Thread: Help

hello out there just regersterd with you guys any how restoring a 1976 series 3 109 been told to join forum has you guys out there no these things inside out been building this thing for about 6 years first car ever drove in paddock on farm at 6 years of age old man had since new anyhow felt sorry for the old thing was sitting pile of blackberry’s bonnet up no air cleaner sitting there for about 18 years in horable state had the Holden 202 engine dizzy cap missing leads points ,one day bored looking at it said to old man you no what in gunna fix this thing he replied ya joking walked around shed found dizzy cap leads points put em in battery out of tractor went to crank wouldnt run no compression old man like that I’ll never go ya waisting ya time that Turned dizzy cap so it’s 180 degrees out empty vb stubby of fuel down the throat try that all mighty bang had compression put dizzy cap to normal another position stubby load of fuel again fired straight up drove it home neighboring paddock anyway spent thousands couldnt give a figure we’ll we’ll over the ten restoring this chassis up every nut every bolt went stainless bolts through out as now refurbed 186s with headers single barrel carby doesn’t need more fuel I think , gearbox diffs overdrive ,dash every pop rivet every piece of gall rediped every piece of this machine new or rebuilt pretty much brand new vehicle but stamped 1976 hasn’t seen asphalt nearly 30 years, problem have chasing right hand complete front wing assembly one that’s straight been to old mr Fred smith he has 40 or more of these things but not 1 good right hand that we could see if any one has one they want to part with please contact me through forum sort of last thing to get over line,have got another Series3 109 wrecking original 6 runs good gear box diffs there if any body after stuff more than happy to help no what’s it’s like to try to find stuff for these old trucks believe me cheers thanks for listening

cant help with a guard but interested in the theory of turning the distributor cap 180 deg havent heard that one before a few photos would be great