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[mr5000]

been a while since ive put anything up on here
heres lastest news and progress tghe 253 is pretty badly in need of a rebuild so probably just going to leave it till i get the money for the 355 but trying to buy a house so that will be a lil while off
alway had a lil bit of rust in the plenum chamber just under neath the scuttle panel bodged it up but its come ack to bite me
its rusted out the floor a bit so this time gonna fix it all properly heres some photos

[Heath]

Looking good mate. I didn't know you had a welder

[mr5000]

i dont got the next best thing a neighbor with one nah in all seriousness geoff(lc2dr) is awesome has helped me with alot of things and vice versa works out good for all hes using my sand blaster at the moment

[Heath]

Sweet mate

[mr5000]

been a few days but got stuck right into it today after getting a heap of motorvation yesterday from easternats and love the beast last night been crook with tonsilitis or somethign past few days so havent been able to do much doc gave me some kick ass antibiotics that seem to be working

nearly got all the floor out cheapo cordless drill shat itself after about 12 spot welds i drilled out so went to bunnings looking for a replacement makita hammer drill/impact drill 75 bucks you beauty works great spits out the spot welds in no time

started on the bonnet rust today as well was only a couple of tiny bubbles visible but as pretty much every one knows rust is very decieving turns out the panel beater bodged the rust job when he painted it wich is not suprising sfound so many short cuts he did possibly the worst panel beating by a so called profesional ive seen to date

any way ill load some pics up when they finish loading onto you tube i think im gonna have to replace the bonnet its beyond my capabiltiys might ask dads panel beater whether he reckons its salvageable

also got stuck into emmas vh today on the only 3 rust spots on her car lower right hand quarter under window seal and spare wheel well

pics soon

[mr5000]

my new kick ass drill

[mr5000]

[MRLXSS]

Very nice mate! I take it thats Emmas VH as well?

[mr5000]

yeah thats emmas put a new gril in it the other day makes a huge diff got new front bumper for it to im jealous she only has 3 rust spots

[mr5000]

things are gonna slow down for a few weeks on the torry gotta finish emmas car so she has a car for work when she starts and just found out the daily shitbox stateswoman has blown a head gasket fun fun bloody commoodres only just rebushed the aternator couple of weeks ago

[mr5000]

been working heaps installing woodheaters gotta love cash tracked down myself a 9 inch will need a bit of work to get it to fit but its a start and its cheap 300 bux axles housing and centre me and the old boy are gonna go halfs in a mig welder so that should be good wont have to bug jeff every time i need to use his haha

[mr5000]

things have alsmot ground to a hault trying to save for a house and the statesman blew the head gasket so got that apart and looks look one head is cracked so gonna send them off to engine builders monday shitloads of hoses perished and injectors are blocked so gotta get them done bloody commodores

[Heath]

faaaark

[mr5000]

never even noticed it missing in that pic its there some where must be just out of the picture

[Heath]

You can see the bottom off the indent in that photo. The majority is obscured by the crash pad

[mr5000]

finished getting the floor out this arvo will take pics tomorow gotta get started on the sill soon just playing around with it while i wait for stato bits to come back
heres whats happening with the stato

[MRLXSS]

finished yet?

[mr5000]

statos heads are getting machinged up as we speak in sillydale injectors have been cleaned and are waiting for me to pic them up in sillydale the torana has a long long way to come

emmas vh needs about another 1200 to get it spooftastic

[Ruts]

Make sure you get your sandblaster back from your mate and use it to clean up the rusty bits on the bonnet and the doors before you finish the repairs.

Ruts

[mr5000]

got the sandblaster back and was using it the other day the bloody thing split open so goitta wait for it to come back
any way heres some new pics taken about 20 mins ago

[mr5000]

got heads back they are oon now just need to do manifolds and all the other bits n pieces things been going slow but ive been battling the flu off dont think its swine flu havent grown a curly lil tail yet

[mr5000]

stato is runnng now just gotta fix the pox oil leak and thermostat housing
next on the list for the stato is to get 9 inch in i got the assembly drum to drum sitting at a mates place just needs mounts welded on so i need a spare banjo housing its suprisingly cheap to get changed over its gonna be 250 to get brackets all changed over at shaun mullen race cars