The HZ Project

looking good keep us posted of updates

You know one of the admins here is building an EK sled but we are yet to se photos you would think he would, in the interests of the bord, he would post up a thread

good project. the shell looks pretty good, was it dipped or blasted? Cant see much rust in the pics...luck you... im doing a HZ ute along with my tonner and the shell is like swiss cheese

Cheers

Mick

Looks good so far mate. I'm no Holden fan but if it looks good, sounds good and goes good, then its alright by me. If you're gunna do it once, do it right, which it obviously looks like you're doing! Keep us posted, look forward to more pics along the way!
Brenton

leweydafly wrote:good project. the shell looks pretty good, was it dipped or blasted? Cant see much rust in the pics...luck you... im doing a HZ ute along with my tonner and the shell is like swiss cheese

Cheers

Mick

jeeze mate not good new about the z
my shell was media blasted and etch primed outside, inside and upside down. No rust mate, My old man stripped it painted it and rust proofed it when he bought it which was when i was born 24 years ago. The Tectil was still running out of it when i started driving it. Which is why i got it blasted, Instead of attempting to take it back to bare metal myself. :S

awesome. glad your old man looked after it. aot of people dont and they rust like buggery. just bought another ute with a better shell no more swiss cheese to deal with!

Keep the pics coming as you go

Cheers

Mick

heres a couple of new pics




engine on chassis


new wheels


air brushed drag link


ready to go to the pannel shop to slide under the shell

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Looks great so, nice work

Finally heres a couple more of her in her new dress.
They are from my camera phone and dont show much.
The paint is actually a perl






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Faaaark yeah!!!

Looking good buddy. Whats the colour?? looks very subtle

I like it

Cheers

Mick

coming along very well

Dude that's the coolest car you could ever possibly own, not many people can say that a car has been in one family it's whole life. Your old boy would be proud, top job.

Thanks guys. Yeh barry i think hed like it.
The colour lewey is a perl white. Same as the new suzuki swifts.
looks white in the shade but stands out in the sunshine.
Subtle but classy.

couple more pics.






The paint is so shiney that just with the flash u can see the reflection of the wall on the roof.

LOOKING GOOD MATE!

coming along nicely mate, you decided on what you wanna do with your interior yet?

mysteriousdeucedave wrote:coming along nicely mate, you decided on what you wanna do with your interior yet?

yeh mate so far im going black seats in marine vinyl, its the old etch type vinyl like in the early holdens. with a white piping around the edges to break it up and outline the seats. Im hoping it will give it a bit of a cartoon effect.
i guess roof lining will be black and the crash pad. Il get the seats in and go from there.

Go with a white roof lining. makes the car feel really closed in when you go dark. espesially with such a large roof area
Just my 2c

Cheers

Mick

thats a good idea actually, thanks. and with black pinch weld it would outline the lining to match the seats.

sounds pretty good, can't really go wrong with black

anyone got any thought or suggestions about a big spiderweb on the roof??

shippy wrote:anyone got any thought or suggestions about a big spiderweb on the roof??

On the inside or the outside?? If the inside, go for it. If the outside, i wouldn't. Car will look awesome and very clean all the one colour with the chrome. i think a spiderweb would ruin it.

Just my 2c

Cheers

Mick

Coming along nicely mate I agree with Lewey on the web too

Hey Shippy, any updates on the wagon???

Cheers

Mick

um not much progress to show mate, decided on a VN lsd diff after some advice from aussie diffs at currumbin. its about the same width and doesnt need much persuasion to slide it in.
Ive mounted the larger alloy radiator in and run some wiring through from the back end to a distribution block and to the alternator and starter as im running the battery in the boot.
I need to take some pics of the sound system ive baught and put em up too






my only concern with the wiring there is the heat from the exhaust, the headers are ceramic coated but the wiring runs pretty close to the headers so i might have to cover them up in exhaust wrap or sumthing.

Good choice with the VN diff. I put one in the Tonner, along with the 5 Lt and the auto, awesome diff. cant break it and its a good ratio. i Ground all the VN mounts off it here and they only charged 150 to jig it up and weld the leaf mounts on.

With the wiring, im pretty sure there is a heat sleeve you can get for the wiring close to the headers. will look a lot better than wrapping the exhaust.

Cheers

Mick