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Series II 4 door in New Zealand
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 5:10 am
by stringfixer
Been working on this a while, the rusty present that keeps on giving..! New floors, new sills, new door pillar bottoms, boot floor, etc etc, going to be running with a 1600 ford xflow and 5 speed box and escort axle. Discs on front. Some pics of rust work.
Re: Series II 4 door in New Zealand
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 5:23 am
by stringfixer
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Re: Series II 4 door in New Zealand
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 7:12 am
by greendefender123
Looks a good project.
Re: Series II 4 door in New Zealand
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 7:16 am
by stringfixer
wing repairs, thought i'd challenge myself with repairing them rather than importing new ones on the basis that it's all learning![frame]
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Re: Series II 4 door in New Zealand
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 7:22 am
by stringfixer
door bottom repairs and some of the bulkhead mods[frame]
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Re: Series II 4 door in New Zealand
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 8:12 am
by Big Jim
Nice , tidy work . Well done .
Re: Series II 4 door in New Zealand
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 11:26 am
by amgrave
Looking good fella. Should go well with that engine and running gear. Your welding looks a bit better than mine
Re: Series II 4 door in New Zealand
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 1:52 pm
by Mark Wilson
I always respect a man who's not afraid to use a lump hammer - or "micro-adjuster", as I've taken to calling mine
Re: Series II 4 door in New Zealand
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 8:43 pm
by qwerty165
Mark Wilson wrote:I always respect a man who's not afraid to use a lump hammer - or "micro-adjuster", as I've taken to calling mine
My Grandad refers to it it as a Birmingham screwdriver.
Re: Series II 4 door in New Zealand
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2016 7:24 am
by Mark Wilson
Must be a lot of regional variations - it was a Manchester screwdriver when I grew up in Lancashire. It was carefully explained to me when I started in the construction industry that a screwdriver is a tool for REMOVAL of screws.....
Re: Series II 4 door in New Zealand
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2016 10:15 pm
by stringfixer
handy for a bit of extra persuasion, hard to take it back though !
Re: Series II 4 door in New Zealand
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2016 11:16 pm
by POMMReg
This explains why no stamped chassis number can be found!!
You'll need to contact BMIHT Gaydon to get the original chassis number as it is needed for the last 6 digits of the new NZ (17 digit) vin number.
Quote the BMF number, and approx chassis number; SMM 138*** (saves money in search fees if details of a vehicle can be narrowed down and located quicker!)
Re: Series II 4 door in New Zealand
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2016 4:51 am
by stringfixer
Thanks for your help, i'll contact the BMH archives service. I did feel some twinges of guilt at cutting into a reasonably early body shell, but then if I hadn't rescued it out of the paddock it had been loitering in for ten years plus, I suspect it would have been crushed by now.
Re: Series II 4 door in New Zealand
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 10:14 pm
by stringfixer
More work on drivers side wing, some sections cut out of a "not as rusty" later model wing and welded in.[frame]
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