All started with a blind £350 ebay purchase





Stripped and had floorpan blasted on the plus side the main structure (Tunnel) was in great shape same could not be said for floor pans and front panel!








Floorpan then sent off to painters to look pretty

Nice looking chassis you got there

Once returned the build began!





Once the body had been roughly painted in the blue it was decided that a role cage was needed so a custom made frame was made which can be removed as quick as the body

Well done!, that is coming along nicely  But boy is that going to stink when you get it running with that paint  Just one thing, check that there is a piece of tin wear in-between the push rod tubes and the cylinders on both sides? You have to take the heads of to put it in if it's not there!

Rob

Cheers Rob there is no tin wear there at the moment! However I have fitted a new set of push rod tubes they are the sprung loaded ones so no need to remove cylinder heads, Have you had and experience of these as although now fitted im not sure they are that great?

Some more being pics this time of the body prep and paint.

 

This is where we are up to now brake lines are run just wiring loom and fitting up!

Very cool great job

Wow that was a quick build! It's taken me years and I'm not near yet! Looks great too! (Yours not mine!)

thats a fine transformation, you should be proud.

  looks sweet

Love the colour!

Quote from: Mastertons on May 29, 2014, 06:14:38 PM
Cheers Rob there is no tin wear there at the moment! However I have fitted a new set of push rod tubes they are the sprung loaded ones so no need to remove cylinder heads, Have you had and experience of these as although now fitted im not sure they are that great?

Yeah the tins are only little but they do circulate the air around the cylinders so they do not distort!. I build a few engines, torque the heads down and then think, you pratt.... you haven't put those tin's in again 

You are certainly getting a move on with your build or have you been saving photo's up    It is looking good though 

Rob

Looks great

Is the roll cage bolted to the pan or have you made a perimeter frame that runs ontop of the pan?

Can't tell from the pics 

Cheers

MM

love the colour to