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 ZachJW
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| posted on June 15th, 2010 at 05:48 PM |
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A Start to the Notch
Well most of you may not know me as I am new on here, I have just brought a (i think) 1965 notch (as an impulse buy of course). so here it is.
yes i have a slightly inquisitive dog
And yes that is a hole in the floor pan you see, at the moment i'm am flinstone powered
At the moment the only thing i have managed to do in the two days i have had it is to remove the seats, dash, instruments, having a fight with the
steering wheel and removing the head and tail lights.
at the moment it seems my first step will to try and get the body separated from the half floorpan, any advice on this would be much appreciated 
Zach
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| posted on June 15th, 2010 at 06:53 PM |
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bit of work there mate.
but you will receive all the help you need,right here.
Welcome and good luck.
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courage."
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| posted on June 15th, 2010 at 07:30 PM |
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Zach I dont know if your dog is going to see you much over the next few months !! Good luck will be good to see your progress .Keep pics coming!
cheers matt
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| posted on June 15th, 2010 at 07:55 PM |
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Good on ya mate for saving another type 3 notch .
My best advise for you at this time is to take plenty of pics so as to give you a good referal when you come to reassembly plus bag and label where
all those little items come from because trust me , come 3 months time when you look in that great bucket of screws and bits and bolts etc you will be
seriosly scratching your head as to where the whing wang came from and as nice as your dog looks , he or she won't be much help .
Andrew
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| posted on June 15th, 2010 at 07:56 PM |
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Third digit in the compliance plate is a 5 = 1965
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| posted on June 15th, 2010 at 08:36 PM |
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Thanks guys, does anybody know of anywhere on here that shows the removal of the body from the floor pan? seems i'll have no problem getting the
right hand side off considering its held on by rope. I've found already that you're right andrew, so many little screws. Finn is just looking
forward to the day he gets to ride in it for now he's claimed sleeping in it. Thanks empi do you know what all the individual weights on the plate
are?
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| posted on June 15th, 2010 at 09:46 PM |
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Hi, and good luck
Max total weight = 1310kg , Max front axle load 550 kg and Max Rear axle load 790 kg
Cheers, Pat
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| posted on June 16th, 2010 at 12:32 PM |
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go on ya mate for saving another one....that is one crazy hole in the floor!! I thought mine was bad!
will keep a look out for your progress mate!
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| posted on June 16th, 2010 at 07:10 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by ZachJW
I've found already that you're right andrew, so many little screws.
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Snap lock bags and a good texta will be your friend for all those little bits and don't be affraid of seperating close areas as it will save time in
the end !!!
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| posted on June 17th, 2010 at 06:50 PM |
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Will be good to see this old girl getting the treatment she deseves. Best of luvk with it mate!
Cheers Bill
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| posted on June 17th, 2010 at 07:04 PM |
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Well
Yes I am one of those people that enjoy getting wet and cold on the water for fun, today i had my fireball delivered while at school 
After that was out of the way it was back to working on the notch
Everything Clear from the dash apart from the indicator lever.
I. do admire how easy they have made it to take apart all in an hours good work
very surprisingly unless covered i haven't found that much filler and rust on the body, but the panels well that's a different story
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| posted on June 17th, 2010 at 10:38 PM |
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Those front wheels look unique, not quite a stock style wheel I think??
That fireball (the boat) needs some TLC too or maybe a match?
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| posted on June 18th, 2010 at 03:57 PM |
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Yeah the fireball is going to need a lot of TLC as does the notch and Tasmanian weather isn't helping at all... 
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| posted on June 24th, 2010 at 09:23 PM |
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Well I haven"t done much this week apart from taking the fuel tank out and I have started to clean up the spare floor pan. Starting to build up a bit
of a tool collection as I am new to this I started off with next to none, i wonder when my father will realise that his grinder has gone missing  . Still looking for a engine if any of you Tassie people have anything
hiding that you want to sell I would be quite interested 
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| posted on June 24th, 2010 at 10:45 PM |
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wow can't believe that there seems to be no rust at all in the body yet the floor is completely gone
71 notchback,
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| posted on June 25th, 2010 at 08:47 AM |
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Yeah I'm hoping that's how it'll stay when I manage to get the glass
and rubber seals off
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| posted on June 25th, 2010 at 10:43 AM |
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hey mate, like your Selecta pic....
I guess thats the direction you are heading??
I personally like the lines of your two tone effect!! Nice!!
Scarab (aka: Paul)
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| posted on June 26th, 2010 at 10:40 AM |
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Yeah i think that is the direction I am heading, i tested it out to see what it'd look like and those two colour look good on a notch i think. the
only thing i wont be able to do is the rear indicators that wrap around as I don't have them
Zach.
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| posted on June 27th, 2010 at 10:29 PM |
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Anybody have an idea on how to get this off? apart from having to cut it off.. it's fairly well rusted on.
After a few hours with the grinder my spare floor pan is starting to look promising. Although i still may need to find another pan.
looking forward to getting more garage space with the move coming up
soon I should hopefully be able to remove the body and start repairs to the existing pan
more updates coming soon.
Zach
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| posted on June 27th, 2010 at 10:52 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Scarab
hey mate, like your Selecta pic....
I guess thats the direction you are heading??
I personally like the lines of your two tone effect!! Nice!!
Scarab (aka: Paul)
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I 2nd that , bloody well impressed
Empi
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