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[Stinga]

i like what you have done with the tail lights, i would have put the number plate in the middle though

[micklx]

You're a man of mystery Rodomo. Are you planning to keep building this one?

Rodomo - National man of mystery......

[rodomo]

Heads are done, manifold, extractors, cam, rockers are here. Sooper dooper rods and hi-lump pistons are at the engine builders getting swapped over.

Hoping to build this engine and g/box and the LJ's engine and g/box over the winter.

[rodomo]

S0.......................

Some of you will know that over the last 2 years a few things have happened that have no less than "upset the apple cart" so to speak.
Separation, dear ol' dad getting ill and then passing, loosing my job and subsequently moving to the other side of town (dammit!)

Amongst all that, I've managed to find a lovely supportive, lady with whom I reckon (if she plays her cards right?) I might just happen to spend the rest of my days on this planet with.

Anyhoo, along with moving comes disruption and as you can imagine this project has been bogged down for a while to the point that I recently posted this http://www.gmh-toran...1-frankenstein/ thread.

BUT!!!!!....................With the support shown in THAT thread AND the support of my lovely lady, there has been some progress?

Poor old thing has been buried under rubble since I moved here but I'm building a shed to put all the crap in so hopefully will make real progress soon!

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[rodomo]

I'm very keen to see what you do with this.

I'm gunna finish the door and mount a gutter.

[Ice]

Love your recylcling work rob waste nothing

[orangeLJ]

Good to hear you are enjoying yourself (actually, now you have a lady, you shouldnt be "enjoying" yourself now anyway... lol)

wheres the LJ gone to rest?

[308 Sunbird]

Glad to hear things sound like their on the way up.

[rodomo]

Ok. Sheds finished (no pics) Crap has been taken to the tip and now I can see the car!
But.................
There has also been some after hours work on the bolt ons.
Holley 650 double pumper re-engineered into a Quadra-mega-jetta-squirter-!

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[warrenm]

That looks better, should flow a little cleaner now.

[rodomo]

Progress!
Sorry, no pics.

[rodomo]

Orite!
Yesterday I had a beer, jacked it up a bit, had a beer, measured some stuff, had a beer and looked at it while I had a beer.
I'd call it a re-familiarization exercise.
I haven't worked on the shell for 12 months?
(where was I up to????)

But.........

Also............

Last weekend.........

I went here: http://www.cavehillengines.com.au/ The block was selected, stripped, put in the bath and pistons were pushed off rods.

Edited by rodomo, 07 November 2012 - 09:29 PM.

[Stinga]

i hope you had a beer after all that

[rodomo]

UPDATE with pics!
If damn photo-damn-bucket will let me damn load them dammit!

*goes to sulk and drink more beer*

Edited by rodomo, 28 November 2012 - 09:08 PM.

[Stinga]

is it just a pic of you drinking beer Rob?

[rodomo]

Nah mate! This is real progress and text!
But..................after the damn text, damn photo-damn-bucket only let me up-damn-load 3 damn pics then it damn froze DAMMIT!

[GML-31]

so where are they?

[rodomo]

HERE!
Finished the shed. All the spare panels and crap are in here now and I have room to move around the car.

Made up a couple of special tools. Skyhook and measuring stick.



Temporarily bolted up the steering column. Easier to move around now.