1973 LWB Series III project photos

Ok.. finally got around to finishing radio conversion..

Ripped apart an old radio, which fits the car vintage.. just kept the fascia.

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Pull apart a new amp:
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wiring up new buttons, along with a digtal rotary switch, so I can use the tuning knob to skip bluetooth tracks, as well as use it for FM tuning:

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Mounting the fascia and old buttons:
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Mounting on aux dash, not quite finished, needs bits aligning and a general tidy up, but almost there:

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That looks great, well done! What did it originally come out of? Make sure you show us when it's in the vehicle

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Originally Posted by Ben_Burdett

That looks great, well done! What did it originally come out of? Make sure you show us when it's in the vehicle

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thanks :) It was originally in the series 3 when I bought it, poorly mounted.. and no speakers, not even sure where they would have been. It was originally fitted out as a camper at the back so I suspect the speakers were back there.

I reckon it's an original holden kingswood radio guessing by the General Motors logo

In a previous life I used to collect old valve radios , in terms of fitting a new radio into an old one for better functionality , that's one of the best conversions I've seen. Well done.
Cheers,
D

Quiet few weeks, but a bit more progress today:

Starting to fit in dash (awaiting new gauges):
Also, radio fascia and knobs missing:

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Finally got around to cleaning the roof at the rear, a load neater. Also fitted the interior ceiling lamp.

Currently just a switch on the new dash, also I added a fade-out circuit, so when I get around to adding door switches, after closing the light will stay on a few seconds, then fade out (luxury!).

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Also mounted fire extinguisher, and new rear view mirror, also another view of dash:

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That's it for the moment, next up will probably be adding new gauges and door switches.

It's been a while, but a bit more work, going through boxes of parts, mostly cosmetic changes...

cleaned/repainting steering wheel, looking a bit tidier:

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What it looked like a few days ago at the front:
despite this being painted somewhat recently, paint has started to chip, poor priming I'm assuming:

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Primed & repainted bars.., painted light surrounds black, added light grills, starting to fit UHF:

Looks a bit like something from remlr now:

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A few more updates.. cosmetic mostly, as usual..

I mounted a Francis spotlight I've had a while..

Decided to match the camino gold paint, rather than the original green..

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Pretty pleased with it, just hoping the mounting location is legal.. (can't find any reason why it wouldn't be)


Also a small bit of paint touch up on the worst area, before I get around to doing a proper paint job:

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Bit of priming then:

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Not too bad, considering it's factory and not matched..

Really productive weekend:

Decided to continue with the painting and, after maybe 15hrs work:

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Used acrylic for the base coat (Camino gold, dulon 12137) and clear on top.. not buffed yet, but not sure I need to.

Classic cream Dulux metal shield premium for the top.

When I bought it earlier this year for comparison:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...016/11/294.jpg


Just a few bits of overspray to clean up, mostly on seals which I am due to replace anyhow.. Also keen to paint the wheels.. will probably go for cream, though I believe they're meant to be silver in AU..

Also repainted the badge, found this funny.. you can read Rover in the dirt:

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painted + sanded:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...016/11/296.jpg

Mate - looking great!! :twobeers::banana::ehigh5: