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My goodness refitting
takes a long time!!! Clean a few
things, attach a few things, drop in the
engine, join up the hoses and turn over
the engine.....not! I cannot
believe that it took two days just to
clean the stainless side strips let
along cleaning the other stainless bits
and pieces. I will be happy to
never touch a tube of autosol ever
again. I was keen to re-fit all
the stainless and chrome and with some
tips, was able to put the handles back
together and on, all the stainless
strips, bumpers, plenum grill, wipers...
you have the gist. It was really
rewarding and exciting to get them all
on as it really makes the car look like
it is all coming together again.
As for the engine
re-fitting, it felt like every time we
went to do something, we didn't have it
and needed to run up to Rares,
Supercheap, Auto One, Nepean Boltmaster
or Spectrum. Even with careful
preparation, keeping a list in excel
with best prices and the purchase price,
I still managed to forget quite a few
things off the purchase list. I
have kept all the receipts but I am
truly too afraid to add them up to know
the real cost.....
We decided that we
would hide the wiring under the drivers
front guard, which made the engine bay
really neat, but it took many hours of
fiddling by one of my dedicated helpers
in making it all happen. It was
worth it.
The wheels were the
last thing to be fitted, which were the
icing on the cake. Whilst it was a
painful journey to pick and then
purchase my rims, seeing them on the car
made the pain go away. I
originally had chosen Centreline trigons
and ordered them Christmas 2005 with the
promise from the supplier that they
would be here in 3 weeks. He
required fully payment ($3990) and some
12 weeks later and several phone calls
we were able to get a full refund and
look for something else. I really
didn't want a standard 5 spoke rim and
ended up finding a set of dragway
billets that suited the style of the
car.
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