Grunt's Papaya HX Sandman 18v 308 4 speed Project

[Grunt]

Wow what a mammoth effort. You are lucky to have to ability, time and knowledge to do this all yourself. We can do everything except panel and paint. I too love Papaya...can't wait to see more progress...thanks for sharing. Ps love your Queenslander home.

I have been mucking with cars from my early teens so its pretty easy, as you know just time consuming to do it right.

Thanks for the comments about the house, When I built it I wanted a little Queensland in Victoria

[Grunt]

The replacement tank all cleaned up and ready for painting. Im painting it in a matt Urethane. I wanted a few contrasts rather than the one finish. So the straps are done in a semi gloss, the underside also in a semi gloss and the chassis will be a full gloss.

[Grunt]

Diff clean up time

[Grunt]

The under side is all done in KBS semi gloss RustSeal

The inside of the rear guards have been done in body deadner

















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Chassis will need a good wipe down before final assembly

[Valencia]

Can you please slow down a bit your making all of us look bad with the speed you work in
but seriously your doing a bloody great job grunt hope i can work as fast as that when its my turn
keep up the top work mate
cheers gene.

[Grunt]

The chassis has been painted from the back to just past the firewall area. The Chassis will need a good wipe down before final assembly

Painted the tail shaft red for a bit of a contrast

[Grunt]

Got the diff in, springs cleaned up, new spring bushes, shock, rear brake hose and 2 way fitting. Of course the brake lines had the wrong fittings so I had to re flare the brake lines to fit the 2 way distribution connector. The brake ines were sanded back to make them all shiny and new. New drums, shoes and wheel cylinders were fitted and again the fitting were wrong for the bake line to wheel cylinder connection so some more double flaring was called for. The tank was installed, wish I had detailed pics of the bracket setup before I pulled it apart. Im sure the guy who designed the Rubiks cube designed these brackets.







I have to sand back the hand brake outer and clear coat these to bring them up to spec

[Grunt]

The upper section of the firewall has been stripped back and sprayed semi gloss black

[Grunt]

Can you please slow down a bit your making all of us look bad with the speed you work in
but seriously your doing a bloody great job grunt hope i can work as fast as that when its my turn
keep up the top work mate
cheers gene.

Thanks Gene, If I dont keep at it I will never finish it. I want to be crusing in her NO LATER than November so gotta get a move on

[jaft]

Looking awesome mate.

Do u work at the moment aswell because the way you are going it looks like you dont sleep zzzzzzzzzzzz.