Monday, 10 August 2015

You Name It . . .


Yep, you name it and we will build it! Here 'D' is working slowly but steadily on a 'Time Capsule' for Jenna's school project. . .BTW, this is a cryptic photo for 'D' because he says that he's always kept in the dark, so we turned the exposure right down for the 'right' effect. . .

Woody's Wagon . . .


Nearly finished down the back, just the huge bumper and some chrome trim over the tail-light assembly . . .

This front end is structural madness. Dave is currently fitting the headlights into their mounts then he has to mount some front panels up under the front guards then the grill sections, then the huge chrome eye-brows, then the chrome head-light bezels, then the front bumber and then two huge chrome plated indicator pods mount to the front bumper. . .I think that it's fair to say, Fuck Me???

Thursday, 6 August 2015

Woody's Wagon . . .


Today it's all hands on deck with the final fitout of Woody's wagon; probably shouldn't say final fitout because it still has to go for exhaust and electrical work before it's finished. But as you can see the interior is all in and Dave is inside the cabin fitting the massive amount of dress 'chrome' fittings . . .

Down the back and Andrew has had the unenviable job of trying to fit new locks and winders to the tail-gate as well as the tail lights etc. . .

After a full day of fitting the boys are still faced by this table full of dress fittings and this doesn't take into account the huge pile of stainless steel dress fittings that have been sent away to the polishers. . .

As you all know, when it comes to restoring old girls like this Dodge, good old parts are few and far between, especially when the car has been imported privately in to the country. Here the headlight mounts were in very poor condition and they had to be re-structured using a fibreglass compund with metal fibres mixed in together for a very tough finish . . .

Tough allright, 'D' is seen here very busily grinding away with the dremel tool, reshaping the surrounds so that the new glass will fit snugly into their new home. Does it take time? Sure does, because you have to wait for the compound to dry overnight and then the grinding starts. 'D' is on the first of three mounts bezel mounts that had to be repaired . . .

Wednesday, 5 August 2015

FE Holden . . .


This grand old gal is going back to its owner and as usual, before any car leaves the shed, it gets a thorough going over to make sure that nothing has been missed during the final assembly . . .

'47 Pilot . . .


Before pulling this old girl down from the jig, 'D' decided to give her a good coat of etch primer and I can tell you, nearly every car that I see that gets a coat of etch primer, it nearly always looks sooo much better in black, basic black. . .yeah baby, have you got anything blacker?

Tuesday, 4 August 2015

Danny and Chris' F100 . . .


Just a quick look at the finished door locking system that Hodgey has installed into the F100's doors. The last time I saw Danny's ride it was off the stands and all the air was out of the air bags and she's sitting on her front guards and I'm sure she is getting gravel rash on the cheeks of her toosh . . .

Bob's Burger Flipper . . .


Dave had fun today pulling out the fuel tank to install the fuel sender that has just arrived, long after the custom fuel cell was installed into the boot. . .