St. Christopher - Aussie 57 big window

[sportin-wood]

Love the progress of your build!
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[jvm]

Hey Nug, I have its long lost brother. Another Oct 57 built which was originally Gunyah Grey. I got it from Cairns but I'm sure it's a Brisbane car originally.

I'd love to know how close they are - I'll send you a DM

[NUG637]

This past week has seen me make up all the hard lines. Re-used all the end fittings from the old lines - with a wire wheeling and a coat of paint they are as good as new - total cost of $32 for all new hard lines

Also fitted a new pan seal

new gear shift coupler

A friend also donated a busted old 4 tab which is exactly what i wanted... wired that sucka straight on with some raw steel wire into the existing 4 tab holes...

[NUG637]

Found this pic from 2016 when we checked on saint christopher on our trip to go pick up my brother coral oval… this was the trip that sealed the deal for us to come collect her from her resting spot about 2 weeks later….

Anyway… pan complete

Rallied the boys together for a shed night to lift the body back on the pan and bolt it all down

[NUG637]

Haven't updated for a while as shed time massively reduced with the lead up to Christmas and helping with the magic of Christmas for the kids then a few weeks away for school holidays etc but i have been ticking little things off the list any opportunity i can.

I had a crack at the wiring (not my strongest skill) and had to source a few things...

All the semaphore wiring had been chopped through to make room for the addition of indicators at some point in its life.... I brought that all back to original function before Johnny ball bags hooked me up with a Lense to replace the melted blob i actually had (big thanks IN2VWS)... i also had to re-sheath the bulb wire as the cotton wire cover had disintegrated into nothing. Abit of heat shrink sorted that out...

Bench tested it and away it Went :salute:

Then made a start on making a carpet kit.

Cut out a template from some bunnings marine carpet (poor mans square weave) and bound the edges with some stuff from spotlight. Lined the tunnel and bulkhead in the left over rubber from the notch build.

Super happy to get out of all that for just under $200

Have been piecing together an original style interior from bits i had and bits from people. So i owe many thanks to Rhett and Benjamin for the door cards that i didnt have. Now I only have to patch a drivers seat back and the rear seat back and i should have a full functioning 58 interior using up parts from boith this car and from old builds. But this is still a work in progress or now

The big fat man brought me exactly what i wanted for Christmas, a complete set of window rubbers. So i have been putting them in over the last few nights.... I must say, i have slung in heaps of windows with trim over the years and never have i had as much trouble as i experienced with these rear quarter windows.... not only did the chrome not want to fit, but the rubber didn't want to sit on the window either and collectively I recon the 2 side windows burnt up 6 hours of my time.

but ey... they do fit nice on the car... just not easy to get them there... it might of been west coast metric that i have used in the past, im not sure but they were far easier to man handle then these sons-a-bitches

[IN2VWS]

Well done Myles. Can't wait to see you drive it to a show down here.
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