Been a while so thought id let everyone know where im at. The interior is out the floor is freshly painted, both sills are new and rust free and the underbody is 95% complete.Ive only painted it up to the spare wheel tub so i can do a few more rust repairs.I lost a little bit of interest in the car while scraping off the old paint or body deadner off the underbody but after a few weeks had it sorted. Found by spraying turps or kero on it till it was dripping, leaving it for 5- 10 mins then getting a cheap wood chisel, the stuff came off pretty easily. Then hit it with a wire wheel
NOTE: wear goggles and a cap!!
. After it was all clean i gave it a coat of penetrol to keep moisture out and then hit it with C- GUARD solvent base ,white on the inside and black underneath. I'll get photos of them soon. Anyway I modded up a 200B front cross member
(because i can't afford the Datsport kit
), rebuilt the R180 diff i picked up for free
and painted it with POR 15,looks the goods.
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Had a bit of an issue with the diff though, R180 with a K stamped on it. I read that they came with clip in stub axles so i went crazy tryin to find some to suit! Only to find out that after 25 phone calls to various parts of Australia, the other diff that i got for nothin had the right size stub axles in it So I went crazy again tryin to work out if i can work some magic to clip them in ! If that wasn't enough I looked in the diff where the stubs go in to find I CAN
BOLT THEM IN!!!! So after i calmed down I decided that it was time to bolt the cross members back in and put some wheels on it so i can roll it around. I've killed the grass at dads so i gottta move it, that's pretty much where im at, got the drivers side done, next passenger side!
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File comment: damn stub axles! ansome other bits in por 15
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File comment: some rust i cut out from bottom of rear qtr
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File comment: rear wheel arch rust repair
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File comment: my trusty mig, we've become close:)
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More as i progress