at last i've started work on the old girl .
have just been doing some filler work, cleaning up some trim bits, started to wire the microtech, a bit more undersealing, new alt to batt cabling.
have about 5 minutes welding to finish the rust repair work.
still waiting for a rear brake caliper and a pcv valve tho.
will start running stereo cabling this weekend with any luck as well, depending on what else i get done during the week.
good to hear you have started to make progress finally lol!
oh shit i keep forgettingOriginally Posted by Hauntd ca3
x2!
now i'm off the drink, i've been out there all but 1 night doing stuff.
it actually feels good to be sober, which is something i thought i'd never hear myself say.
i think tonight is going to be a door night
Good for you man, really good
Fuckin' A! Good stuff! Also PICS!
another rusted ca3 lol
nice work need latest pics
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unfortunately there has been no work for a month now, is a bit hard to get motivation when its -2 degrees in the garage at night . now its warming up a bit some more will happen.
have just caught up with an old school mate who is a gun welder and will do the rest of the rust repairs for a toyota motor and gearbox i have lying round.
dont think it will be finished by november, but wife is 3 months so want to have it finished for the new kids ride home
work is finally starting up again now the weather has turned good.
have a bunch of wee bits at work that i'm bead blasting and painting.
have finished undersealing the rear half of the car and have the rear suspension back in.
have some 13 inch alloys of my brothers old nissan sentra on it so i can finish stripping and painting my 15's and so that the 15's dont get paint on them when i finally get round to painting it.
just have to wait a few weeks til the guy doing the rust repairs has some room in his garage.
have removed the remains of the evap emmissions set up and have the hose hook up for the itbs sorted.
just need to make some fuel lines and they are finished.
am just plodding away on wee thing til the rust is done and can finish the panel and paint.
will get some pics up later in the week.
great stuff. your rego stil on hold? lol
as far as i know its still on hold, may have to pay a bit to bring it back up to date tho eh
righto, since today was quiet at work, i pulled my front shocks to bits.
bead blasted and painted the fork bits at the bottom, cleaned up the springs a bit and put it all back together with some nice new shocks.
the best part is, the thread on the shock shaft is longer than the oem ones, so they pulled up nearly half an inch shorter, a bit extra lowness for free!
also pulled on of the front calipers to bits for new seals etc,andfound the pistons are nice and pit mark free, no rust in the bores and not even a rip in the dust seals.
will pull the other to bits tomorrow and get a seal kit ordered.
sorry no pics, camera is flat and cant find the charger
work still continues albeit slowly, but it is still moving along
schweet. progress ftw
well today the rust was all replaced with nice new steel.
will post pics soon
A rust free CA3 is a happy CA3!
picspicspicspicspics haha
heres a few pics of the areas where rust has been removed. still a bit of shaping to do round the tail light to get the line right, but not to much
even making the unseen bits look nice, mean
Oh god how i hate repairing bonnets!
am now on the 3rd attempt at getting that bit above the honda badge right.
would buy another bonnet, but have no money so have to fix what i have.
is there a dent there? mine has one there too and other places from being taken away by the wind one night. good to see your still at it!
yeah there is a dent there, from some arse hole pushing down to shut the bonnet to hard.
the rest of the bonnet is flat as and looking good.
and bar the bonnet and 2 other wee dents, all i have to do is sand it down and i can prime the whole car
Looks like a lot of fun getting the shape to look good. I hate working on corners like that!
sorry, no picks this time but they would be a waste of time.
with any luck, i'll be blowing some primer on the shell tomorrow.
spent most of the arvo and evening til now finishing of the final few wee annoying dents and have spent the last few hours wet sanding it all down ready for the gun tomorrow.
so with any luck i'll have a primed up shell tomorrow night and the colour on the shell next weekend.
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