[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Seems like its not easy to get hold of the passenger side door inner in Oz at the moment.  So pulled the buggered skin off the spare I have, also cut the front headlight buckets out of the old nose.  And Cooper gave me the inner front guards.  So thought I might as well get them off for blasting.  Matt is racing in the karting nationals at the Bend at the end of the month so with that, and practicing for it, I think it will be on a bit of a go slow for a while.

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

<del></del>Looks nice!!

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

“Wiring Hell”, I like that

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Really, that sucks, we just keep the regular plate, even if it’s personalised.  Still for you a small price to pay for a big saving in rego cost.

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

You have to change plates for club rego?  We don’t here.

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Good info mate. Yes please keep us posted.

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Pity the plates aren’t FML….

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Yea I have a whole new A pillar for that side too.  It’s toast.  Just lots of prep to get rid of the rot.  Slow and steady wins the race.

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Nice save. Mate you rack up the driving miles on these builds!!

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Yea couldn’t agree more.  I also sometimes wonder what some of those cars must look like a year later…

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Well that’s a bloody long day.  One of those where you do heaps but doesn’t seem like there is much to show for it at the end.  Started off by removing the pins from the passenger door.  Thought I had nailed it.  Then stupidly using the puller broke the end off the hinge.  Luckily Cooper had one but it meant a repair.  In case its useful to anyone here s my method for removing door pins.

Make up a plate that sits under the hinge with a hole in the middle big enough that the head of the hing pin will pass through.  Then drill two holes outside that and  use two long bolts to secure the puller.  I found using an M8 socket head screw perfect, as my puller centered in the hex, and an m8 screw is slightly less than 8mm in diameter.  use this to take the pin ALL the way out.  My first attempt when i got far enough to separate the hinge halves I did, then when i did it to get the last bit out the end was unsupported and it broke off.  So keep the hinge assembled to it supports itself.  Hope that makes sense. I used the broken end to make up a nut plate for the screwing the new hinge in.  I will but some decent screws, i just used what i had.

Then repaired the chassis on the drivers side.  So that’s pretty much the front chassis stuff rust free.

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[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Working from home yesterday so had a bit of a play in the morning while it was coolish.  Decided to have a crack at fixing the chassis rail.  First job was straightening it where it was bent.  Improvised with a puller I have, and after several goes at it, it actually came up a treat.  Then when I looked at the rust, and realised actually I could leave the nuts and cut out the triangle above them forwards.  Unfortunately got caught up doing that so didn’t take any pics.  But its nice and straight and solid steel now      Few pics

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Imo $150 is a no brainer.  Worth a try!

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Looks sweet, I am happy with my PWR, which was a burger with the lot, but it was $1500 which is a lot of coin.  Zero issues with it so far.  Keep up the good work mate looking great.

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Don’t stress mate just hadn’t got around to cleaning it up, but all done

Thanks, very pleased to find it, I am going for something completely different but will be nice to preserve it for someone later one day.

Had a bit of a play last night and got the old window frame removed, now I have been doing it for a while, kind of know the process which is good.  Then got to do a first trial front fit up to show Suesy, getting there…

 

 

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[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Btw, I can see how much better that must be for a front diff right?

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Well, you learned me something today!!  I hadn’t heard of a Torson, what a cool pice of kit.  If anyone else in interested (hope you don’t mind IJ) here is an explanation video

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

More of a deconstruction day, than construction, but I think its progress.  Concentrating on the front now.  So decided to change the temp bracing I had so I could get at the floor.  Then set about carefully cutting it all back so I could gain access the the ends of the chassis from above but also getting it back to good metal.  Has come up well.

At some stage in its life its had a small whack on the end of the passenger chassis ail.  I reckon it would be possible to straighten it but I have seen its actually rusted through.  I think given its job I will let in a repair section.

And Suesy and I got a bit excited, I removed the high beam dipper switch and I think there is original colour paint under it, so am asking the Kombi gurus if this was original.  If it is I might mask it up so its preserved in case anyone wnated one day to put it back.

And lastly after to lots of applications of Inox, I finally have managed to free the rudimentary heater tube so it works  :D

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Fiddly bloody things aren’t they, seem to take ages to achieve a small step forward.  Rocketing along now though mate, its going to be a weapon.

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Mopar or no car man…

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