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PARTS CAR!!!

Better four and a half years late than never.

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I'm trying to find a panel beater preferably in Western Sydney to start the bodywork on my hardtop. Panel beaters are a dime a dozen out here but I'm hoping to find someone experienced in older cars and older methods. It seems most smash repairs these days just bolt on new panels, paint and send it ...

Holy balls you guys!! I worked on the car today!! Its only taken me two years but work has begun. http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/k589/tj-xr5t/Mobile%20Uploads/20141124_124130.jpg I spent most of the time trying to figure out why it wont start. I still started and drove after the accident but I ...

So I'm hearing rumblings that in a few weeks there'll be a garage in Marayong that it's owners won't be using for a year and a bit and that there'll be a Galant shaped empty space under my carport

They do sit nice. Decent amount of lip too.

I'm a little late to the party here. I didn't do it, but I feel that I probably should have. That said I never had any temperature issues right up until a P plater in a Toyota Echo forcibly relocated the radiator into the water pump :( the car was only street driven, not tracked. Racing may be an is...

Only ones that I know of with galants are Northern auto wreckers in Londonderry and that weird hermit bloke in Riverstone. The yeti in Riverstone has two or three with plenty of bits but the one at northern auto is pretty barren.

If it's any help finding a replacement the cables out of early sigmas (GE?) will fit but they're a little bit longer so you'll need to cable tie up the slack to your gearbox cross member. Just make sure that its all long and loose curves so you don't bind up the cable.

What Jason said. The coupe is a little taller (the windscreen is raked back further, if that makes any sense) and they're very difficult to source. I scored one a few years ago in a group buy out of Japan and have stashed it (no it is definitely not for sale) I think you can still get sedan rubbers ...

I know it does, I tried one but the factory AFM is a huge thing that sits inside a conical filter, not a small inline type that everyone else uses.
I'll have to get creative.

I'm not too sure if any of you that have been following my thread have noticed but it may come as a bit of a surprise to find out that I'm somewhat of a procrastinator. Shocking, right?. Anyway, this filthy habit extends well past my garage activities and blankets quite a bit of my working life and ...

Was there any particular reason you chose the Commodore rack? I reckon an mx5 would be pretty pretty close size wise plus they're a relatively quick feeling rack, that or an early corolla of some sort.

Next time I've got the bosses MX5 up on the ramps I'll run around it with the measuring tape.

Well now I'm just jealous

If you've got that much clearance you wont have a problem. You could barely slip a sheet of paper betweeny cas and the firewall and it never caused a problem. It never rubbed and there was enough clearance to set timing.

I wish these guys would hurry up and come back to Sydney

Ok, according to a PM I sent to somebody back in 2011 it was a Mackay brand engine mount and the part number was "TEM0308A"

I've got no Idea if they're still in production but it's worth a shot.

I managed to pick one up new through bursons a few years back. They're book didn't explicitly say what was for a 4 speed or 5 speed but it did list the difference in the distance between the two bolt holes (the bigger of the two being for a 5-speed if you didn't already know) Give them a try. In the...

Incredible! It's like a time capsule.

Life has a way of slipping out of your total control sometimes. It's not aided when you're a notorious procrastinator. The hardtop is never far from my mind, more so now that I have the bankroll to start making some progress, but alas, the car has not moved. The layer of dust grows ever thicker, not...

What fkn spare time? I have to tear down and straighten the thing out first. But before any of that happens I need to build a new motor for the bosses mx5 before it shits itself proper and then swap it in, need to do a good thorough service on the angry barina, finish building a new kitchen and bath...

Before everyone starts refuelling their flame throwers to roast this dude into oblivion there's actually been some impressive performance orientated developments being made with airbag setups. http://www.speedhunters.com/2013/11/double-rtr-sema-thrash/ It's an appealing idea and one I even entertain...

...add in some custom bolt on flares? something to chew on that's for sure. I've heard of a lot of people wanting to do this and so far the only one that it's looked right on is incorporatedx's wagon. When I got the set that ended up on the zed I taped them to the sides of the galant just for a loo...

Scorpma82 wrote:WTF IS THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, y'know, just me busting out a shred in celebration.

Good news! I've just taken a deposit for my 260Z! http://pic.jpgdump.com/2148.jpg This is the wad of cash that I need to get things moving with the Galant. So, I'm thinking about pulling the motor out while I'm on my xmas break and get a start on stripping the engine bay to get the front end straigh...

SOHC '63s were used in express vans and some triton utes so there'll be useful bits in those for your conversion. The twin cam is a little more work but not really different where the block is concerned. Keep in mind that tye FWD motors are narrow blocks, I don't know about RWD SOHC van or ute motor...

I was also under the impression that if you used the front water outlet, you also needed to restrict the front water port holes in the head, to allow for correct water flow. Just something I remember reading a while ago.. Cheers. There are recommendations from jayracing and all over projectzerog to...

^ I used one of these too. I swiped it out of an Express Van and it went in without too much fuss. My engine swap was in a Galant so the CAS (assuming you're still running one) got in the way of the hole in the firewall for the heater hoses. Thankfully (sort of) my car had A/C in a prior life so it ...

There's a photo kicking around the Internet of a light blue GA or GB hardtop in the states that's wearing one. Looks killer.

Man this thing has a lot of potential. That's real patina too.

As for police attention, as long as there's no dramatic rust and no other defects (like lights not working or body work hanging off) there's nothing that makes it un-roadworthy.

Any mechanical plans for it?

(btw just noticed the zed managed to photo bomb my avatar :P ) Yeah, it'll do that :lol: Was a pretty great day and having been to a few of these before I have to say that the number of SR swapped 1600's is dropping fast. In fact there were several gorgeous cars with L - series engines and old scho...

Hey guys Datsun Day has come around again and its looking to be a big one this year http://www.datsunday.com/pics/DatsunDay2013Flyer_lowres.jpg Yes, it is a Datsun event but, as we experienced during our last cruise out to Wiseman's Ferry, they're very welcoming of anything old and Japanese, but the...