been a long time since i visited this last' few thigs have changed i managed to tack down a dog leg 5 speed 60 series gearbox which i put in drove it for 6 months then it chewed the front and rear bearings in the gearbox. so i parked it up and got a new daily driver. ive since had the box refurbished installed the adjusties with 250psi springs using 1600 hubs and front disks and calipers.
while doing this i replaced all the tie rod ends pitman arm center draglink and the steering and front suspension bushes with whiteline nolathane bushes.
the eagers were pretty fucked so after doin a few skids i replaced them with these kumho ectsa 712's 215/50/13 they were very hard to come buy and quite priccy but for there level of grip worth the extra coin the car is like driving a go gart very responsive and fully glued to the road
while it was off the road it was becomonig aparant the rust was getting pretty bad every panel had at least one if not 5 little bubbles on it un fortunatly i didnt get any photos of the painting process turned out it looked worse than it was couple of small holes in lower rear guards patched and front of bonnet re made to nearly a foot up its length. the color is a bit off a one off my brother inlaw is a painter and he just kept all his silver baseoat paint from jobs left over and added a heap off black to it. pretty happy with result although it was at paint shop for 6 months.
ive had it back for nearly a month now and have since been replacing all the rubbers on the doors
the only thing stoppin me getting it legal is a leak in my gearbox at the rear where the drive shaft yolk slides in my drive shaft has war on the input shaft so am currently seeking replacement. plan is to fix leek get it legal the get some sidedrafts and new carpet electronic dizzy then cruise it