring in the mechanism? If so can you hook it up & post a photo?

Re: in-accessible bolts:

I didn't bother most of the time. I used an angle grinder.

When re-assembling, if I could not attach a vice grip to stop an in-accessible bolt turning as I did it up, I often resorted to welding an out-rigger on the bolt so I could do it up single handedly.

Geez Tom, you don't muck about! We'll see if we can't get the old beast running next week - would be fun to take it for a spin around your block like that...