The Jalopy Journal
Yeah it is pretty ugly but I'm thinking if I clean it up I might be able to make it look alright. Do you know what ratio your jag diff is? And I...
Hey Simon, thanks very much! Are you also using the jag steering column? What commo rear, and I guess you're using an ecotec? Here's a couple of...
Body is now on the rotisserie! Just have to make up a bracket for the front end to drop it down about 160mm (as it was originally made for a '57...
So I spent most of yesterday measuring, cutting, squaring, drilling and welding and have finally got the rotisserie ready to go. Just need a...
More updates this coming Sunday night! Got all the steel and my measurements correct (I hope). Stay tuned. [ATTACH] Posted from the TJJ App for...
So the engineer has been out to have a look at it all, took my arm and a leg then said I was right to carry on with suspension swap etc as I was...
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So I had a day off yesterday, and amongst the scattered showers we finally parted the jag from its rear end. It was relatively straight forward,...
Hey Luke. Yeah the jag is pretty badass but it's no where near as good as it looks in that photo. The floors are rusting out, dash is wrecked. No...
[ATTACH] After some negotiations I'm on my way home with this bad boy... Posted from the TJJ App for iPhone & iPad
Thanks, yeah it's a little bit different being right hand drive, it should make overtaking a whole lot easier haha. So the news is that I...
Hahahaha so true. How'd you go trying to get rego, any updates? I'm currently talking to an engineer about engine swap and a few other bits and...
Thanks mate. Yeah I was wondering if that meant the inside was gonna be trouble. I think there's some places around that repair them so I guess...
Haha, I know where there's a camira paddock basher you could have a go at? Keep us updated if you do have a go at those suicide doors, I'm quietly...
Awesome build mate, love it. More inspiration for me to get out there and stuck into it! Keep up the good work!
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So I got out there and did a little more painting last night because I got off work early. Things are looking pretty good, I finished up my petrol...
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Well I haven't posted in a little while, but I have been busy. I purchased a tig welder, and collected the rest of my parts from the sandblasters...
I'll have to dig it out for you when I get a chance, I remember seeing the p-plates. I feel your pain, I was one of the first on the new p's law,...
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Hokay. Day 1: On Friday myself and a mate got stuck into the chassis. We started with removing the diff and suspension and wheeling that out of...
Thanks! I figure the more I post updates the more I can track what I've done and can stay on track/motivated. Got out there for an hour or so...
More photos. The drivers side body mounts have totally rusted/been blasted off the chassis. The passenger side is alright though. Both chassis...
I'm shooting a 2-pack epoxy primer, I thought it may be the paint thickness because I couldn't really measure how much I was thinning it too well....
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Righteo! So I collected my car on friday and I was like a kid on christmas morning! I anxioulsy walked around it checking for holes where there...
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The next day I set to cleaning up the garage and sorting through all the other bits and pieces that I was either going to clean or replace. Making...
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