Yeah. It fit with my budget and it turned out quite nice. And we did it in my dads shed with no complaints from anyone and it was easy to clean up after each day.
Dad has since finished off the paint job. But I haven't had a chance to go get photos due to him and myself working. But hopefully on sunday i'll be over there putting it back together and seeing it in full painted and all for the first time.
Still need to get parker lights and the indicators for the guards and possibly some tyres due to minor roadworthy issues with the ones I have.
Let me know what you think and i'll have some more photos up as soon as I can get some!
The most exciting part was seeing it after it was painted. Really does just bring a car to life. May not be perfect but hey, it's alright for a first car, and definatly not bad for a 2nd car paint job ever.
The painting was the biggest pain. We did it the cheap way, acrylic paint, and my dad did the work. Keep in mind he hasn't painted a car in over 10 years and that was the only car he has ever painted. Did it over 3 or 4 sundays.
Needed new headlights. I thought this would be hard to find. Had some people try sell me some second hand for $100 a set. Found a local parts store sells them for $40 each off the shelf. Then didn't even have to buy any as the ones in my dads old Rodeo are exactly the same. So got me some free headlights. Lucky me.
Had to have the windscreen replaced as it had a crack from top to bottom right in the middle. Was only $200 which I thought was good.
Everything has been done on a very small budget as I earn crap all. Dad has helped along the way with the money though.
The almighty 4k. Engine was basically all good. Had a few issues with it starting here and there. Replaced some bits in the carby now it runs fine and starts fine. Has 166,000k's on the clock which isn't too bad really for its age.Was serviced not long ago according to the sticker that was on the windscreen.
We also swapped the doors over at some stage too. This is what the black one ended up looking like, with minimal useable parts. But a guy bought it from me for $100. He also Sold me my exhaust and some extra standard rims.