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[wot179]

This is my daily(until recently).

My ever reliable 161 tree speed Kingswood wagon.


Its heater delete,radio delete
And its a dead set powerhouse.

A couple of months ago,some turd ran into the back of it,pushing me into the car in front.



My heart was broken.

She was a genuine one owner low milage car.No leaks,smooth ,cheap and reliable to drive.

Its only downfall was crap,sunburnt paint.

The GMH black was supposed to be a temporary measure,but it was my daily,so the paintjob was always on the backburner with plenty of other projects on the run.

Shannons declared the car a write off.

They paid me out quickly and gave me back the car.

The decision was made to fix and paint it.

[wot179]

There was a surprising amount of damage.

That clean,straight totally rustfree tailgate was junk.

I had to cut it open to lower the widow into it so that it would open.

Both bars were junk

The front apron was junk

The grill looks fine,but the mounting pins are broken off.Likewise one of the headlight rims.

Junk.

The rear apron was pushed well in.

The subframe was pushed in behind the apron,which pulled the offside gaurd down.





Thanks to a forum member(cheers,Bruce!) I already had a serviceable front bar and apron.

And being a typical bowerbird Holden guy,I had a grill,headlight bucket and rear bar in the shed as well.

No tailgate though.
Asked all my mates,made a few calls,couldnt find one anywhere.

I found one on ebay.

"Mint" he said.
"Clean as.Rust free.A hundred bucks and its yours",he says
It sounded too good to be true.

The catch was,it was over 700 kms away.

hmmmmmmm.Ok,sold.
So off I drive to pick it up the next Sunday morning.

The short story is I drove 1450km round trip on a Sunday to look at junk.As in totally unuseable.
Not happy Jan,but life goes on.

I found one the following weekend 10 minutes from home.Its not mint,but it'll be ok with a couple of taps and some bog..

Life can be like that sometimes,you just have to laugh.
It was a nice day for a drive anyway.

[wot179]

Christine loves the colour ! I have a front bumper, if you want it PM me .

Thanks,mate,but you already sold me one.With an apron and a bonnet.

Very cheaply too,I might add.

Well before I new I would need them.

You are truely one of lifes good guys,Bruce.

Thankyou muchly.

[ToRunYa]

jesus what hit it! the things ive taken out on purpose in the ute have barely left a mark!
could the utes be stronger than the wagooons?
and the 161 3 on the tree... mate dont they leave a patch! as big as ya foot! LOL

[wot179]

Its about here that I should have taken more photos.

But I didnt.

I bought a porta power,and with the aid of some timber blocks,a hammer,a welder and a grinder,I pushed out and repaired the front and the back.Then I ran around the car and fixed (bogged up) a few other little things .









I had hifilled the car before the GMH black went on ages ago.

I blocked the car down with 180 grit dry.,found a lot of little things that needed fixing,so fixed them,then I rehifilled the repairs(sorry,no photos again)

Then I blocked the car with 400 grit dry.

I Pissed about for a few weeks,undecided as to whether I should rip it apart further for a better paintjob.(well,ok,6 weeks) .

I finally decided on the easy slackarse option and decided to paint it this morning.

I started masking it up,and I realised I had plenty of bare metal rub throughs that I really needed to squirt some primer over.

And I should really rub it with something finer before I put the colour on.Probably wet rub it with 800.

So I reprimed the whole thing today.



So thats where Im at tonight.

I still haven't finished repairing the tailgate,Ill try and get it done tomorrow.

Thanks also to TerraLX for the loan of the panel stands.
You should have them back shortly.(another of lifes goodguys.Cheers,mate)

[wot179]

jesus what hit it! the things ive taken out on purpose in the ute have barely left a mark!
could the utes be stronger than the wagooons?
and the 161 3 on the tree... mate dont they leave a patch! as big as ya foot! LOL

Yes it was a pretty good hit.Check out how bent the front seat is.You just reminded me I need to fix that too... DOH!

[Heath]

Looks great, love the radio delete, heater delete. bloody classic but if it was mine I'd hook up a heater lol

Nice to see you're saving it anyway.

[rodomo]

Are you doing the roof too?
What colour scheme?

[wot179]

Painting it stock,kind of.

White with an Aztec Gold roof.I plan to mentalflake the roof if everything works out ok.

Dropped spindles and reset springs to get it down.

Red highlight stripe in the wheelarch and sill molds like HK Monaros.

Im undecided on wheels,I have some black Hustlers,Ive also got a set of hubcaps with spinners off a 66 SS Chev which look way cool.I need some 6 inch rims to use them though.

The stock 5inch rims wont allow them to seat properly otherwise.

Maybe redbands on the tyres and some pinstriping around the car here and there.I'll see how it pans out.These things have a way of working themselves out.

[micklx]

Great old car, don't see many of them around now.
Keep up the good work.

[tinkers]

^^^Ditto what Mick said.

[TerrA LX]

Thanx for the kind words.
Good to see it all coming along nicely.
Hope we catch up with Austin Nichols soon.
Cheers T.

[rodomo]

[wot179]

Allright,alright.

Im going out there now to take some shots.

[Heath]

Sounds like a plan. Stop wasting your time PM'ing me and post whore publically instead!

[rodomo]

[wot179]

Anybody wanna host some pics?Send me your email(goddam techology grumblegrumble)

[TerrA LX]

PM sent.

[TerrA LX]

[wot179]

Thanks,mate