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Alastair 69
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 Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 6:57 am Post subject: 65 Squareback Restoration in S.A. |
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Hi All,
Been lurking around here for a while since I got my 65 square back in April of this year.
I got her half stripped and in primer from the previous owner.
I have slowly started restoring her, will post some pics shortly. |
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Alastair 69
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| Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 7:25 am Post subject: |
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Mike Fisher
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| Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 7:32 am Post subject: |
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Striipping paint is the worst job, so might as well pull all the windows out now to strip/primer/paint it. Put your new headliner in it before the windows go back in.
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Alastair 69
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| Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 7:35 am Post subject: |
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| Mike Fisher wrote: |
| Striipping paint is the worst job, so might as well pull all the windows out now to strip/primer/paint it. Put your new headliner in it before the windows go back in. |
So far I have pulled out all the windows, old roof lining, stripped out the front suspension, cleaned it all up and painted it, and busy putting it back, will post some more pics. |
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Erik G
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| Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 7:43 am Post subject: |
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| looks like a good project, welcome |
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hentotheree
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| Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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| very nice job so far, body looks in good shape! |
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Alastair 69
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| Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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Here are some pics of the beam all cleaned up, busy putting it all back together. Dropped the front 2 splines (I think) while it was out.
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yunazz
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| Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 11:20 pm Post subject: |
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Looking good Sir. keep it up!!!!
What color will you be going for? |
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Alastair 69
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| Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 1:05 am Post subject: |
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| yunazz wrote: |
Looking good Sir. keep it up!!!!
What color will you be going for? |
I see you also from S.A.
Thinking of going blue.. |
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Alastair 69
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When putting the front beam back in place I have about a 10mm gap between the top of the bracket and the chassis of the car where the 2 bolts bolt straight up. the 3 bolts going through the front of the bracket into the back of the bracket line up perfectly. any suggestions??
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yunazz
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| I'm not 100% sure but i believe theres a rubber spacer that needs to go there. You could just use metal washers ive seen them use that before thinks its called shims or something like that |
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Bobnotch
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Alastair 69
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These parts?
I think these go somewhere else??
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Bobnotch
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| Alastair 65 wrote: |
These parts?
I think these go somewhere else??
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Yup,the bottom one goes into the gap. Then the sleeve is inserted from below with the upper bushing (in your pic) then the bolt and washer combo. The washer seats the sleeve against the body, so the bolt can be torqued to 18 ft lbs. This allows so movement of both the body and the chassis.
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| Tram wrote: |
| People keep confusing "restored" and "restroyed". |
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Riekert
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 8:42 am Post subject: |
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Nice one!
Glad the SA peeps representing 
Alastair, you don't know of a cheap sqaureback maybe?
And I do realise that its a year old...  but hows the progress? |
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