TD Panelvan - Progress?

[BLK-TDPANO]

Back to square one.

Car's back in Byron now.\





Alot of work to do.

Will hopefully be starting tomoro morning or Tuesday.

[DrewZa86]

Got nice patina now, at least its authentic rat. Keep us updated.

[BLK-TDPANO]

The entire car is pretty rough now, and I havnt even start pulling it apart yet..

I can see it getting completely stripped tho.

Will know more in the next few days.

[BLK-TDPANO]

Its a start I can say.





Engines off to the builders on Tuesday. Currently sitting in the back of my car, waiting.

So dropped engine and gear box. Pulled passenger side guard off.
Tidied a few things up in the bay and mostly talk about where to go next.

I think once the engines dropped of, get drivers guard off for one and asses damage.

There's a fair good amount of rust in the drivers side under the guard.

Do these boxs need to be replaced as they are?
Or can I just put a plate in?

[Encyclopedia Ronnie]

big argument here on these things you can get away wth not putting them back but i did put them in on my tx when i re did it hey, mainly because i had such a large repair the stregth loss was noticable

[BLK-TDPANO]

So finally get time to take the block and rest of engine parts upto Tweed to get pulled down, cleaned up and re-assembled.

Couldn't find the guys number and forgot the name of the shop, make the assumption he'd be there.

Surprise, he's not.
Finally find his number.

Apparently he's cut the ends of his fingers off 4 weeks ago!
Wont be open for another 4-6 weeks.

Half of my engine is already his shop, so no engine progress will be done for a few weeks to a month now.. spewing.

In the meantime, I'll probably try to get paint and panel work done, get it all ready for when the engines ready to drop in.

[BLK-TDPANO]

I then sat back and wondered how much money I intend on spending on this.
Then stopped wondering.

Have I guy coming next week to maybe do some welding/rust repairs
See how we go.

[TURGEM]

first thing i would do is literally take everything out of engine bay ( everything)

Front brake lines, master cylinder and booster, wiper motor...
pull the wiring harnesses back through into the cabin,

if your going to paint this then the best way to save money is for you to do the prep work, its not hard work just tedious and long, (plus when your bored or alone) you can be out there sanding the bay down, it doesnt have to be down to bare metal....

Just trying to inspire you, plus alot of my own ideas for things came from prepping the bay

eg. hidden wiring, those A pillar braces, new brake lines

it does suck at the start but just do a section at a time... for some reason im in love with my shock struts the paint came up totally awesome their when i sprayed my bay

[troyrotor]

i think you should just buy another wagon, a purple one thats running awesome. just imagine having no rust to think about

[Jonno]

http://www.chuckthe4zinthebinandbuildup ... k.sickcunt

[BLK-TDPANO]

Iv gotta see what this welder dude's like, mate of a mate.....

I'v got a loooonng time untill I can drive this thing again, so will probably end up in pulling the hole thing apart..

Pretty spewing really, engine was getting pretty close to being completed!
Now that I have more time, I'll be going back to the builder and seeing what he recommends..

Engine bay will definitely be getting stripped. Just ran out of time yesterday.
So Saturday should be the day it'll be bare.. Hopefully.
Sort out what im going to cut and what im going to keep.

Door handles will be coming off.
Unnecessary holes in the bay filled.

Hello 10 year build.

[missvl]

awesome!

[BLK-TDPANO]

This came in tge mail today.

Sorry if images are huge

[GEMI79]

Thats awesome mate although I thought you already had a big cam in it?

[BLK-TDPANO]

Nah, plans where to always put something big in it, was going to try find a regrind
But this popped up on ebay for a steal of a price.