Doing a bit of cutting and grinding (after 8pm too.... sorry neighbours) to make the back member and the sides (fore and aft of the guards).
Still to do is to add a few more crossmembers, make the brackets, the front return, the tie-down bars and the rear light mounts. Good fun
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| Side view showing the gal trailer guards that came with the car. They just needed the original mounting holes plugged up |
I've also started to patch up some holes in the doors left there by the original owner (he had fitted some large truck-style mirrors). So I got out the MIG and patched the holes and ground back (roughly) so they can be sanded back and bogged if required.
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| Welded up some holes above the quarter windows (damned flash) |
I also removed the back window just for the hell of it. I really wanted to see what the paint colour was under there. It appears it to be originally red.
And I also picked up my new rear brake lines from http://www.thebrakeplace.com.au/ in Berwick. The rear brake lines on the car appeared to be newly done, but when I tried to bleed them they leaked out of the tube nut fittings. So I dropped off the original lines to these guys and they replace the lines (just cut to length and fitted with new tube nuts) for $36. Pretty good I say. They even supplied some 3/8" bleeder nipples because mine were a bit shot.
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| Old (top) and new (bottom) lines. I just need to bend it myself |
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