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Scott:
It's taken a wile, but finally I took some pics of the car.  I started a while ago.



Engine is a 400 small block backed up with a T400 auto.



I had to fix one of the rear control arms.  One thing lead to another and next thing the whole rear end was off.



The whole underbody, including the chassis was coated with some sort of sound deadening.  This was find for the body, but trapped water and lead to surface rust on the chassis, so the whole lot was cleaned up and fish oiled, undercoated and painted.



Also the gearbox x-member was pretty badly bent, so I fixed that up and gave it a coat of paint also.

Along the way I have accumulated a few parts, including a glass rear spring and a new set of control arms.



I have just cleaned up and painted the diff and support member so hopefully they will be back in place soon. 


I love the red 'Limited slip diff oil only' tag

Gotta love milk crates :)
After that there are a whole lot of new parts, bushes, bearings and pieces to be installed. I'll keep this updated from now on.;-)

MADLT1:
cool,what area are you from:xkeep the progress pics comeing;42

silver1:
Nice project
mate do yourself a favour and get some car stands,your makin me nervous

demonx:
If that was mine those wheels would be gone even before I got the car running!

Looks good, the front clip looks a little bit strange on a 73 but you get used to it pretty quick.

I'd also recommend the small investment in a decent set of jack stands. That wood stack just looks like a serious accident in the making. I bought my stands from an engineer supply place for only $50 a pair. Same price as the thin pieces of sh#t you get from Autobarn, but they are industrial quality. It's worth shopping round.

Scott:
More progress today.  I bolted the diff to the x-member and added some fresh oil.




Still got the little red tag ;-)

Using a trolley jack, the whole thing was carefully moved into place, jacked up, with the tailshaft slotted into place and the x-member bolted up.

Then the front diff mount was bolted on with a new poly mount.

I thought I'd gotten stuck putting in the bolt for the front diff mount but I could just get it in by lifting up the front of the diff.

I'm on the Gold Coast but don't expect to see the car on the road just yet :)

Edited 24/05/09 2.01pm Admin

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