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A small win with my car. The engine was not that far from a previous rebuild. A rebore to allow the fitting of new aluminum pistons plus resetting the bearings was all it needed. In the clutch I found why the car had been dumped. The pin holding a pressure plate finger had not been secured. It had moved to one side jamming the clutch. Clutch plate linings near new.

Chassis sandblasted, straightened and welded, new bearings, new spring bushes and hangers, new bonded brake linings, wheels rebuilt and a steering box and springs rebuilt from a lot of parts from friends rubbish dumps etc. Also a trip to Bendigo where I found a front axle good enough to use, a new set of tyres, lenses and a bow tie badge.. That's all the easy stuff to get to a rolling chassis.

Now I had to face up to what I found to be the hard stuff. Converting an eight by four sheet of steel to replace rusted away Chev panels. No MIG welder, just the old farm type in the photo to the left and a pack of 1mm stainless steel rods. Peter Jackson was making the missing rear panels, valence and running boards for me. These we collected from him at the Ballarat swap meet.

Rear mudguard prior to derusting and repair. I used part of an old water tank fitted with a plastic liner ( blue ) for large panels

Body now assembled. One little surprise. The rear side panel facing the camera was three quarters of an inch lower and half an inch shorter than it's opposite twin. I assumed a later replacement due to accident for one of the sides however when fixing the body mounting brackets at the rear, one set of holes was the half inch forward.

I will load more as the restoration progresses