Patching the holes

August 20th, 2005

Today Dad and I spent some time patching the holes in the passenger side rear sills. Dad had already cut most of the cancerous metal off before I arrived and this side of the car was going to be a lot more tricky than the driver side. Read the rest of this entry »

Onto the Fiddly Bits.

August 13th, 2005

Penny and I moved onto stripping some of the more fiddly areas of the car today. With the rear quarter windows removed a while ago, that area, along with the panel that the door latch is mounted and under the aluminium DATSUN scuff panel was attended to. Read the rest of this entry »

The end, at last! Of the Guards Anyway.

August 6th, 2005

My co-worker didn’t join me today. I had to face the guards by myself. Read the rest of this entry »

More Stripping of the Guards

July 30th, 2005

Penny and I continued to strip the guards today. They are almost done. There is probably about a third left to do. I discovered quite a lot of damage to the passenger side guard. Read the rest of this entry »

A New Side Mirror

July 22nd, 2005

I’ve decided to not use the original Driver Door Mirror. I found a nice looking Bullet style mirror at RareSpares that I liked and went and picked one up toady. I feel that it looks more sporty than the original. I want to try and keep the car fairly original, but there are a few things that I will be changing to make it mine and not just another restored car.