baybuscamperkid wrote:nah, holden or ford is far too easy/common ;P . from what we've seen so far (we're still keeping an open mind) we're thinking:
VW Type 3 wagon
Renault 10
Saab 99
Volvo 140
Humber Snipe
A humber! we used to have one in the paddock when I was a little kid, think it was a super minx?
being destructive kids there wasn't much left of it by the time I was 10 😂
Super Minx would be a Hillman 🙂
We very nearly ended up with one of these in wagon form.
Well we've had half a day to spend beginning work on the Victor and things are going very well. We rehung the front doors which had only been sat on in order to get it home and they are now opening and closing nicely. We also refitted the interior trim to the front doors which is in AMAZING condition (unfortunately we will have to remove it again to properly refit the outside chrome trim).
We had been told by the previous owner that the drums were freshly machined and the pads new, and after taking off 2 of the drums this definitely seems to be the case. It also appears that the brake cylinders may be in good condition as they appear to have nice fresh feeling dust seals on them and show no visible signs of leaking. Some fluid in the drained master cylinder and the brakes are now well on their way to being useable.
We spent another couple of hours on the Victor today. Sanded down the bodyfiller in the guard and bonnet to see what lies beneath. No rust but lots of dints, the previous owner managed to find a remarkable number of sharp objects with the front left corner of the car!
We got the basic panelbeating tools out that I've had for a while, had a read of a how-to article in a classic car magazine and got stuck into it. We won't be putting any filler in, just straightening it as much as possible and then repainting to seal the metal.
I added a quick bit of paint to the bonnet to seal it from the bad weather of the next few days. Pretty happy with the result for our first time!
Late notice as it ends tonight but we've added our Victor to Just Car Insurance's coolest car competition for a laugh,Please vote for us if you're on facebook, or even better drop a couple of dollars into our everyday heroes tax deductible sponsorship page 😀
Scored a near new set of 165x80x13" tyres off Ebay a week or so ago and fitted them up to the old girls wheels today. Also chucked on my spare roofrack to make her more rally-ish :P
Not much hapenning on the car at the moment as I'm down to my last fortnight of uni ever, but some good news. We picked up some fantastically retro Pioneer parcel shelf speakers at the swapmeet in Croydon for $5 so we're one step closer to having some tunes in the car, and we have a very exciting event to announce!
I've posted this in the events forum but for those who haven't made the connection - The Lucky Coq in Prahran is throwing Desert Sailors a launch Party! On Sunday Nov 27th we will have the Victor out the front of the pub, there will be a BBQ with sales going towards the fundraising, back-issues of Vintage Caravan Magazine also being sold as fundraising with more details to some. We're got a facebook event up and running for it and expect the Lucky Coq will add an official event page shortly http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=195644283845231
Day 1 - Melbourne CBD to Wentworth (near Mildura)
Day 2 - Wentworth out of Victoria to Tibooburra via Broken Hill
Day 3 - Tibooburra to Innaminka in South Australia via Camerons corner (the borders of Queensland, South Australia and NSW)
Day 4 - Innaminka to Windora in Queensland
Day 5 - Windora to Winton
Day 6 - Winton to Mount Surprise
Day 7 - Mount Surprise to Cairns (Hopefully downhill!)
Getting very excited now! To give you an idea of the distance covered here's a screen-capture of the route map:
There are promises of sand dunes, wet and dry river crossings and lots of dirt roads, time to find some spare wheels! ;D
I just found this photo today, great to see a Victor going hard in the dirt! Anyone know where I can get a copy of the movie it comes from? (Rallybrudar, 2008) It features the Victor, a bunch of Volvo 122s' and many more lovely classics and I can;t find a copy for sale anywhere!
To continue our wonderfully productive week Desert Sailors is very pleased to announce another sponsor for our grand adventure for the Cancer Council.
Hemco seatbelts ( http://www.hemco.com.au/seatbelts.html )has come on board this week. For those that don't know them, Hemco are suppliers of volume and one-off seatbelts for all makes and models of cars. We use them at work and I've had a set of standard belts fitted to my Volvo for the last 12 months, and have just treated myself to some custom belts in green to match the interior. Hemco can do custom length static and retractable belts with a range of stalk options and colour options at very reasonable prices and made in Australia. They've been here for a while too, I recently hopped into a mate's Peugeot 403 and the period fitted belts in that are Hemco!
We've had some fun recently and decided to put together some Team Tshirts for the Desert Sailors. All designs give $10 directly to our donation drive for the Cancer Council.
Exciting times, 3 days of long hours and late nights and the Victor is painted!
Day 1 involved the last bits of metalwork and some metal prep and final assembly:
Day 2 I prepped the top half of the car with the help of a good mate, masked it up and hit it with 1l of 'aluminium', small compressor, gun set up for thick paint and paint made to be brushed on rather then sprayed, thinned heavily for the purpose. The result is appalling but fitting 🙂 :
Then day 3 saw the lower half of the car prepped,silver drips removed and a litre of ridiculously loud blue added. Like the silver the blue had issues, very thin and didn't want to adhere to the base, but again I think the result is fitting:
Not terrible for $65 worth of paint :P Melbournites can come and see it in the flesh on Sunday, it will be proudly displayed on the back of a trailer out the front of Lucky Coq in Prahran for it's launch party
Looks like the weather's clearing, should be a good day at the Lucky Coq in Prahran tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon for the Victor's launch, just got to give it a quick wash and fit the rear bumper then she's ready for her debut!
I'd like to say a big thankyou Lucky Coq for hosting our Shitbox Rally launch party on Sunday. The sun was shining, BBQ was sizzling, and between the BBQ and raffle we managed to raise another $240 for a good cause.
Raffle Winners were:
Polly (ticket 18)
Kiy (ticket 1)
Jason (ticket 26)
BIG weekend on the Victor. Started to piece the wiring back together, so far I am a couple of globes away from working indicators, brake lights and taillights. Still need to figure out how to hook up the headlights since the wiring has been cut to change from the old globes to sealed beams.
Gearshift is linked up and seems to be shifting quite well, Starter motor is working, car is turning over,fuel is getting to the carb, just lacking something in the spark department as far as I can tell before she is a runner 😀
Also drilled out the broken stud in the exhaust manifold, reassembled it, hooked up throttle and choke, removed, inspected and reinstalled the waterpump, I think that'll do me for the weekend!
Want to say thankyou to Smithy's LPG in Bayswater too, as they made a very generous donaqtion to the team on Friday.
Got to drive the Victor today, had a little fun bleeding the clutch slave and need to find a suitable upper rad hose, but was otherwise very happy with the drive, if a little scared by 4 wheel drum brakes!
Sound makes it sound pretty rough but it actually sounded and pulled smoothly if slowly
oil replaced, gearbox oil filled, diff topped up, headlights wired and adjusted, horn wired and extensively tested ( :-D ) battery secured, wipers reassembled, wiring tidied up, coolant flushed and refreshed, accelerator pedal fitted... I need some sleep! not much to do tomorrow before roadworthy hopefully!
