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Dazz ·

Ok, here is the starting point.

Dazz ·

Interior need complete upgrade.

Anyone know if you can get aftermarket covers for that seat and is it ADR compliant?

Dazz ·

Got to love a rust free body with very few dents and long periods in dry storage.

Dazz ·

Carpet, hood lining, door cards, seat covers etc all ordered and awaiting its arrival.

Note the Jeremy Clarkson tool kit laying on the floor!

Bizarre ·

Yes - I do believe Dairy Farmers still make a cover for them

Be careful you dont buy that no name rubbish from Coles

Bizarre ·

Rust free - you lucky B

Love a good curved screen super.
I have a 75 in Martini Olive

Your must be VERY late 74 as it has indicators on guards but 3 point seats

Dazz ·

Third digit in chassis number is a 6 so I'm led to believe its a 76.

Got some ideas for the car but getting it blue slipped and regoed first will ease the RTA's views on safety 😉

Dairy Farmers you say? My mate said Sydney Morning Herald??.

Bizarre ·

1976's were standards - not supers

What is the number stamped under the back seat near the gear box inspection hole 13? ??? ???

Could be a 75 with wrong front guards
75 had rack and pinion
73 and 74 had steering box

Dazz ·

Where is that?

Bizarre ·

vin number

Dazz ·

Found it buried under 5 mm of crud.

1342767###

74 model it is

Joel ·

Bout a month after mine and it was the last of the twin rail seats, although weirdly mine had the plastic number plate light housing and yours is still metal

ian.mezz ·

must people make the mistake of doing things/ changing stuff on a car, then trying and get the blue slip, we see it all the time.

Dazz ·

Looked at Joel's build up with the sc12 and that is what I have in mind
at the moment. Comp plate states 11/74 build date. Have to use it for
transport for a little while so Rego, drive, find dual cab to tow boat then
start to play with bug some more.

Joel ·

Liking where this is going 😉

Dazz ·

Joel wrote:Liking where this is going 😉
Me too Joel, me too!

Dazz ·

As far as motor body trimmers go I make a sensational boiler maker.

Not too bad for a first try, lucky I'm not going down the show car route though, few rookie errors.

Bizarre ·

Dazz wrote:As far as motor body trimmers go I make a sensational boiler maker.
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hahahahaah

Great quote

Looking good though

Dazz ·

Back piece in as a temporary measure. Will place it better after hood lining goes in

Bizarre ·

when you have the hoodlining out pour Penotrol down the lip that the hood lining clips to

This will help stop the rust in the rain channels

A lot of the time it is from the inside caused by condensation and gets trapped there

Dazz ·

Will do, thanks for the tip

Dazz ·

Finally after a little spinal surgery and lounge time to recover I made a little progress tonight.
After waiting for ever for parts I decided to take a change in upholstery colour which will now guide the exterior colour also.
Again, I am no upholsterer.

Dazz ·

New seat colour

Dazz ·

Got window regulator fitted, window back in, inside door handle fixed and door trim fitted

Dazz ·

After looking at that seat a few more times, I might get a real life upholsterer to pad that seat up a bit to fill the cover a bit better. It kind of looks like it has been through the Biggest Loser TV show