XD Falcon Engine Conversion
A little project I have been working on lately is my XD Fairmont Ghia. The car was ‘handed down’ I suppose you would say after my grandfather passed away, well actually nobody else in the family wanted it. Anyway, the old 4.1 crossflow and 3-speed auto just wasn’t doing it for me so I got [...]
Jerry’s One Tonner – Part Five
After what has seemed like an eternity we have finally made some headway with Jerry’s One Tonner. As usual there has been a million and one things keeping us from it but there is light at the end of the tunnel, at the moment it looks like a 12V bulb in a 6V socket but it [...]
Jerry’s One Tonner – Part Four
As usual progress has been slow with the old girl. With this crappy Brisbane winter weather causing havoc with my back and Jerry having his drivers license reduced to a to-work-and-back-only deal things are definitely moving slower than either of us would like. From the last installment we have managed to repair the rusted sections below the [...]
Jerry’s One Tonner – Part Three
Click Here For The Previous One Tonner Project Posts Once again there is not a great deal to report on the Tonner project, we’ve been busy with it but looking at the car you wouldn’t think so! The $100 HJ sedan bought for it’s perfect floor pans and cowl panel has turned out to be [...]
Jerry’s One Tonner – Part Two
Click Here For The Previous One Tonner Project Post Not a great deal of progress to report today. On Monday we managed to get the windscreen out without breaking it, I was sure that it wouldn’t make it through that process. Yesterday Jerry pulled the dash apart enough so that we can start cutting out [...]
