Hey guys rust got the better of my daily '79 Ke55 4 door, so decided to rebuild.

 

Plans are:

Repaint

 

new re-upholstered interior

 

rear swaybar

whiteline front sway bar

lowered kingsprings

rear reset

new bushes all round

 

Picked up a set of 13" Jellybeans to polish up

 

32/36 Webber

cam

extractors

2" stright exhaust

 

Pretty standard just want to get her back to her former glory and add a little spice along the way

 

will post pics soon

Just atarted with a sanding wheel on the angle grinder and the few rust spots were a little more extensive that i thought

 

 

uncovered a dodgy job benieth a lot of bog

 

 

Will look into rust repair panels both guards are similar

 

 

Cleaned out about 10kg of dirt hiding under the front guards and repainted the mudguards with a bitumus waterproof paint.

 

 

Bought a old wreck which has been really handy for heaps of bits, grabbed the boot lid, bumpers and heaps of interior stuff.

 

 

Picked up a Ke30 bonnet, doesn't quite sit flush so will have to adjust the hinges or just shim it. need to source a KE30 bonnet latch as the hook fowls on the bonnet loop.

Stripped out the whole interior sourcing a set of seats in pretty good nick so they will be cheeper to reupholster.

 

 

Had to fix up a bit of dodgy wiring, both the headlights and dash lights were bypassed on two separate switches under the dashboard.

 

used the control stem from the wreck to swap in so now everything works.

 

Also made up a wiring loom for the sterio while the dash is out, ran all the wires under the carpet.

Picked up a set of 13" jellybeans for $50 should shine up ok.

 

 

Jacked up the back of the car, bolted the rim on and ran a file around the edge to get rid of the gutter rash, then used 80 then 240 grit emery cloth. Finished them with 600, 1000 grit wet and dry and then some heavy duty cutting compound and a felt pad.

Picked up a k-50 gearbox the other day to drop in, will put a new clutch in while I'm at it

Just Ill prob rip the old box oout next week, so I am looking for a clutch kit. Found this kit http://www.sunburybrakes.com.au/prod633.htm seems pretty cheep, just wondering if anyone has used these before or knows of a better one to use?

good progress mate she's looking good.

 

i would reccomend just heading into your local sprints for a clutch. they are supprisingly cheap. if you ask for discount you will get around 10% straight up. where abouts you located?

good progress mate she's looking good.

 

i would reccomend just heading into your local sprints for a clutch. they are supprisingly cheap. if you ask for discount you will get around 10% straight up. where abouts you located?

 

Cheers for that, I'm just up in the Adelaide Hills. havent had heaps of experience with cars in general just sort of teaching myself as I go.

ahk i would definatly head into your local parts store and let them know you are building a car and wish to purchase everything u need from them, you could be supprised at the discount.

when i was building my old r32 i got $130 pennzoil oil for $80 and a hd extreme clutch for $210 complete.

yeah will give it a go, cheers for your help

Bought some rear quarter cuts to repiar the rust arround the wheel arches. The rust had gone through both layers of metal so had to chop out a bit.

 

took a whole day of stuffing around but managed to trim up the new panel to fit, ready to weld in.

So while the dash is out i thought i had better attack the sloppy stearing, I'm pretty sure it is in the stearing box, has anyone had any luck reconditioning? or should i just look for a second hand one in better nick?

Bit of an update, still haven't got a welder do do the rear quarters so ive moved onto the interior, replaced all of the foam arround the air vents as the old ones were perrished.

 

Made one good console out of two. jumped on the sewing machine as well and made up a new gear stick booty thing.

 

ps has anyone reconditioned a stearing box before?