Work Continues

The engine bay has been painted the same red as the body, looks pretty good in high glossy duco rather than the ugly matt (and oil stained) black finish. The wiring has been rerun under the guards so it is hidden from view.


New shocks were fitted and the springs shortened to give a better ride and a muscle car stance. Truth is, it did look a bit like a missile launcher with the tail down and nose up.

The extractors have been modded to line up the pipes with the exhaust ports in the aluminium heads. The odd thing is that the exhaust ports are not the same as the original windsor heads and do not line up. So George has modified the extractor pipes by welding material in place and then ground out the pipes to line up more closely. In his words, this is not the best arrangement but in view of his guess of $2000 (which is probably a fair enough price but outside my budget) to build a set of custom made pipes, it will have to do for now.

The exhaust down the left side caused another challenge when the new AOD went in. The pipes had to be cut, the collector removed and a new set of pipes made which turned away from the tranny. More on that later.


The main components are in place, now it is just the "fiddly bits" left to do before we get the tranny adjusted, new exhaust system made/fitted and fire up the motor.