guards are finished..went and picked up the bootlid last night...found a shallow dint on the rear face right on the bodyline so i have a little bit of work to do on that before i can prime/guidecoat it...but here are pics of the guards end result... Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

beautiful man, good stuff, without a doubt the worst part about building a car, i hate paint/panels

yer do a new mazda red, looks mad.

katsa - cheers man...yeah i hate doing the prep work as well...coz knowing my luck...no dints will show till the clear goes on the final color...lol blu3_vl - cheers for the post...but im not a fan of red cars...theres just something about them...although they do look nice...i dunno if i could ever own a red car... doin the rest of the filler work on the bootlid tonight and hoping to have it in primer tonight...also went and had a browse for a new work hack today...holden colorado is lookin alrite atm...turbo diesel ofcourse Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

looking good dude hows the painting going .considering how cold its been

sheds equipped with heaters...managed to pick up a paint booth ( fingers crossed ) for a very good price...as im a spraybooth technician/service manager im able to give it a thorough reconditioning...and instead of doing what most panel shops using for heat...either diesel or gas burners...im going to go one further and install infra red heaters

nice, i forgot to say its looking good and you do real nice panel work Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

cheers blu3_vl i try to get it asclose to factory as possible... priced up some goods to get sodablasted bout 5mins ago...head and inlet manifold $40 with a 1 day turn around...so should neaten things up a lil bit and give me a glimpse as to what im in for with the head...as i dont think the engines been started since the transplant took place...but yeah if all goes well im more than happy to post the guys business details here

Getting the auto to work is the hard bit, putting a VL speedo in a VK dash is the hard bit, you would be better off putting in a whole VL dash and harness or run a five speed.

im getting the entire interior fitment out of a vl...dash and all...so yeah...no problems there...first thing that crossed my mind actually... just made a p!ssing off discovery...theres no vin plate...on the rad support...its gone! wtf!! looks like i cant work on this no more Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Lol !

Dale nice sig.

haha cheers bogz for ur wise words...they is the reason it is displayed as a sig just got off the fone to the guy who i got the car off...he assumes he has the vin tag in his shed...or its in the vk on the floor...so lets hope hes right...otherwise im scrapping the vk shell for a vc one that i may possibly have lined up Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

IF you end up going VC please keep it grandpa spec.

Quote: Originally Posted by FRCED-6 im getting the entire interior fitment out of a vl...dash and all...so yeah...no problems there...first thing that crossed my mind actually... just made a p!ssing off discovery...theres no vin plate...on the rad support...its gone! wtf!! looks like i cant work on this no more Isnt there a VIN on the top of the passenger side strut tower under the paint? Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

dales back...watch out

well im keepin the project goin on...turns out the previous owner must have misplaced the vin tag in the passenger side front door...so yeah boyracer - nah they class that as a serial number so yeah...got the info from this site...http://members.westnet.com.au/scottl/info.htm hamoud...yeah bro...im back lol Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

So its going ahead? Good work Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

bah dale not again! now your going to inspire me to put a booth in my shed... again. Any closer to picking a colour? Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

bogz - yeah mate its back on track project wise jeffo - haha sorry...but its just one of those things...u know...when u come across something...and u need one...lol as for color i saw a vc freshly painted in white yesterday...and it got me thinking...white silver bars slammed on my 15x7's did some research...its a factory berlina...yay! but looking thru the extras that came with it...bar...door moulds...there calais moulds...as they have the chrome strip along the top... Some original photos have not been recovered yet.