Whats happening in Boxshed

[deano59]

just watched the red centre nats on 7 mate this morning saw both of your cars on the telly your a super star mate :-)

[boxhead]

So in among a fair bit of retail service work, this happened yesterday.
As found.


After being towed into my shed. Dust and all.


This is the part I really wanted.
But he would only sell as a package.


I am now a member of the Big Block club.

[750hp]

Body looks good! Are you inserting Part B into Part A?

[Rog246]

Originally Posted by 750hp

Body looks good! Are you inserting Part B into Part A?

Well that sounds like someones wedding night !!

[PeterAllen]

Sorry Dave, a bit late onto these updates.

Did you have any contact with the owner of the 250 GTO spyder? I believe it has a 6 ltr Pontiac engine, making a connection between the two, albeit completely different, vehicles sold as GTO.

[albanycobra]

Me rikey........

[boxhead]

Originally Posted by 750hp

Body looks good! Are you inserting Part B into Part A?

No that's not the plan.
I plan to get the VF into a driver stage and flip it.
If it was a VG I would have kept.

I did the deal wanting the 440/727 combo, I have since tracked down the previous owner of engine combo, he advises it was a healthy runner but with a stupid crazy cam, very lumpy but no power.
I bought the combo to set aside for the Charger build.
And I now have everything to drop it into the Charger, But the Charger body wont be ready for a year or 2 yet, so I am having nasty thoughts of dropping the lot into George (the VH Wagon), I think the diff will complain, unless I go very gentle.
A big block stock looking Wagon sounds like fun.

[Gav]

And will have more street cred than a pink corona

[boxhead]

Originally Posted by PeterAllen

Sorry Dave, a bit late onto these updates.

Did you have any contact with the owner of the 250 GTO spyder? I believe it has a 6 ltr Pontiac engine, making a connection between the two, albeit completely different, vehicles sold as GTO.

I dont, but I could probably get it easy enough.

[PeterAllen]

Nah, no worries. I was just curious as to whether it was the 6 ltr car. It was in Qld last I knew so I wondered why it was in The Alice, but I see that car has NT plates.

[Rog246]

Originally Posted by Gav

And will have more street cred than a pink corona

Now that's just harsh Gav!
However I'd reckon it'd go down a treat in Oxford Street.....Mardi Gras wouldn't even have to be in progress

[dave295]

Originally Posted by Gav

And will have more street cred than a pink corona

Hah, I'm sure the ladies sing "I love you for your pink Cadillac ... I just wonder what you do there in the back of your pink Cadillac" - territory style!

Cheers

Dave

[albanycobra]

Everyone likes a car with a pink bits......

[dave295]

Dave
There is a Val Charger for sale at Pickles Auctions in SA at the moment.

Cheers
Dave

[boxhead]

Is there a link?

[dave295]

1978 Chrysler Valiant Charger - Pickles Auctions Australia

[boxhead]

Its a good car, with some nice options.
318 with 4 speed manual, A60 stripe pack, Radio upgrade.

Sadly starting price is about $4-$5k above market value.

[boxhead]

Been a bit going on lately.
Been doing a lot of Landcruiser brake jobs, when it rains out here the mud is like sandpaper, I have seen a set of pads wear out inside 1000kls.

I sold the blue VF Coupe, it is now living in Port Lincoln.

I have also bought myself a new car trailer.
I wanted something a bit bigger to use behind my truck, I can also use it as a stepping stone for loading the truck for lower cars (Cobra & Mildred).
This is the trailer, except I have ordered with Beaver tail.


I have also ordered the steel and flooring to put a mezzanine above the pallet racking.
Hope to make a start on that this weekend (temp permitting).

Lastly, a few weeks ago I visited Brisbane and attended a metal shaping course, the course is designed for rookies wanting to learn (me to a T).
2 days in Brisbane and was a fantistic thing to do, I already had all the tools and could play around with them, but was never sure if what I was doing was correct.
The instructor has many projects you can do, or you can bring your own stuff to have a crack.
I bought a pair of Corona guards with me to make rust replacement sections.
Here is the guards, as you can see lower rear is rusted out, also the support inside is rusted.
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First step is a paper template.
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Next that gets transferred to the tin.
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With the use of bead roller, hammer and dolly and shrinker stretcher, I had made this.
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I then also made a left side, you can see the blue section, I had to heat to get a tighter bend than cold rolling would allow, so I did a heat shrink.
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The left side was the worst, so I tackled that first as far as replacing the section.
I also found once section removed I needed to slightly increase the curve in wheel lip to get correct profile, again this required a heat shrink.
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With the inner brace cut out, it was determined much easier to make in 2 pieces.
Here you can see I have made a paper template and transferred that to sheetmetal and cut that out.
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Lower section made.


Upper section made and all TIG welded together.


I forgot to get more pics along the way, but I then welded the outer section on, and it was time to pack up.
Here are the pieces I made all in my motel room.
I made a second left (as I will need it anyway)
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We also had a bit of time and he showed me how to use a shrinking disc, this dent was a crease about 5-6mm deep, it is now almost at file finish. or 3 coats of spray putty will have it perfect.
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[LoBelly]

Metalwork Skills + 5 points

good stuff Dave - your resto shop beckons

[deano59]

thought you would have knocked up ,ya own trailer i made 4 or 5 like that in the last few yrs be a weekend job a man of your skills .. nice work on the guards as well .

cheers dean