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Tim's LJ - The Build Diary

Started by RIM-010 , Aug 18 2006 07:54 PM

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#301 _UNVSM8_

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Posted 27 July 2008 - 10:46 PM

quick while petrol is cheap

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#302 _TJ253_

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Posted 28 July 2008 - 07:43 AM

Nice Mirrors tim should look trick

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#303 RIM-010

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Posted 02 August 2008 - 10:58 AM

I hate Holden...

a: I go to take the mirrors off, so I can see what I need to do to fit my GTS mirrors - Have to get behind the doortrim to stop the nut from spinning.
b: Fair enough, I'll just take the doortrim off, I wanted to anyway - No can do, gotta take the window winder and door handles off first.
c: No wukka's, all I've gotta do is undo those little C clips and she's all good. Of course that doesn't want to do it either.
d: Ahh, f*ck it, I'll just take the whole bloody door off - And do you think that the bottom pin wants to come out?

Why couldn't they have bolted the doors on like every other car that they've made? Bloody idiots...

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#304 RIM-010

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Posted 02 August 2008 - 06:19 PM

Made a little bit of progress today.

Worked out that the boot that was on the car was bent/twisted... Started stripping a spare, straight one.
Pulled the front and rear windscreens out - not an easy job solo, and I only managed to put 2 little tears in the headlining at the back!

EDIT: Found a couple of tiny spots of rust inder the windscreens. Nothing to get scared about, only surface rust, but I'm glad I found it now...

Tim

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#305 _shep3305_

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Posted 02 August 2008 - 06:37 PM

Keep at it Tim your doing a great job...

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#306 RIM-010

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Posted 02 August 2008 - 06:54 PM

Cheers mate. Unfortunately all I can really do now is buy parts until mid-November when I finish school and get stuck into the car

I want it back on the road before Summer... Got about 3 weeks worth of time between now and December to do it. Is it doable? I think I've got a shot...

Tim

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#307 Joshua

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Posted 03 August 2008 - 09:46 PM

What did you get done today timmy?

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#308 RIM-010

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Posted 03 August 2008 - 09:55 PM

About 7 hours of sitting behind a stupid inconsiderate bitch on the bus back to Adelaide...

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#309 Joshua

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Posted 03 August 2008 - 10:07 PM

i meant on the car...

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#310 RIM-010

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Posted 03 August 2008 - 10:13 PM

Nothing... I got on the bus at 11am, before that I was having breakfast and sorting some other shit out.

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#311 MRLXSS

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Posted 04 August 2008 - 11:05 AM

Did you manage to get both screens out without breaking them at all?

When is the next time you will be heading home for a weekend of fun on the car?

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#312 RIM-010

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Posted 04 August 2008 - 11:23 AM

Yup, both screens out without damage :spoton:

I'll be back for 4 days at the start of September. Should be able to get a bit done. Might even borrow a MIG and do some welding...

Tim

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#313 RIM-010

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Posted 11 August 2008 - 12:17 AM

Well I went home this weekend aswell. Just for something different. Didn't get much done, cleaned up around the rear windscreen. Some pretty interesting previous repairs happening there... a couple of little rust spots and an arseload of bog that doesn't need to be there. Will sandblast it and see what I'm really dealing with.

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#314 rodomo

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Posted 11 August 2008 - 12:19 AM

Some pretty interesting previous repairs happening there... a couple of little rust spots and an arseload of bog that doesn't need to be there. Will sandblast it and see what I'm really dealing with.

Tim

Says he asking "would you like tomato sauce with that?" as he opens a can of worms.

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#315 RIM-010

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Posted 11 August 2008 - 12:31 AM

Wha?

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#316 orangeLJ

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Posted 11 August 2008 - 11:16 AM

I think he means you are opening pandoras box, and you're bound to find things you dont expect! like more rust! haha.

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#317 RIM-010

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Posted 11 August 2008 - 11:23 AM

Aye. It's not that I don't expect it. And I'd rather find it now, while the car is still in pieces, than find it 6 months after I paint it...

Tim

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#318 _HatchmanSS76_

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Posted 11 August 2008 - 01:36 PM

Ah the joy's of finding a small spot here and there and knowing all too well what lies beneath. Ya never know you may get lucky and it's not that bad underneath.
It's only time, and if you have the patients not to take short cuts it's well worth doing right while it's in pieces.

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#319 RIM-010

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Posted 11 August 2008 - 02:45 PM

Well it was all sealed with bog, so I assume that underneath will be alright. And I'm not unpicking anything else, but I'll spray a heap of fish oil in the hole just in case.

Tim

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#320 _soss_

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Posted 12 August 2008 - 06:06 PM

My new mirrors, huge thanks to soss

Tim

your most welcome mate,,looking forward to cruzing nanna car with you :spoton:

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#321 RIM-010

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Posted 12 August 2008 - 09:33 PM

Are you gunna have that '161' in there by Summer, Greg? That'll make it a bit more interesting

Definitely look forward to cruising with the Adelaide mob over summer.

Tim

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#322 _UNVSM8_

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Posted 13 August 2008 - 05:11 PM

its going to be wicked! my mates getting a 308 built for his LX ready for summer so theres going to be a few!

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#323 mitchg

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Posted 13 August 2008 - 07:04 PM

Tim, bog hides many things, including bodgy ass repairs like some of the ones I found in my first car. All the panels were straight, small couple of holes here and there, grinded them back with a wire wheel, i found rust holes the size of my fist, and panels which you would never of guessed had rust in them. So you never know whats behind that bog...