The chrome stripe really sets it off nice.

Thanks dsyfer

looks nice as, bout time you polished the thermostat dont your reckon? or a re polish if u have already done it.
boot installs comeing along nicely i see, havent started mine yet because i have to have a road worthy done and am not sure if its legal or not to have the fake floor

Man your engine bay is tidy mate

Just an idea on your boot floor.

You could put some piano hinge on them and use a gas strut on the spare wheel opening to make it easy to access the spare..

Cheers

nice idea would work well i reckon as long as the gas strut opened far enough so you could get the wheel out with out hitting the strut or the flap

Thanks guys


Should have one fitted up sometime soon. I have a spare housing in the garage already polished up. It's just a matter of fitting it which i haven't been bothered to do yet, simple to do but it just keeps slipping my mind. Maybe this weekend hey


Josh, that is actually a great idea. I'm definitely keeping that in mind, i did think of hinging the door but never thought about using a gas strut - good thinking and cheers for the suggestion mate, might give that a try if i can get suitable parts to do it

Cool ill be watching out to see how you go mate

ahh ok then sick, when i did mine i noticed it was extremely easy to polish, alot easier than the BBM

Wow, the engine bay looks simply fantastic. What is that snorkel? Did you make the intake piping up?

With the boot install, that floor is exactly what I was thinking of. Except I'd like to have the extra hatch on the left larger, with a floor and sides built in underneath. So you would open it, and have a space for Chamois/Aerosol cans/Jumper Leads/Tools/Torch etc. I also want to box both sides in, then have a false wall across the back where your false floor ends. The sub will be mounted into this with the enclosure of the correct size built behind, and the amp would be mounted on this wall too with the wiring hidden. Then I'd sort something out with the lighting.

I have no idea where to start though, my good mate used to work at hardware stores and will be able to sort me out, but still, Its a huge job! Excellent effort from you so far. I expect nothing less now however. Your thread always inspires me to do s**t.

As for the chrome tape, I will try some on my bumper moulds. I have the proper door moulds. The proper bumper moulds are too hard, not available, expensive etc.

As always, awesome work. The paint looks brilliant in those shots too.

Thanks Slo, appreciate the kind words there mate

The intake snorkel is a BA XR6T item, fair bit bigger than the stocko EF ones, and is effectively about the same size as the EL GT or EF/EL XR snorkel. However with the BA XR6T snorkel you may need to do a bit of fiddling around with the thermo fan shroud to fit it which was the case with mine and also mount the snorkel back further on the radiator support panel. Pretty easy to fit though. The intake piping is just some 3" alloy offcuts i had laying around from a purchase a while ago, the outside of the piping had some scoring from when they were being bent in the mandrel bender so i picked them up cheap, just sanded them back smooth and hit them with some Autosol and it came out pretty decent.

Your plans for the boot install sound spot on mate, thats kind of what im going for minus the space underneath the floor for tools etc. I will be making something up though to store away some tools, jumper leads and the jack, but still deciding how i am going to conceal it - i was thinking of making the compartment built into one of the side walls somehow.... We'll see what happens

I too, had absolutely no idea on where i was going to start with this boot install. I just walked into Bunnings one day, went out into the timber section for a look and thought, "s**t, that MDF board could be useful for a boot install". Took it home and it all began...

Once you get the floor done, you'll know what you want to do next and you start ripping into it. I reckon the floor is the place to start from as you can build around it, making up the walls etc. It is a big job, requires a lot of measuring, 'guestimating', and just pure trial and error at times. The most difficult thing about it all is getting the motivation to tackle these kinds of jobs in the first place, once you get started, you'll be on a roll

dam you steal my booot install idea

Kwikrr looks a heap better with the chrome mont touch, definately breaks up the green a bit.

Boot install coming alond nicely also, keep up the good work mate

Thanks KWIKXR. I'll start with the floor first. I'm trying not to spend any more money on the car, but you aren't helping

How much weight do you reckon all the MDF will add? I'm hoping it will lower the back a bit more for me

Thanks dahayes, yeah its getting there mate, still needs a lot of work though


No worries mate, glad i could help

The MDF does weigh quite a bit on its own so should drop the a** end a tad which i am also hoping for lol. To prevent it from adding to much dead weight i removed the towbar assembly to kind of balance it out, but it probably didn't make much difference. Wouldnt have a clue how much it will all add in dead weight though, will be interesting to find out

Yeah I'm keen to find out too.

After looking over your photos again, I think a normal Chrome EL Fairmont grille would look perfect on your car, with the colour coded centre. I love the look, but the grille isn't doing it for me. The body looks so straight though!