HI PSI Member 1,586 Member For: 18y 5m 30d Gender: Male Location: Central Queensland Posted 12/06/21 03:09 AM Author Share Posted 12/06/21 03:09 AM Bonnet and doors received the same treatment. Fully stripped and painted. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HI PSI Member 1,586 Member For: 18y 5m 30d Gender: Male Location: Central Queensland Posted 12/06/21 03:23 AM Author Share Posted 12/06/21 03:23 AM Before I could start assembling the car, I had to finish the body. I spent a lot of time on the body, making sure that everything was as good as it could be. The results speaks for itself... After the white was applied, the firewall blackout was finalised.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biddie_fiddler [IMPULSIV3] Donating Members 1,374 Member For: 5y 7m 26d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 12/06/21 03:31 AM Share Posted 12/06/21 03:31 AM Damn this thing is coming together 😍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HI PSI Member 1,586 Member For: 18y 5m 30d Gender: Male Location: Central Queensland Posted 12/06/21 03:40 AM Author Share Posted 12/06/21 03:40 AM (edited) Somewhere around this time, I started purchasing parts for the driveline. Now, remember when I said that this was going to be a restoration... This is where things started to change from the intended path. Originally, I had intended on just installing a stroker kit. My engine told me that I would waste my money going down that path, as the standard manifold wouldn't support it to its full potential. I'm not one to waste money. So the original engine and gearbox were put on a pallet and stored. The search for an alternative heart commenced. While searching the net I can across this. I contacted the seller and soon enough, the engine was on its way from W.A. It's a SS Group A, 4 bolt mains block. It had Yella Terra forged rods and Ross forged pistons. The block has fire rings and was set up for boost. The engine was originally built by Mark's Workshop in W.A and stored as the previous owner had changed direction. The engine is still awaiting a full strip down, clean and reassembly. I have everything for the engine except a camshaft (Hydraulic roller). Sourcing a billet for the engine has proved difficult and we have aske Ivan Tighe to make us a unit to our specifications. Oops. Forgot to show the inside of the doors... Edited 12/06/21 03:50 AM by HI PSI 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,901 Member For: 9y 9m 25d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 12/06/21 05:10 AM Share Posted 12/06/21 05:10 AM Great work Harold. It's inspiring me to restore mine one day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HI PSI Member 1,586 Member For: 18y 5m 30d Gender: Male Location: Central Queensland Posted 12/06/21 06:32 AM Author Share Posted 12/06/21 06:32 AM (edited) Thanks Puff. I can understand why so many divorces result from car builds. The time involved is immense. Let alone the financial commitment. Once I got the engine, I wanted to keep the Grp A theme running... I sourced a set of bare Grp a heads. Unbeknown to me, the heads had a LOT of material removed form the sealing surface. So much so that we had to get a 0.120" head gasket. The heads had received some major porting work and flowed around 640 hp. I had the heads fully reconditioned, with new Manley valves, Isky and Lunati springs along with genuine Grp A roller rockers. Edited 12/06/21 06:34 AM by HI PSI 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossmang FREAKY Donating Members 12,423 Member For: 14y 10m 30d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 12/06/21 08:42 AM Share Posted 12/06/21 08:42 AM god daym this is rocking my joks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,991 Member For: 16y 7m 14d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 12/06/21 10:04 AM Share Posted 12/06/21 10:04 AM now that's sad to hear...^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,901 Member For: 9y 9m 25d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 12/06/21 10:21 AM Share Posted 12/06/21 10:21 AM Bruh you wish you had a single pegger 200hp 5 litre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossmang FREAKY Donating Members 12,423 Member For: 14y 10m 30d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 12/06/21 10:25 AM Share Posted 12/06/21 10:25 AM piss off keif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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