Show us your projects
Submitted by scottland on Sat, 2015-06-06 20:26
Just picked up a 1977 ford xc and was wondering if anyone else here had car projects bikes or boats. Show us what you got
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dano83
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Nice model ford mate what
Nice model ford mate what you doing with it ?
I've got a Hj/z Holden ute that is a life time project lol I'd post a pic but no idea how.
scottland
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At the moment
at the moment rust repair :( but its not as bad as i thought one hole in a pillar.eventually 9 inch cleveland 302 get it across the pits burnt orange and black stripe decal. Then give it to dad for his 30th anniversary ahah and start again
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turtl3tim
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i had a 69zc and a 71zd
i had a 69zc and a 71zd fairlane, the zc was a vgc roller in a beautiful deep purple with centrelines and the zd had a factory original 351c and 9" with tramp rods p/s and a/c!- but the body was shot :( i picked them both up for 3k combined. i had them mostly stripped down, but ran out of room in the shed and motivation... so i moved them on to a new owner and ended up buying a house. they were awesome machines!
aaaaaaah....they just dont make them like they used to.
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Luke
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Doing a resto on a 69 HT GTS
Doing a resto on a 69 HT GTS monaro at the moment, factory sebring orange car, hopefuly on the road in a couple years!
rob90
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If i die with one of those
Hi my name is rob............. and I'm a........... fishaholic
grantarctic1
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Many projects
Many projects over the last few years. Some complete, some ongoing.
fishwrecked.com/forum/grapnel-sinkers-how-i-make-them
fishwrecked.com/forum/lead-kiln-home-made
fishwrecked.com/forum/diy-rod-racks
fishwrecked.com/forum/jetty-cart
fishwrecked.com/forum/old-fish-box-put-use
fishwrecked.com/forum/not-fishing-tool-trolley-bling
fishwrecked.com/forum/new-micro-dinghy
fishwrecked.com/forum/pimp-my-canooo-take-twooo
fishwrecked.com/forum/fixing-miss-kimberly
fishwrecked.com/forum/project-withdrawal-syptoms
Just some of the things i do and make, I like to share the progress and have also helped many members with their projects.
Still lots of things to come, not all fishing tho .
Here is my new ride to work, it gets me there 2 days early so i'm never late .
One of the outdoor fires i make for friends over winter .
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big john
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Tardis
Like the Tardis, going to knock one up myself in the second half of the year.
WA based manufacturer and supplier of premium leadhead jigs, fligs, bucktail jigs, 'bulletproof' soft plastic jig heads and XOS bullet jig heads.
Jigs available online in my web store!
grantarctic1
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It was
It was an interesting build, I helped a friend make it for a scout camp.
I was surprised at how much attention it got and could have sold it ten times over. ( he wants to keep it )
There was a lot of info on the internet, with whole sites dedicated to building them, I didn't know that there are over 30 different versions throughout the tv series so we opted for an older version.
quadfisher
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New quad trailer and quad!
Just finished a new offroad quad trailer cause , I bought a unplanned quad from a auction , and had nothing to carry it on.
the quad------a near new ( 10 hours) canam xtp outlander 800 max, stolen and recovered , I spent 2k on replacing the missing bits ,
but it came in all up around 1/3 rd of price of a new one, it has power st, winch , beadlock rims, rear air susp, and goes like a cut cat!
the trailer-----built in a single car garage ( never again, I was actually crawling under it to finish it off!) , 75x50 frame, 100x50 drawbar, 100x100 mesh floor,
treg hitch, fuel and water carriers, l.e.d lights all round, re-licenced and matching rims and tyres to suit gq patrol, most bits from martins trailers, brakes, hubs , mudguards etc, all up cost around $1300.
quadfisher
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your pics never seem to be
your pics never seem to be viewable for me
quadfisher
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Not a tech head
and you can tell by my posts!
I have never really got the hang of it , so everytime I post its pure luck if it works out ,
can anyone else see my pics , or is it just blank space?
quadfisher
carnarvonite
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Blanks
Not just your pics, there are some from others that are blanks as well
scottland
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I just upload to
i just upload to photobucket then get the [img] code
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Rob H
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Blankety blank
Blankety blank
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Dale
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XC's
Like the XC's, my brother rebuilt an XC ute that took him 7 or 8 years to complete, 460 V8 bored and stroked out to a 506 or there abouts, huge C10 auto, runs on gas. Currently going back to normal fuel system.
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Mr Wolf
carnarvonite
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Leyland bus
Have about half way finished refitting out a AEC/Leyland bus.
It went under in the 2010 floods and I had nearly finished it off when a bloke wanted to buy it. He wanted to live in it while he paid it of, no problems, he made regular payments and couldn't take it from where it was parked, all good so I thought. Until I got a phone call that he was doing a runner, got the bus back, he lost what he'd paid and in the meantime he'd almost ruined the interior , moving bits around to suit himself.
So it was strip everything out, including the 240volt wiring and start from scratch. Been at it for about 3 months and can see light at the end of the tunnel , that is if mates won't keep giving you bits and you have to go back over to incorporate them, like a brand new roof top airconditioner [after you had finished putting wood panelling up], a new electric hot water system when you had installed the kitchen sink and were not planning on fitting a shower.
Will stick the photos up at a later date.
scottland
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Heres
hereswhat my beast looks like the day it got here rust in all the usual places
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Happy Hooker
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Love toys
Some great stuff people are working on....
Have a zd fairlane sitting away on a farm , needs a full rebuild but have owned it for about 25 years now...reminded me I need to shoot out there and give it some tlc...read as three cans of wd 40 and a litre of fertan rust converter and new tarp over it ... Semi stripped with stack of spare parts collected over many many years.
Quad bike set up for fishing /camping ( can am outlander400 ....for my boys to use of course , gives them freedom when we go way (like quad fisher , finished redoing trailer for it ).and boat ( spent yesterday putting on new battery monitor system ) have chewed up time and money...house too but that's boring .
quadfisher
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2nd try for photos via fish bucket , or photobucket or something
quadfisher
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Hahahhah. Ok try this.
Hahahhah. Ok try this. Upload pic to fish bucket photo bucket on the share links option of the pic you want to post click on the one that says IMG when you click it it will say copied. Then go to your post I always leave a gap between pics. Click paste the drop box comes up click paste again the go preview post if happy save away
EDIT nice one
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You need a bigger shed
You need a bigger shed
Brock O
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New Shed
Started this on the weekend...6m x 4.6m
So i can keep this save and sound, room for a few rods as well!
Would love to do another car but will lift the boat roof a foot with new windscreen next, can never have enough hobbies i recon!
tim-o
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Cheers Brock O, made my night, nice LJ
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Brock O
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Tim
pritty sure I seen an old thread with your shed holding a 76 or 77 model...may have been a two door can't remember! You want to swap?
tim-o
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Yeah, LX SS Hatch
No motor or box atm, suppose it is a project now haha
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Lastchance
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Good cars, I had one back in
Good cars, I had one back in apprenticeship days, sold it to a bloke in Freo in the late '90's. Wish I still had it for sure!
sandbar
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XC Falcon
I would like to show some pics of my XC project but cant work it out.
Bought recently With a 351C worked and done 16,000 k's since rebuild 20yrs ago , C4 full manual valve shift, qiksilver shifter. Needs a 9inch.
I have so far bought a GS V8 dash and cluster which is fitted and worked as soon as I plugged it in.
scottland
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Where do you source
where you getting your parts from i want a gs bonnet
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XC pics for sandbar
scottland
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That
that is tidy as f*^k. Wanna swap bonnets? Haha
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sandbar
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Awesome
cheers Gilly
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looks good, rear end is
looks good, rear end is straight bonus
sandbar
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Parts Scottland
I am on gumtree and ebay every day or 2. There is a couple of facebook sites aswell for 2nd hand parts but I don't use it. And of course if you get stuck call Superoo. I am very lucky I bought this complete and besides the 9inch needed I only now need to respray, which I will do myself as my 1st trade is a Spraypainter, rechrome rear bumper and rims. I am thinking an XY spoiler on the boot.
scottland
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Ooo painter hey
im about 2 months away from painting and putting a 302 in maybe a 351 still deciding
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sandbar
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Now
a boilermaker/welder after an adult app 10yrs ago. Working away makes it very hard to do anything when I am home. I have had the car 8mths and done nothing bodywise. My plan is to have everything in the shed ready to go in 2 years or so when I finish my current work project.
scottland
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Yup
bodywork isnt all its cracked up to be ahhaa taking of a panel and expecring to find rust haha. So far im happy enough 2 major holes in the drivers front pillar im a bit worried about
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Rob H
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boat projects
gunwhale protetctor for pulling craypots over
Works so well that it lives on there now whether at the islands or whatever!
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
Rob H
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Baitboard
this was one of my bigger projects, attacked after having double knee ops.
Full story http://fishwrecked.com/forum/diy-baitboard
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
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fisho-ron
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nice rig mate, love it!!
nice rig mate, love it!!
rob90
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My project atm is a blown
My project atm is a blown 408ci iron block motor for my vz clubsport, i shattered a piston in my old motor last october at power cruise and still havent got it back on the road. I just go fishing too much to get it sorted.
Hi my name is rob............. and I'm a........... fishaholic
sandbar
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RobH
Top job on the baitboard,
you taking orders?
Italsistem
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1979 Mercedes
1979 Mercedes 280E....nothing special but i love the old mercs. So incredibly comfortable to cruise around in and lots of cool little features for her age! A lot of panel work to do though!
fisho-ron
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Since i sold my TBucket i
Since i sold my TBucket i built from ground up 90% of the work done myself..
My VK Ex pursuit Group A replica (100% myself apart from interior)
its been a while in the making(5years) sat in the spoiler shop for 3 and then in my shed for1 1/2 years before i got started.
origanly it was motor out and repaint engine bay white just to tidy her up.....well one thing led to another(as they do)
and shortly after it was totaly striped out and some new shiny red going on.
enjoying cruizing with mates, my fishing buddy Andy in his awesome HQ GTS Munro, sweet ride with some real grunt
tim-o
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Fark Yeah
Sick Ron, tough quey there, VK looks sweet, always wanted a blue meanie myself, seen one the other day with the VE aeros on it, looked sick
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sea-kem
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That HQ is the bomb. Could
That HQ is the bomb. Could eat my lamb roast of that engine well.
Love the West!
Dale
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✨
Nice, That HQ Monaro is pretty tidy too.
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fisho-ron
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the munro is a weapon mate,
the munro is a weapon mate, she goes like a cut snake!!!
sounds awesome.
Brock O
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Looks mint Ron
love the VK, next best thing from a chrome bumper!
that's why the fishing reports have been quite!
fisho-ron
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yeh mate, plus working away
yeh mate, plus working away doing long hours. 14hr days mate, 21 days straight.
hows the torrie going??
edit: and yeh, nearly swapped it for a ht brougham, just for that chrome bumper thing...lol