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[hawk]

Just got the 34adm weber and adaptor plate for this i was wondering if there is anything i need to do or lookout for when i fit it next weekend?

[mr5000]

not sure wich one the 34 adm is but i put a xe foulcan webber carb on my gfs old 202 had to cut the foulcan throttle cable bracket and the 202s and make one out of 2

[hawk]

Thanks im halfway through making one now also what do i do with the vacuum hoses i cant tell if or where the webber vacuums are

[hawk]

Well i gave it a service yesterday and ive almost finished making the brackets for the weber so that should go on over the weekend.

over tge last few days ive had a nasty surprise ive started taking off the side strips on an apparently bog free car to find alot of paint came off with the side strips and feom what i can tell the doors r full of bog and stuffed and the rear quarter had yellow paint or undercoat under the paint and some rust coming through

Oh and i would like to find the guy i got it off and punch his head in the lying pr*#k

[hawk]

Well i just fitted the weber and all i can say is wow the theottle respone is 10 times better and it pulls hard

[hawk]

well today i bought another sunbird its an Opel 4 and auto best bit is its rust free except a small hole on the rear beaver panel the original rust proofing is still there and its the cleanest i ave even seen a boot floor and rear quarters, few small dents here and there and the passengers side guard needs to be replaced. hopefully the passengers door dent will pop out.
the guy i bought it off got it off the original owner 8 months ago but didnt realize how much needed to be done to convert to an lh/lx so decided to sell. im really happy with the car and the price it gets dropped off tomorrow morning.

[hawk]

time for some pics first up are the pics of the carby installed and the damage when the door protector strips came off look at all the bog and a couple of my fiance with the car lol

[hawk]

heres the new car it gets dropped off tomorrow

[hawk]

thanks and it came at i price i couldnt say no to

[hawk]

yer i sold whatever i could to get the cash he said i could just save and pay wen i had the money but i didnt want the chance of someone else buying it

[hawk]

well today the new uc was dropped off first thing i did was give it a wash then started stripping the interior as the carpet was stuffed. was really happy to not find a spec of rust in the pans. after that off came the bumpers and front panels. the radiator support and behind the bonnet hinges was also rust free but as usual the battery tray needs work and there is a small hole on the rear beaver panel.

so far it looks like in replacing the passengers side guard and both doors and im still unsure on the drivers side guard anyways heres some pics
oh and if you look closely in one of the pics you can see a burnout mark behind the car lol

[hawk]

and more pics

[hawk]

It will be a long term rebuild new everything and a respray maybe flares and a smooth engine bay

[hawk]

did some more on it today the screens came out and i found zero rust not even surface rust which i was really happy about also took some more bits off the front of the car and all the doors came off, pics r of drivers side doors.
also the opel motor and auto box along with the radiator and drive shaft are for sale can hear running in the car if anyone is interestel pm me in the next 2 weeks before its removed from the car.

[Neils LX]

Looks like the starfire could still pull a skid.

[hawk]

haha i wish it was a starlire because if it was i wouldnt need a new crossmember

[Neils LX]

haha i wish it was a starlire because if it was i wouldnt need a new crossmember

My bad its an opel motor, dont throw out the opel crossmember i think there useful for Chev conversions.

[mr5000]

yeah i think the opel xmember suits the sbc better than the normal xmember there ya go blown small block burnout rig its a uc im sure no one will mind

[Potta]

Good pickup Hawk.

So whats the plan?

V8 in this one and drive the other one around until you are off your P's?

[hawk]

yeah slow project and i was planning a chev or rb30 not sure which yet i think ill do the paint, panel and diff before i decide on what to run

[hawk]

ok ive done a bit more the headlining, parcel shelf, most wiring and motor and trans are now out.

few questions to start with-
1. i want to soundproof/ rustrproof the inside of the car so flootpans and boot area with black pain whats the best way to strip the paint and black tar stuff?

2. how far do i need to take the paint inside the car back before paint ? do i need to bare metal it?

3. what soundproofing paint / rustproofing would you suggest and does it need to be spayed out of a gun on a compressor? is there a certain type of spay gun i need to get?

[hawk]

need the answers to these please i spent a few hours tonight scraping the black tar stuff off the floorpan seams tonight still a bit to do, is scraping it off with a chisel and screwdriver enough ? theres still some left on and i want to wire wheel the pans then paint

1. i want to soundproof/ rustrproof the inside of the car so flootpans and boot area with black pain whats the best way to strip the paint and black tar stuff?

2. how far do i need to take the paint inside the car back before paint ? do i need to bare metal it?

3. what soundproofing paint / rustproofing would you suggest and does it need to be spayed out of a gun on a compressor? is there a certain type of spay gun i need to get?

any help would be great