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#thecrazycruiserman
Hi all,
so i think its time that I start recording my own build of my 40
maybe a lil backround info is in order here. sorry for lack of tech, but its coming...
I bought my 40 on Oct 25th, 2010. at the time i was an appi with no money and a love for all things LC. when i saw her at a local lot for the shockingly low price of US$4000, i knew that there must be something wrong. but, with all caution to the wind and more of a "I can fix that" attitude than good sense, i bought her, managing to talk down the price all the way to $2900
I did have an uncle of mine check her out before the deed was done, a lil common sense coming through. he, a very experienced mechanic with the same love of LC's, pronounced the engine good with great and compression power, despite the copious amounts of white smoke bellowing from her exhaust. he assured me this would more than likely be a timing issue or at very worst, dirty injectors. i still like to remind him he once said that ;p
so, with title deeds and reg book in the glove box i set off down the road in my brand new second hand 40, straight back to my house to begin immidiate restoration of my new baby
i straight away went to stripping her down to the chassis...
then took out her seats....
as you can see, this was not a pretty interior.
then off came the roof, the doors and wind screen....
then finally the tub, leaving me with a rolling chassis....
it was a great relief to find no rust anywhere on the chassis, but i guess i have the awesome climate and weather of Zimbabwe to thank for that.
i then went to attacking the rolling chassis with blixem (a great local degreaser) and a high powered petrol pressure washer. it was great fun removing at least 20 years of dirt and grime from the old girl.
i gave her a good coat of primer and several coats of chassis black. i would like to at this point state that my intention has always been to get her in perfect running order BEFORE adressing any cosmetics, hence the half job on the chassis paint. i was only really doing it to check for and remedy any rust that there might have been. i got lucky
then i started to re-assemble. sorry for lack of photos for this section of build... :whoops:
when it came to wiring, being a heavy power technician (i had just qualified ) i thought, once again, "I can fix that" boy was i wrong. after ripping out all existing birds nests, i then proceeded to construct my own
so, off my baby went to a pro, a local auto sparky who proceeded to do a complete re-wire, every wire, lug and loom being brand new and because i was only a 18 year old 'Kid', he did it for me at a great price so thank you Steve.
more to come...
so i think its time that I start recording my own build of my 40
maybe a lil backround info is in order here. sorry for lack of tech, but its coming...
I bought my 40 on Oct 25th, 2010. at the time i was an appi with no money and a love for all things LC. when i saw her at a local lot for the shockingly low price of US$4000, i knew that there must be something wrong. but, with all caution to the wind and more of a "I can fix that" attitude than good sense, i bought her, managing to talk down the price all the way to $2900
I did have an uncle of mine check her out before the deed was done, a lil common sense coming through. he, a very experienced mechanic with the same love of LC's, pronounced the engine good with great and compression power, despite the copious amounts of white smoke bellowing from her exhaust. he assured me this would more than likely be a timing issue or at very worst, dirty injectors. i still like to remind him he once said that ;p
so, with title deeds and reg book in the glove box i set off down the road in my brand new second hand 40, straight back to my house to begin immidiate restoration of my new baby
i straight away went to stripping her down to the chassis...
then took out her seats....
as you can see, this was not a pretty interior.
then off came the roof, the doors and wind screen....
then finally the tub, leaving me with a rolling chassis....
it was a great relief to find no rust anywhere on the chassis, but i guess i have the awesome climate and weather of Zimbabwe to thank for that.
i then went to attacking the rolling chassis with blixem (a great local degreaser) and a high powered petrol pressure washer. it was great fun removing at least 20 years of dirt and grime from the old girl.
i gave her a good coat of primer and several coats of chassis black. i would like to at this point state that my intention has always been to get her in perfect running order BEFORE adressing any cosmetics, hence the half job on the chassis paint. i was only really doing it to check for and remedy any rust that there might have been. i got lucky
then i started to re-assemble. sorry for lack of photos for this section of build... :whoops:
when it came to wiring, being a heavy power technician (i had just qualified ) i thought, once again, "I can fix that" boy was i wrong. after ripping out all existing birds nests, i then proceeded to construct my own
so, off my baby went to a pro, a local auto sparky who proceeded to do a complete re-wire, every wire, lug and loom being brand new and because i was only a 18 year old 'Kid', he did it for me at a great price so thank you Steve.
more to come...