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MOTOR REMOVED FOR REBUILD in Jan 2008: Work schedule below

Engine/Gearbox/Engine bay: Remove all engine ancillaries Remove engine Strip engine Order engine parts Build radiator cowling Strip engine bay Clean engine bay Paint engine bay Strip and reassemble wiper motor mechanism Reassemble engine bay Hardness test heads Hardness test crank Dip Heads Pressure test/Crack test heads Machine heads Dip Block Machine block Machine crank Fit new valve seats Reassemble engine Powder coat sump, air boxes and cam covers. Check distributor Fit Lumenition kit Check carbs Blast and spray exhaust manifolds Find another viscous coupling Strip and clean gearbox cross member Drain and flush fuel tank - remove / refit Check all wiring looms Fit gearbox cross member bushes kit Check and clean auto box Refit engine and gearbox to car Investigate mounting bobbins for transmission oil cooler Refit all ancillaries Fill coolant Fill oil Test turn over with no ignition or fuel connected. Test with Fuel and ignition connected.

Body: Replace soft top window Tint windows Locate dolomite spoiler Relocate battery to rear of car Remove dent front lower Remove dent rear lower Respray black rear panel Spray front nose panel black Spray front and rear dents Replace rear bumper centre piece Check fuel filler cap seal Tighten door handles (may need new gaskets cut) Check and repair surface rust at windscreen base inner Polish complete body Fit alloy wheels Interior: Remove dash complete Remove clock Remove radio Get dash recovered Strip full dash panels to nothing Sand, stain and respray all wood panels Clean every gauge by disassembling Reassemble full dash Fit oil pressure gauge Fit vacuum gauge

Steering/Suspension/Brakes: Strip front end suspension/hubs Fit KYB gas front struts Fit KYB gas rear struts Lower front springs Lower rear springs Check front brakes Check all brake lines Reassemble front end suspension/hubs Rebuild power steering rack and pump with new seals Remove and check rear suspension Grease rear half shafts Check UJs Check rear hubs (bearing wear / slop etc.) Check diff oil and backlash Check all rear bushes Refit rear suspension Check rear brakes Check hand brake adjustment and cable Refit steering rack Refill steering fluid Refill and bleed brakes Registration: Check all lights Check headlight alignment Check wiper/washer mechanism Check horns Check leaks

Acquisition:

Purchased sight unseen off ebay (knowing the body needed tidying up and that the motor was blown) from Adam Aitken in Blackheath NSW in late Dec 2007 with Original Hardtop, Automatic, Blue interior (Sapphire Blue paint code 76) and grey carpet. Adam had owned it for approx 10 years.

Plate says 6-74 so it's a middle of the year model. After digging around it seems the mkII as it's known came in 1973 so despite the lack of alloy sill covers (which seem to have come a year or so later) this seems to be a mkII. Also according to Rimmer Bros the 'A' in my commision plate means it's got a Borg Warner 65 Gearbox as BW would have meant 35 BUT after removing the gearbox I've found that it is a 35? What's going on? Perhaps the box was replaced at some point or Rimmer Bros. is wrong.

According to the passport of sale that goes with the car this is still on its original motor which makes her rather special in that she's pretty original throughout. Apart from what looks like a gearbox downgrade???

I used VIP Automotive Solutions to ship it from Blackheath NSW to Tassie for $2325 (Ouch!) but I highly recommend this company - they got it on a monday afternoon and I had it by lunch thursday same week - after 1500oddKm and a ferry crossing with a blown motor!

Ownership History:

• Sold by Reg Smith Motors P/L, Artarmon, NSW on November 5th 1974
  
• First purchased by Mrs P. M. Naher, Castlecrag, NSW as Registration #PN 232
  
• Second Owner Horst Schuerger, Chester Hill, NSW, as Registration #IS137
  
• Changed hands somewhere early in 1997 to Third Owner Adam Aitken, Blackheath NSW as Registration and changed to #AWA074 later on.

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