Finally getting round to getting an update on here! Been away on holiday and had some time off with the boy over the school holidays so that car progress has slowed down…..but managed to get on with a few jobs, good news is that I
think that I have everything there ready to start installing!
Main thing I have been doing is sorting ANOTHER rust section which I found on the drivers gate rear sill (same as the other side) but it actually turned out to be worse! I didn’t take a photo of it before but it honestly looked like nothing, but I ended up having to cut away this much:
So, made another patch panel and get it welded in, seam sealered, painted and stone chipped - it’s not the prettiest but it is solid and should last another 20 years!
Also cut off and made some new rear bumper supports as they were completely rotten
Next, I moved onto the rear brakes, I’ve not refurbed a set of calipers before but thought I’d give it a go since the car is off the road, they came out pretty well.
I’m a member of a restoration club here in the northeast where I have access to various bits of machinery, blasting cabinet being one of them, so stripped them all down and blasted them first:
Then bought a seal kit from big redd to replace all the seals, wasn’t too bad to do, main issue was I snapped one the lugs off the internal circlip so had to order some more which hindered progress!
Then painted them all up ready for assembly, they have came out pretty well, just hope they don’t leak haha!
Then moved onto replacing the outer CV joints, the driveshafts were fine but it was more the fact that they were rusty so it was cheaper to just replace the outers and paint the rusty bits 😂
Other things I’ve done, I got replacement front to rear brakelines from TPS but the fronts from ABS unit to arches are discontinued so had to make those, I only got a couple of photos of those though! I had to put a join in the one to the drivers side as getting it in without removing the engine was pretty much impossible without bending it all over!
Other than that I am hoping to start making much more progress as I could really do with it being back on the road! I cleaned and fitted the rear archliners and also gave the underside a coat of bilt hamber Dynax UC wax, just to make sure that it stays a silver as possible for as long as possible haha!
Until next time!
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