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[hawk]

Well ive taken some of the parcel shelf back and behind the back seat will hopefully spay sone black sound deadener on next weekbit until then ill keep wire wheeling it ... whats the best way to clean the bare metal before i spay the sound deadener on

[hawk]

Wire wheeled the.parcel shelf and inside the.rear pillars to metal which took ages is there any way to do it faster as the frinder keeps over hearing, i was thinking paint stripper but wouldnt it get in the seams and other places where it wont come out ... im on a tight budget so it has to be cheap haha.

Also im using this rust converter that turns the metal.black it says to wipe the black stuff off but its really hard to get off can this black staining be.painted over?

Hopefully put up some pics soon.

Now the red car has filled with water again so the carpet is out for the second time ... i thought id fixed the leak so it was dissapointing .
It also needs a new gearbox and torque converter as its still revving at 5000 at 100kmh which is wrong especially after the diff was swapped to a 3.36 from 3.9 apparently the bands or converter are slipping

[hawk]

ok so heres the pics, i also put in some of inside the plenum i put my phone in through the heater box hole to get the photos.

[hawk]

cheers ill try that soon

[hawk]

Wasbhoping.to gwt alot done today but the grinder died :( so hopefully i will get another later in the week and the sound deadener and gun might have to wait another week

[hawk]

Haha shes great im very lucky to have her and the car well thats a work in progress lol needs a new torque converter and gearbox at the moment

[hawk]

heres some pics of the last i got done with the wire wheel before the grinder died, also stripped out the doors and have some pics of what im dealing with. theres no pic of the passengers rear door as it has a large dent and some rust so i didnt bother with pics as i was planning on scrapping it but my dad thinks its repairable.

[hawk]

ok so during the week i laid down some sound deadener and it looks like the tar stuff used under cars so my question is , should this stuff be used inside the car? the paint shop said it could but but dad told me not to put anymore on. he thinks that on a hot day it would just turn to tar like goo. so should i finish the inside of the car in this or find something else?
heres the pics.

[hawk]

well on the weekend i took the red uc out bush when we went camping and had a ball went drifting on dirt tracks and did a few burnouts lol ran really well until i got home, next time i took it out there was a bang from the rear end, not sure what it was but its running fine now. one thing i did notice was one of my hotwires had cracks through half of the spokes which didnt look good so now the car has 2 hotwires and 2 sle rims on it

[hawk]

Got a defect notice in the mail yesterday from last month apparently my car is too loud so it has to go to the testers and will probably need a new system throughout ... it shits me so much i didnt ever get pulled over they just deemed it noisy as a drove past apparently

[hawk]

Im in vic the test is 40 and however much to get a quieter system

[hawk]

na has to be 96 dba and i meant it will cost me 40 bucks which sucks but i have a stock red 6 exhaust lined up for 60 bucks so will cost me about 150 bucks all up

[hawk]

Well this week has been productive, picked up 4 doors,a passengers side guard, 6cyl engine mounts, a chrome grill and a uc front end yesterday and soon ill be getting cuts off a few rusty uc's which is good i also got some more sound deadener down. tonight i will also be having a look at an lx ... apparently it has minimal rust and is running a 308 on gas and comes with spares will post up picks later

[hawk]

ok so this arvo we picked up some more parts an lx nosecone, bonnet and grill, heater dash pad, bumper and dash insert heres the picks

[hawk]

Picked up anothrr door today and some 14x10 hotwires with slicks ... the hotwires are for sale so pm me with an offer

[hawk]

Welhe last few weeks have been eventful i moved out of home and the red uc was deregistered by my parents so now im trying to get it roadworthy.
So my stereo is coming out
so far what i have on my to do list is
fix the damaged guard ...(its at the panel shop atm)
new carpet
brake pads
touch up paint in a few spots
give a good clean and degrease
fix wiring to the weber
tires?
Exhaust

what other things should i do

what has already been done is
rebuilt front end
new drivers side mirror
rear bushes look good

[hawk]

im considering taking out a $10000 loan to do some work on the red UC but im not sure where to start
i was thinking
-9" diff
hoppers brake kit
get a welder
get paint and primers
flare kit
wheels and tyres

not sure what else to do any suggestions?
going to the bank on wednesday to see if i can get it

[orangeLJ]

How old are you Hawk?


Personally, I'd say do what you can on a budget and save to do what you want to your car.

Going into debt with the bank so you can tinker with the UC is not a grand idea IMO.

[hawk]

Im 19 and the reason im taking out the loan is because i need a car on the road asap so im get the uc re registered then was planning on getting it to a point im happy with over time

[orangeLJ]

Buy a cheap daily then.

You will never be able to do anything of any worth with the UC as your daily and project car, you'll only be rushing to get shit done, slapping it back together and generally not finishing things to the standard you want.

There will be people that will argue the point, but I'm of the firm belief you cant have an older car as a daily and a ful blown project car. (not to mention the rate of deteriation that a daily sees)

just my opinion buddy, take from it what you will.

[torana_nick]

I agree with orange LJ
You don't want to put your self in debt. I've been there done that and learnt the hard way.
If you realy need a car maybe get your self a run around for under a grand. Those little cars are everywhere.
But it's up to you.

Cheers
Nick.