[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]

That’s a great weekend, tons of work, but just so nice to sit back at the end and go “fuck yea”.  Big milestone, the cargo floor is in.  A massive job, but it ties it all together.  Still, a long way to go but starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.  (I hope I don’t end up ordering more tunnel!!)

 

[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]

Base colour painted white, use wrap for the colours.  Bingle it, peel that bit off and redo it.

[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]

Anonymous wrote:

Hadn’t really considered it as it’s NOT an M car…

 

Its not exactly a stock E36 either!!

[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]

I was just thinking mainly white with the M stripes in some way, not over the top.

 

[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]

M sport stripes….

[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]

Thanks Ian.

[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]

Jesus christ this is a big job.  Everywhere I look there is more to do.  But I just keep chipping away at it.  The biggest issue for me is I don’t know how they “are”  So when there is stuff missing ( i.e. rusted away) I don’t really know what I am trying to rebuild.   But I just keep trying to tell myself I am not building a show car.

So under the car are tubes going every which way.  Hand brake, clutch, accelerator, heater.  What’s also a bit funky is they were designed as left-hand drive, then when they made right hands, they changed some stuff and not others.  But got the hand brake tubes in.

Anyhow, working towards fitting the floors in the rear, which will be a huge milestone.  When doing these you have two choices.  Buy LHD floors which apparently are a very poor fit, or buy LHD floors which are a good fit but need mods to make them RHD.  I am doing the latter.

So finished off the lower bulkhead repair that basically had totally rotted away.  Then the rear wheel arches are also rusted so had to hand-make a repair patch.  turned out pretty good, but more or less a full days work to do it.

The plan is next week to do the other wheel arch then get the floor in.

Que the song “never-ending story”

[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 must be itching mate, should an absolute 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]

Welcome mate, enjoy.  Not the largest forum going, but lots of people happy to share knowledge.

[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]

Mate this thing is just coming up so nice. you should be bloody proud of your self mate, just amazing work.

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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]

Yea for sure.  Once you have done it a few times its actually not too bad.

[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]

Micks wrote:

…I reckon a remote filter is the best option.

I agree 100%, I mean its a regular service item, great for production having it in-tank, but thats about all.

[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]

Looking great mate, always looks so much better with a uniform colour over it.

[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]

Heron SSV wrote:

Do a combo if you like the tiles, have them where the man cave area is.

 

That’s not a bad plan actually…

[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]

^Is that South African, can’t place the plates?

[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]

No “working” in this garage, its purely storage/display/man cave.  I have my “workshop” at home, that’s where the work happens.  I actually used a paint on sealer on that floor, its sort of works, oils spills clean up easy.  I want something that’s practical, looks nice and relatively inexpensive.  I like the idea of the interlocking “tiles” , they arent stick down, and you can make a nice design, and if anything happens, pull them up and replace the damaged ones.

[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]

Upside of living a little remote is you don’t have to care so much about neighbors, downside is it does involve more trips!!

[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]

cava454 wrote:

I’ll be going vynal.

You talking stick on squares or roll?

[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]

My son was talking to me about that stuff.  Might have to look into it.  I just don’t want to have to go the full 18m yet.

[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]

Bit of a CBF day today, so just pottered along.  Cleaned up what was left of the old floor across the back.  And made a start on cutting the rust out of the inner back guard.  Not completely finished but progress is progress.  Think I am going to book a couple of weeks holidays in October.  Then I can get stuck into it again..  Hard to get a run on when its a just a day here and a day there.

 

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