ratrod66's td wagon

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ratrod66
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Post by ratrod66 »

started painting some parts for the engine bay today, plus startedto fix my broken seat bolt........pics will be up soon......just have to upload them...lol
1978 TD wagon "project"
1980 TE Sedan "parts car/for sale"
ratrod66
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Location: ratrods garage, Cessnock, NSW

Post by ratrod66 »

heres some pics of what i've done lately.....

swaped from manual to auto peddals

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painted my wiper motor

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started working on this

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more up soon :lol: [/img]
1978 TD wagon "project"
1980 TE Sedan "parts car/for sale"
ratrod66
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Location: ratrods garage, Cessnock, NSW

Post by ratrod66 »

heres some more.....

before

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in primer

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heater cover in primer...got a idea for paint scheme for this

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wiper motor bolted in

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more soon.... :lol: [/img]
1978 TD wagon "project"
1980 TE Sedan "parts car/for sale"
ratrod66
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Posts: 126
Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2010 7:09 pm
Location: ratrods garage, Cessnock, NSW

Post by ratrod66 »

picked this up the other weekend, floor is really bad but everything is ok from what i've seen so far, got some goodies with it for my wagon as well, plans are under way for a real ratrod look, will have to start a new post on this when the time comes for the work to get started.


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1978 TD wagon "project"
1980 TE Sedan "parts car/for sale"
ratrod66
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Location: ratrods garage, Cessnock, NSW

Post by ratrod66 »

well been doing some work last few weeks, doing some wiring and putting in the brake booster.......have some more pics soon, got my wedding coming up so everythings all happening at once..........
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1978 TD wagon "project"
1980 TE Sedan "parts car/for sale"
ratrod66
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Posts: 126
Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2010 7:09 pm
Location: ratrods garage, Cessnock, NSW

Post by ratrod66 »

progress is coming along slowly, wedding is in 15 days :D :D :D


been doing some stonegurad spraying underneath, picked up a bonnet, another rear bar and some other small bits for her.........pics will be up soon, just have to get around to uploading them.
1978 TD wagon "project"
1980 TE Sedan "parts car/for sale"
ratrod66
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Posts: 126
Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2010 7:09 pm
Location: ratrods garage, Cessnock, NSW

Post by ratrod66 »

i got my front apron in the mail today :D :D :D wagon will be getting changed from the TF-TG back to the real front, the TD........ :D :D :D


pics up soon
1978 TD wagon "project"
1980 TE Sedan "parts car/for sale"
ratrod66
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Location: ratrods garage, Cessnock, NSW

Post by ratrod66 »

got another goodie in the mail, got this pretty much for free, just had to pay for postage......................it was a manifold with carby.....pics up later
1978 TD wagon "project"
1980 TE Sedan "parts car/for sale"
ratrod66
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Location: ratrods garage, Cessnock, NSW

Post by ratrod66 »

well, been a while, but been busy, got some work done here and there, heres some pics of late........

my new front apron
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my manifold i got for almost nothing
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my bonnet
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1978 TD wagon "project"
1980 TE Sedan "parts car/for sale"
ratrod66
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Location: ratrods garage, Cessnock, NSW

Post by ratrod66 »

ok, been a while or so since i've updated, so here goes...............


not much happening on the wagon as working on misses gem as well as panelvan, but heres some pics of how she looks.......


i've taken both front guards off to swap over back to the TD ones that i've got, started cleaning up under the guards, she looks not too bad

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driver side
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1978 TD wagon "project"
1980 TE Sedan "parts car/for sale"
ratrod66
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Location: ratrods garage, Cessnock, NSW

Post by ratrod66 »

found some rust in this

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so off it came to be fixed, cut it off only to found that there was more rust under it, plus fibreglass and bog, owner before me just did a patch job on it and covered over it....... :x :x

not very happy

will have pics up soon[/img]
1978 TD wagon "project"
1980 TE Sedan "parts car/for sale"
ratrod66
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Posts: 126
Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2010 7:09 pm
Location: ratrods garage, Cessnock, NSW

Post by ratrod66 »

well heres some pics of what i found once i cut this off.......

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plans are to weld in a plate and then weld on this part on that i'm taking from my panelvan......

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1978 TD wagon "project"
1980 TE Sedan "parts car/for sale"
ratrod66
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Posts: 126
Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2010 7:09 pm
Location: ratrods garage, Cessnock, NSW

Post by ratrod66 »

been a while so just a bit of a update, have welded in a new patch on the above pic, will try to get pics soon,

been some time since i have done any welding so its taken some time to get it looking good.
1978 TD wagon "project"
1980 TE Sedan "parts car/for sale"
ratrod66
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Posts: 126
Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2010 7:09 pm
Location: ratrods garage, Cessnock, NSW

Re: ratrod66's td wagon

Post by ratrod66 »

heres some pics of the work i've done lately.......

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1978 TD wagon "project"
1980 TE Sedan "parts car/for sale"
ratrod66
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Posts: 126
Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2010 7:09 pm
Location: ratrods garage, Cessnock, NSW

Re: ratrod66's td wagon

Post by ratrod66 »

ok, heres some pics of it painted.............

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1978 TD wagon "project"
1980 TE Sedan "parts car/for sale"
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