thought i might aswel copy across my build thread and add on what i have been up to lately but to give you an idea what i started with...
1972 automatic dual carb that apart from atlas whitewalls was fairly stock and very ugly.
had a messy poo brown interior with highbacks and a lot missing or destroyed, had been off the road and uregistered for atleast 4 years, didnt want to run and had about as much clearance as a four wheel drive.
with about a months work replacing roadworthy parts i took it to a friend of ours to finish and roadworthy to get it registered. i managed to get it on the road without a whole heap of work but it didnt want to idle and it was running rough but i wanted it registered and through vic roads before the fun began.
day it was registered.
since then a lot has changed but i decided to go down the path of creating a sort of rat looking square that is also my daily driver and driven over a 100kms a day.
interior i bought all black door cards, swapped out brown higbacks for a red and black low back and a red rear seat, i have a brown steel hing cover with a light connected to my door switches, early steering wheel, vdo oil temperature and pressure gauges and a full sound system with tweeters in the factory speaker loaction, headunit and 6inch speakers under the seats and a subwoofer in a beer keg in the rear and an ammo case to hide my amp.
(recently converted to amp under seat and a wooden sub box)
as for the motor we replaced the stock carbs with empi's after giving the inlet manifolds a match grind and polish, went to a 009 distributer, replaced leads and coil, voltage regulator, did rear main seal, rocker cover seal, fixed a leak in the oil cooler and auto, fitted an exhaust from cip1 and blocked off all air ways (stock location for carby intake and the heater channels) and it seems to be running beautiful and staying between 70-95degrees once its warm since i have no chokes.
i bought a sun visor, venetians for the rear sides and rear window and bought an old roof rack off a kombi and made it fit my square.
then i was unhappy with the roof rack and the height so i removed the rack and wound down the tortions
and then like usual i start drinking and parts arrive
so went lower and more travel with bert3 drop spindles, had to convert to early discs, calipers and tie rod ends but it was worth it
the rack makes a comeback as i further modified it to suit the roll and taper of the type3 roof while only just sitting off it
quick pic loaded up for a 600k round trip to lochsport
rhyso Learner Dubber
8 posts · joined Feb 2013 ·
