73' Round Verona Full Resto

[felix_666]

Got a few nic nacks this week, should give me a few things to do. I have an order a dealership to pick up as well, bigger things.

Colour ways for some coco mats, think ill go with the red ones.

[felix_666]

Got a few things done recently:

had to change the new rod to the old one

peddle box

idler arm has been refurbed but seems to leak from the gasket, need to investigate this.

heater was a tough job.

looking good

just waiting on some of those funky grommets you can't buy from anyone except BM.

had this like it is, just waiting on some parts

almost no pitting on the worm and this part (no thats not pitting you can see just muck), which is good news for the re-build.

I actually saw a new steering box at the dealership packaged up this week, looked sweet, $$$

[felix_666]

Well, as usual, it never stops, the painting that is. I was going to leave it but i what the hell.

[felix_666]

After being at the painters since January, this is all that has happened.

A little frustrating given how much effort I'm putting into to the project. Going to have words some time this week to try and sort it out.

Basically the bonnet and boot have been taken back to metal and the rest of the car has become a duster.

[felix_666]

Finished the rear sub this week, pretty satisfying, a little dusty though.

Upgraded parts include: Urethane all round, LSD 3.91, 22mm swaybars, sub mount inserts and end links.

Thicker 10mm bolts and rubber for the end links.

I've found that on two of the three 02's i've worked on, these have either bent or even broken in one case. With the added stress from the urethane, i figured that the bolts might need bulking up.

[oz_tom]

Dude! WTF!! Ride them till your car is out of that place... you've been waiting for too long for it!

[oz_tom]

Hey Will, what swaybars are you using?

[felix_666]

whiteline, up front and back, their listed on the site, i think about 260 for both including all the needed bits, the place was near the airport, they even posted the stuff out.

[felix_666]

Got a few things done this week:

Time consuming this stuff, nearly done, used cotton tape in various widths.

Put together the shift assembly for my 5 speed - thinking about painting it but i think ill just give it another good clean.

Got the old ladies help with this, she's pretty handy with a staple gun.

pretty happy with this little job.

[felix_666]

Went to the painters today to see my car on the home made rotisserie:

the only spot of rust

[bingbong]

hahaha you can get your car up on 2 wheels!! looks like its all going well hope they get to that body work faster

[felix_666]

Trying to zinc plate my nuts and bolts.

Pulled the parts cars engine out.

This might have something to do with the white smoke.

no visible fractures, but I'll get it acid tested and all the rest next week.

hard to see, but there are some serious gaps, i'm really surprised the engine ran so well when i drove the car home.

I've spoken to the guys at IE and worked out what i'm doing in terms of engine parts, just another excuse to spend some money.

[bingbong]

bore that sucka of an engine out and get some custom forged pistons and con rods in there!

[felix_666]

Errrrr....hmmmm....yes well its been a while, anyhow a uni degree and a year of OS work/travel later i'm back at it, a little slow but whatever......

In no particular order:

Plenty more to come.

[eurotrash]

These are the tan Scheels you showed earlier are they not?! I Have the exact same seats in the exact same original color and have actually thought of going with vinyl.. HMMMMM.