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the parts I needed for my job at work weren't ready so decided to make a slap hammer whilst I waited   I left the other side rough to try and see if I can shrink with it when needed |
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took 2 attempts to pick up the car from the auction sight since the missus and her step mother decided to grab a coffee after her doctors appointment which was at 11:20 we left like one hour after that for the 189km trip into the melbourne traffic, only to find the operating hours had changed from 8:30 to 3:30pm even though the email said 9-4pm. so we drove home and left before 6am today to get there at 8:30am, one of our main issues was the gps decided to get us off the main highway and into the suburbs and dragging the first day out a bit.  in its final resting place it had a slight wobble in the steering at 100km/ph but not horrible unfortunately the front cross member is alloy and not suitable to chopping down measuring the 2 cars the falcon is 33"(bolt holes looks 34"ish) between the inside edge of the rails and the dodge is about 25" with much wider rails but not overly square since the spring mounts go through it. |
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found a picture of a territoys upper A-arm where the two brackets are linked compared to the falcons  territory  falcon might be easier to set up the suspension using a set from the territory, ill go to a wrecks after christmas and have a good measure of the two |
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Bought two tail light surrounds at the Ballarat swap meat got badly sun burnt at the same time   Going to buy some plexiglass and try and make some tail light lenses One a side not the missus old man asked me to go halves in a rather expensive tool. www.machineryhouse.com.au/S228It's a bit much for me he's selling point was it could do bonnet louver's I asked him if he wanted them in he's cars, And pointed out 3 cheaper options. |
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Made a mould of a tail light out of what seemed to be the worst wood possible which tore as soon as drilled a 3mm hole to mount the last piece .    Then I realised it should be slightly bigger the what's needed so it can have any imperfections polished out. |
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Went looking for a piece of pip today at work got lucky and found some in the right length    It has a gap just over 2mm I decided not to weld it up, now just need to decide to bench mount it or to make a stand. |
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lightyearman
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Looks like an interesting resto-mod build mate, look forward to seeing how you get on
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'89 Honda CRX siR Glassroof Flint black fully restored track beasty
'90 Nissan S13 Pignose - pass the mig wire
'86 Mini - matt orange, 13" Wellers, Project 2018
'97 LDV Convoy home built camper/tramper van
'04 Saab 9-5 Aero HOT. Anyone want it?
'91 Honda VFR400 NC30 17,000 km from new
'87 Honda XR80 4 stroke baby crosser
'03 Mini Cooper S - honestly, they are fun...
'15 VW T5.1 LWB daily brick
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Added two post the ends of the anvil able to fit a 16mm bolt up the bore before i cut into the Dom tube, Gotta love scrap bins. And of course that photo isn't stored. Got stuck into reading this www.allmetalshaping.com/showthread.php?t=14068&page=124The guy is amazing with metal but the turn out of his tail lights made me change my mind about casting. |
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found this on ebay same state as me  not cheap but the american ones are way more pricey to post |
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I bought some slightly over sized clear lenses from temu and as it turned out they fitted perfectly  I bought 4 and was going to try turn them down but the fit looks fine like this so I'll just make an adapter. |
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Made some adaptor rings for the indicator lenses  Didn't have any aluminum thick enough so used some 6mm perspex and 2mm almost got the 9mm I wanted. photos.app.goo.gl/3HMQtYnBCpJ2Taix5Getting some of these from temu $8 a pair |
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Had to drill the lense holes out to 5mm the 4mm screws were just to tight in the holes. And and an extra hole in the housing so I didn't have to shorten the the screws after that the lense sat down perfectly.  |
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