The bug bites again...

[Ursus]

Thanks for those specs Pep.

Any chance you could measure the distance between the bolts for me if you get a moment? I'm making a hilbilly bubmper bar.

[pep105]

Hey mate,
Using my sophisticated calibrated measuring equipment 
740-745mm pitch to pitch (centre of bolt hole to centre of bolt hole)

If your making a hillbilly bumper I'd slot the holes just in case, as yours is a stepnose
there might be a slight difference there too.

Cheers
Pep

[Ursus]

Legend. Thank you. I'll post pics for hilarity.

[Ursus]

Wow. What a day! So the angle of the drive was so steep it rendered my hillbilly bumper useless as the first contact was bull bar to heart grille. Luckily a spare tyre was just right to go around the heart and protect. Towed the car to the in laws and now have it somewhere I can work on it. First step I guess is to strip it down. I'll post pics as I go if people are interested.

[Ursus]

On the trailer.

[Ursus]

Got the car into the garage with a bit of help. Either one of the brakes is seized on slightly of the tyres are a bit too flat.

Began removing things and keeping bags of parts labelled for reference.

Sadly the heart has a small crack and underneath what I thought were really tired lenses (actually domed plastic covers) there are a set of crystal clear Hellas. I'm guessing they should be Carellos and so have been replaced at some stage.

[Ursus]

Hellas

[pancho]

Looks like you've got some space to work on it !

Does it need a new nose? Looks like it's had a few hits and pulls.

[Ursus]

To be honest Pancho, it needs a new lot of things. Deff a nose, front guards, outer rockers (so far) and some front floors/patches. Then there's the trim... How's your stock looking?

Going to do the April welding course at Kangan to see if I'm feeling brave enough. Also, about half way through your BB resto thread. Had a great day taking it apart though. Archaeology it certainly is.

[Davidm1600]

It looks like a great project and as you get stuck into it, I am sure you will find plenty of interesting past panel work, let alone problems (rust, bog etc).  But it is all repairable, given the availability of parts.

BTW there is absolutely nothing wrong with Hellas, especially H4s. I had these on my 1750 GTV and would have them anyday over Carellos.  Carellos to me stand for candle power, nice to look at but totally useless for lighting up the road at night.  I had Carellos in my 124 sport and was glad to ditch them in favour of some decent Marchals.  But each to their own of course 

[Ursus]

Today's finds. Seeing as it's a 1970 1300 Jnr And it appears to have had some front end work (badly) done, I was wondering if it had had a retrospective facelift (facedrop?) at some stage. This however would be contradictory to the 'body mods' that have been made to make it feel newer.

[Ursus]

C-pillar 'upgrade'.

[Ursus]

Rebadge

[Ursus]

Probably due to this...under years of crud.

If my (limited) knowledge is correct, this 1750 is more sought after than, say a 2000 engine. As it is not correct in mine I'd happily trade for a working/warm 2000 if that might be interesting for someone.

I have some 40dcoe Webers and the original airbox, but this motor clearly needs some love.

If that is madness, then I'll be sending this to someone for refurb at some point.

[Ursus]

Thanks for the info, David. Maybe I'll see what they look like 'on' before I give them up then.

At this stage I'm dreaming of a fast road car that is as original looking as possible while still being able to take it to the track if I can.

Seeing what's ahead will help!