Its been a minute… I’ve been in between jobs but will start my apprenticeship next week so funds are inbound.
What I’ve been up to:
Slim’s Burgers is taking off!
I started stripping the bumpers and plastics down, sanded with scotchbrite and 320 grit, then 2 coats of MTN Bumper and grill paint. I found this range in supercheap, 15 a can, no primer and super good coverage. Really dresses up the car.
To take the bumper off I had to remove the battery… surprise surprise, there’s rust, so I treated it with acid and sprayed it with epoxy. Battery tray is like fibreglassy, so it got the bumper paint treatment too.
Doesn’t that look tough??
The bolt for the crash bar bellow the previous 35 years of leaky batteries was stuck fast and fought me even with an angle grinder. In the end I welded the cut back up and left that bolt out. Typical old car and 1 bolt ruining the day type things.
Took the charade to an Empire meet on the northside of brissie, had a cruise with a mx-5 for a bit. I think the teeth suit the car.
Was feeling a little bit bored of the interior, green may not match the interior but the turf at my college was getting replace so I asked and pinched a few brand new pieces of astro turf! Score! I also 3d printed a gear knob out of PETG, its comfy and has a printed thread on the inside. M12x1.25 on a 15mm shift lever for reference. Printing is the other big hobby of mine, I find it solves a lot of car problems and the occasional birthday present! HMU if you want one maybe?
Saving he boring for last, Adam, the previous owner (same name as me) was sorting the g11 for his son, so included was SLOTTED disk brakes from DBA and a set of new pads and lines. So I chucked them in, not many pics unfortunately but they feel good and the old pads had 2mm left on them which was a surprise! Timing belt was also done in preparation for this weekends drive to Kandanga for “A Dai In The Countryside”. Retarded the cam a tooth (or two?) than set the timing a bit advanced, car no longer pops on decel at 3k rpm to idle. Previously (carby lyfe ik), as soon as the car was warmed up, every downhill coast was a continuous run of puffs and pops, which was hilarious at first but I’m glad its sorted now.
Interior is getting stripped slowly, car probably weighs 650kgs without seats and my butt. My mates and a stranger picked my car up and parked it sideways at TAFE last month too!
I’ve got a saas gt wheel in leather for sale and the interior trim up too on facebook if anyone needs it.
Next jobs should be fixing the cigarette lighter, mono wiper mod (the right way), led head lights from stedi and ofc, some sick aluminium, aviation inspired door cards!
-Mr Lawless
