yet another page... with more progress.. i guess... :/

engine was bloody tired looking, so i stripped most of it down to re-do it. not going 100% spankers, but good enough until it can get completley re-built.. acid dipped and all that... hehe

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Redoing the rocker covers:

^ side by side: the VHT rocket Red VS the K&H version. hard to see, but its like day and night.

^ all scuffed back, smooth and ready to be painted. i use two 2000watt spotties to heat/lightup the paint.

^^ theyre done!

^ closeup, and a very trippy photo.

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before:

this is pretty bare in this pic.

block all painted up.. with the nice rocker covers on. ;)

its all in a K&H 'Rocket Red'.. as the VHT 'holden Red' is goddamn wrong! turns out pink.. :S

..i think ive got a pic a couple pages back or something.

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19/10/07

got all the stuff i need to put it all back together:

new waterpump, waterpump gasket, exhaust gaskets, intake manifold gasket, drive belt, and rocker cover gaskets.

all for now. but in other 'news'... ill go off and pick up my retrimmed doorcards and rear parcel shelf in a few days. takes a month, and i gave the old ones to the trimmer people (Estern Auto upholstery) a couple weeks ago. should be good. hopefully.. :p

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24/10/07

cleaned up the manifold. was going to paint it silver, but ended up just scrubbing the fark out of it which looks just as nice and will probably be more durable.

fan and pulleys all done in GM satin black. looks the goods..

started sanding that bloody aircleaner!

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4/11
update for the sake of updating.

a sorta before and after. both alternators looked the same beforehand, albeit one bein a bosch, and the other not.
cleaned up the bosch, lots of light sanding, and repainted the fins and pulley.

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10/11
...yyyyyeah... more yellow!

..and doorjamb blackouts ;)

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doorjamb blackouts (upper) being done:

the day or so before paint. final panel fitment, all the reverses/shuts are done, and gaps near-perfect! :)

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paint. hoooooly crap its yellow! sosososo bright ;)

thats what it looks like without all the blackouts. but dun worry, they'll be on shortly.

good gaps.. good gaps...

s'all for now! but its comin home this weekend ;) fkn grouse!