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Waldo
Joined: Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:12 am
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Location: Brisbane
Car(s): 1968 Bellett GT
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Just a couple of photos of the restoration process underneath. Attachment:
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Glenn
Joined: Tue May 10, 2011 2:23 am
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Location: Melb.
Car(s): '72 Sport Bellett (imported 180912), M/B AMG A35, i30, had Belletts in past, 2 sed, 3 GT's.
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she looked pretty good under there...and now even better.
glenn
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Waldo
Joined: Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:12 am
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Location: Brisbane
Car(s): 1968 Bellett GT
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yeah its really straight no bent rails or rust anywhere which was good.
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| Thu Jun 28, 2012 10:49 pm |
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Leadfoot_Liz
Joined: Fri Apr 02, 2010 10:34 am
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Waldo wrote: yes yes it is upside down! thats the way i bought it and how the previous owners had it..u can even see where the leaf spring holders have bent and broken cos they had it in the wrong way...i have to get onto that next just have to find some urethane to redo the rubber bushes for it. waldo i gave a set of old rubbers to bhss in capalaba and they made me a few sets of urethane blocks to match. If this helps they can do your brakes also if you need them done. Greg
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pa_man
Joined: Sat Oct 10, 2009 7:52 am
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Car(s): 67 Bellett Auto Sedan, 65 Wasp, 73 Chev Luv, 1/2 A Chev Luv, VX Commodore
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Looks fantastic, Great job! 
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| Fri Jun 29, 2012 12:10 am |
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flying
Joined: Mon Nov 15, 2010 3:11 am
Posts: 259
Location: Adelaide
Car(s): 1967 GT Bellett
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Waldo that is great
Is that POR 15? underneath?
Cheers
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BULLITT
Joined: Mon Jan 10, 2011 1:03 pm
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Car(s): 1966 TEARDROP ...MANUAL ...
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great work waldo i will drop mine off tomorrow it needs a nice clean ...bum ...cheers davo
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Glenn
Joined: Tue May 10, 2011 2:23 am
Posts: 2823
Location: Melb.
Car(s): '72 Sport Bellett (imported 180912), M/B AMG A35, i30, had Belletts in past, 2 sed, 3 GT's.
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Waldo, what did you use to remove all the old paint/deadener?
I scraped all the crap off my 'old' GT when I did it. From under the car though. What a job !
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Waldo
Joined: Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:12 am
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Location: Brisbane
Car(s): 1968 Bellett GT
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yes its POR-15 metal treated then painted. it did take me a fair bit of time..the car was light enough for myself to just pick it up and roll it over which made it a whole lot easier on my body. To get the deadener off i just used a few paint stripping discs the blue ones from bunnings. works well but if you held the disc on the deadener to long it would just heat the deadener up and melt it onto the disc so you have to do it slowly.
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Glenn
Joined: Tue May 10, 2011 2:23 am
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Location: Melb.
Car(s): '72 Sport Bellett (imported 180912), M/B AMG A35, i30, had Belletts in past, 2 sed, 3 GT's.
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Waldo, how much of that POR do you need and what's it cost ?
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Waldo
Joined: Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:12 am
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Location: Brisbane
Car(s): 1968 Bellett GT
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its pretty expensive i bought a 4ltr tin of it for about $180...but u need to make sure its all bare metal u cant just paint over old paint, and u have to spray POR-15 metal ready onto the bare metal before you paint...this preps the metal for the por-15 also use their marine clean before you use the metal ready its like a super degreaser! the metal ready turns the metal into a redish colour that looks like surface rust a bit as u can see in the photo thats bare metal. u must get that redish colour on the metal before you paint the por-15....its a long and quite painful process.
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| Fri Jun 29, 2012 8:18 am |
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Glenn
Joined: Tue May 10, 2011 2:23 am
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Location: Melb.
Car(s): '72 Sport Bellett (imported 180912), M/B AMG A35, i30, had Belletts in past, 2 sed, 3 GT's.
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Not real cheap but I used spray on sound deadening and u need quite a few tins.
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flying
Joined: Mon Nov 15, 2010 3:11 am
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Location: Adelaide
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If you get on POR -15 Website they show them smashing a painted pipe denting the pipe but no chipping of the paint
Yes bought the system the other day hopefully $300 well spent
Cheers
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Waldo
Joined: Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:12 am
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Location: Brisbane
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its not to bad but i wouldnt really say its that strong i think it will still eventually chip but it is stronger than normal killrust paint...its sort of acidic and absorbs moisture...make sure u wear gloves when painting as when this stuff gets on your hands it doesnt come off for about a month as it eats into your skin a lot more than normal paint.
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Waldo
Joined: Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:12 am
Posts: 194
Location: Brisbane
Car(s): 1968 Bellett GT
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Ok time for a small update progress is slow as everything i want for this car costs big $$...finally received my rear rotors so i can now start fabricating the caliper mounts. Customized 4 piston wilwood calipers with intergrated mechanical handbrake! Attachment:
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And yes the wheels do fit under the gaurds! JUST! only because of the negative camber.
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BULLITT
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GO................................................................................................................................WALDO........................................................... CHEERS DAVO
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Glenn
Joined: Tue May 10, 2011 2:23 am
Posts: 2823
Location: Melb.
Car(s): '72 Sport Bellett (imported 180912), M/B AMG A35, i30, had Belletts in past, 2 sed, 3 GT's.
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what you mean is ---------- STOP------------Waldo
serious hardware in that car ! What are the rotors nominally off ?
glenn
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Waldo
Joined: Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:12 am
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Location: Brisbane
Car(s): 1968 Bellett GT
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custom rotors from wilwood america, from revolution brakes
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rod
Joined: Thu Feb 05, 2009 11:36 am
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Car(s): 68gt coupe , 98 toyota prado
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sweet looking good ......given me second thoughts  ......rod
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mrflibbles
Joined: Mon Jan 05, 2009 10:39 am
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Location: Adelaide Hills
Car(s): GU Patrol, AU ute, 1969 florian deluxe, 1976 Luv & 1980 KB 4x4 isuzu
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that looks sexy! love the wheels too, cant wait to see the completed car!
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