Hey all,

Well after spending the last 5 years Dattoless and renovating a house i finally have a new project to work on. In the past i have had a ute, then a wags, then a coupe and even a 120y. Well now i feel as though i have completed the journey with this Sedan.

Found it down past Canberra and i cannot believe how rust free and straight it is. Someone had done a backyard spray job then looks like they had started to prep it for another go when they lost interest. The guy i bought it off said he got it the way it is now from some guy at Yass. So judging by that and how rust free it is i can only assume that its always been a country car. Honestly i have taken every bit of interior and rubber etc out and cannot find one spot of rust, one bit of evidence of rust repairs or bog, nothing. Crazy.

Its only a roller at the moment and the interior is pretty bad but my plans are to prep it up properly and strip it back to bare metal. Spray interior, under wheel arches, engine bay etc myself. Im then going to replace the rear diff with a H165, get the leaf springs reset, rebuild front struts and suspension bits and pieces with s13 adapters, nolathene rubbers, low king springs etc. Then im going to build a classic worked A14/15 with H89 head, cam, twin carbs etc with a 5 speed if i can find one. Aiming for at least 100hp. Then gonna pay to have exterior resprayed white professionally as well as interior all retrimmed to standard in black. Finish it all off with Trx rims and venetians. Really going for the old school modified look.

The plan is to take my time, cut no corners and build it right. Once im done i want to baby the #OOPS# out of it and keep it for 20 years till my son is old enough to respect it and understand how to treat a car and i will make it a family heirloom and give it to him as a gift.

I will keep everyone updated on my progress and im looking forward to getting to know everyone in the community again.

Cheers
Trav

Love it all (better with pics) except trx rims...... even trx's dont like them

Haha. Nice.

I used to hate them but they have grown on me over the years.

However if i come across or someone suggests a different option that retains the old school look i am willing to reconsider.

Trav

Ok well started pulling more bits out last night and one of the last things was the radiator and.....RUST!!!

Right below the radiator in the front rail, so i am guessing leaky radiator. I know how the cancerous #OOPS# can spread so started poking around the whole rail with a screwdriver and sure enough on the bottom of the rail on the far drivers side is another hole. So obviously the exit point once the first hole had opened up on top.

I will try and get some pics up later today.

When i saw the first hole i thought easy fix, but with the second right on the join with the drivers side rail, it is probably outside my skill level.

Anyone have any idea what its gonna cost me to fix? And should i just have the two holes repaired or would it be easier to remove the whole rail and replace it with a fabricated one?

Cheers
Trav

Below are pics of rail rust as described. First pic is of the top of the rail then second pic is exit point at the bottom of the rail.

Thanks
Trav

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Does anyone know of any good cheap brake specialist in sydney? Need to upgrade the brakes on my ute coz I'm goin to turbo or supercharge the 1400 that's in it and don't think the drum brake will like that very much.

Ok so after the car sitting in the garage for the past 6 months i have finally gotten started on it. Have taken out the interior, dash, taken off the doors and guards as well as removed all the glass. Only found 2 more small pieces of rust behind the front guards. Pretty easy to fix. Otherwise looks rust free. Going to start sanding and grinding this weekend top and bottom which hopefully wont reveal any more rust. Will post some more pics up then.



Cheers
Trav

Some pre pics and progress pics would be awesome mate, I love to see the effort/progress that go Into these lil Utes, coupes and sedans. Good to see them being revived ie Kermit 😃

Below are pics of firstly how I bought it and now that it is stripped down. I also started removing the front radiator support panel to get at the chassis beam. Going to do the same as demacoz did to Kermit and weld in a replacement beam. Found two really small bits of rust in front of front doors behind the guards on each side but easily fixed. Will try and source a MIG in the next few weeks and start practicing.

Cheers
Trav

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White, Black, Yellow, Puke green. What's going to be your final colour choice? Nice build so far. Keep posting pics. I also agree with unfamilia - for once. TRX wheels are so 80s. So many other choices, rota, wantanabe, superlites, globes, enkie, ssr mkII, or my favorite Hayashi street. Anything but TRX. And we all know those damn wheel nuts are hens teeth.