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Rockatansky
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 2:09 pm 

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Friend draw me a picture of the 929,
not sure about the rear tyre size thou..
Should go and make a flag from this :)


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ben
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Rockatansky wrote:
Friend draw me a picture of the 929,
not sure about the rear tyre size thou..
Should go and make a flag from this :)


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This picture is awesome, your friend has some skills!

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Rockatansky
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Doing some underwork before the painting. Even with a mask, feels like lungs are full of something so im doing this bit by bit.

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Rockatansky
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A little progress here..

Motorbay finally painted (dusty):

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Sandblasted and painted some rear rims:

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Hard to find tyres (235/60R14):

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Painter is now working on the shell to make it ready for painting..
Hope that the car is painted a month from now :)
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Rockatansky
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Some progress here..

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high_compression
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Good to see people restoring these cars - I think they have a beautiful shape and there should be more of these on the roads :D
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Rockatansky
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After couple of long nights, finally some progress..

The wreck:

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Filler:

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Nice!

Keep working!

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dan
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awesome progress man! can't wait to see the finished product

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Rockatansky
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Finally the car is painted:

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Kopasan
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Great work Henry!
Keep going!!!

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Rockatansky
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Couple of fresh images from sunny yesterday.. the car headin back to its own garage after the painting hiatus

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ben
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Nice! Is that the original color?

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Rockatansky
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ben wrote:
Nice! Is that the original color?


Almost but not quite, actually its a Fiat color. Should be kind of a rare one..
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Rockatansky
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5 weeks from my knee surgery finally back doing something. Engine rebuilt going on.. cant decide, to go with VC or MA?

Fresh pictures of the re-painted rear wheels

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Rear end still up high :)
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Rockatansky
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Engine rebuilt: after some debate, i decided to go on with the cars original motor (1.8 VC) with maybe a twin carburettors and some other minor changes :)

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This is going to get painted soon:

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ben
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Rockatansky wrote:
Engine rebuilt: after some debate, i decided to go on with the cars original motor (1.8 VC) with maybe a twin carburettors and some other minor changes :)


Good choice :tu: :)

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Kopasan
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Rockatansky wrote:
Engine rebuilt: after some debate, i decided to go on with the cars original motor (1.8 VC) with maybe a twin carburettors and some other minor changes :)


Wise choice Henry! :tu:

I`m going same way - overhauled VC, twin Weber 40DCOM on LYNX manifold, ported cylinder head with mild camshaft, JR headers, dual poin Mallory distributor. :mrgreen:

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Rockatansky
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Some progress: some black paint to the engine

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Painter brought me back this: looking good :)

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Nice work. :tu:
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