Well, once again the corrogated iron stable is full and this time around the project was a 1973 LS HQ Monaro. We purchaced it as a one owner (deceased estate) from a fella down in Melbourne($3000). Finally got it back up into NSW and then proceeded to tear it to pieces to find out just what we had purchaced sight-unseen. What we found was good bits and bad bits, but over-all, the car was worth having a go at doing up. (Heres the 2 "Before" photos)
Winter passed, spring and then summer.... and many many late nights and weekends. This is all in adirt floor shed running off solar power and a noisy petrol generator.
The Interior, all pannels, engine and drive train were removed. I rebuilt the trusty 6 cylinder 202 (thats right people, not all Monaros have to be a stonking 350 chev!), cleaned and recoloured the interior, checked and relayed the wiring, cut the plenum tray out and replaced it with a new one (if you dont know where the plenum tray is, trust me it is a mongrel of a job). The sills were replaced, new/ old guards, new wheels, polished stainless and all those fidly little bits that take hours from your life (like refitting window glass.... there goes 3 years off my life).Right before Xmas we spent a few runs to get everything checked and blue-slipped for rego and by Xmas day, we were on the road to Grenfell NSW for the family gathering.
Have a gander at the upcoming ' after' photos. Note that I will have cleaned up a bit of the rubbish off the floor, got rid of the brown interior and the dent along the sides had to go too!.
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