We all started somewhere! Enjoy!

So after a few days of hard work things are shaping together, having finished school and no work commitments during the day alot gets done!

Got the front panel basically straight, the neatening and bogging will happen after we put on the arches.

All pretty much straight now! just a little bit more work to be done!

unfortunately we did crack the panel but it's not much of a problem.

A bloke on another post suggested that we did have a bend in the chassis, seems unfortunately that way but it's not enough to be worried about and wont effect the handling at all. So a lot of banging and swearing and it's coming along. The rest once again will be finished once we cut the arch out.


Close to following the line on the otherside photo is deceiving it's straighter than it looks!


The rear has had a bit of work, not much though that is the next thing on the list,
But I've got the shape back basically

 
 Boot lines up nicely

 
Hopefully in the coming days the back will be done and I shall begin work on removing/servicing the engine and trans! Before the Feb date to the panel workers for the arches! 

Damn I wish I had that much spare time :(
 
You gonna keep the car the same colour?

Close to it, going a little bit lighter but just a basic colour to make it more legitimate


Good luck with everything mate, I didn't know much either but the more I try and do the more I learn.
 
Keep up the good work!
 
 
Ryan

Many years have passed, car has slowly progressed and I've honestly forgotten to keep updated on here!

 

Having saved up the funds I'm looking at upgrading the following
Quick rack steering rack
New sleeved Bilstein inserts with 2.25" springs front 
Leaf and Damper Bilsteins on rear
Race tank and mount

Any suggestions or go to guides with purchasing anything?
I've rang a few local suspension joints and they seem to think it's going to be easiest to purchase this from the UK
 
Cheers

looks like its come along way mate. well done.   
 
defiantly needs some wheels to fill those rear guards now!
 
check out grp4 fabrications for parts. i use alot of their stuff in my mk2 and cant recommend them highly enough.
 
cheers 

smckaperformance (MEL based) has just received a new batch of goodies from the UK.  Might be worth checking them out.     www.smckaperformance.com.au  (no affiliation, etc etc)
 
There used to be a place in Adelaide doing this kind of stuff IIRC.
 
Bulky/heavy items arrive in about 4-7 days from UK by courier.  You can even watch your tracked parcel see the sights of many interesting freight facilities !!!  (yawn)  The trick is to fill that box as much as possible with goodies  to offset the cost of freight.  Be aware of GST applying if the landed goods value ($purchase + $freight) exceeds the import GST threshhold.

As with most people on this site, I have brought a shed load of stuff in from the UK.  You could cobble many bits together yourself locally but why invent the wheel.
 
I have bought a lot from Grp4Fabrication.  Torsten is a great bloke to deal with and their gear is outstanding.
 
I think the general feeling about RallyDesign is that their stuff is cheaper in quality.
 
Gartrac did nice stuff but I think it was higher priced than most.
 
Smckaperformance was always great to deal with when operated by Stephen.  I thought they closed down but it appears they may have been bought out and reopened?
 
Freight from the UK is not all that bad and delivery times are good.  Keep individual orders/invoices below $1000 to avoid paying duty and GST.
 
I built my car 3 years ago so things may have changed.

its still a $1000 limit on importing goods. then you get stung. 
UK is definitely the way to go for a lot of parts.
the leaves you can get here, i think a lot of people are running king spring leaf packs, if that what you are referring too?
or you could go down to industrial springs on port road and get them to make whatever you want. i got my leaves made there to the rate that i wanted, same with the front springs.
i run bilsteins front and rear and ended up getting them from the USA. was about 1/2 the price of the UK distributors, but that was a while ago now.
why do you want a race tank? is it for the extra volume?
if your going to go racing, then the side tanks aren't at all bad. they aren't very wide so fuel doesn't move around much. 
if you want a tank for the extra capacity and for the bling, then go for it, they look cool. just get one with a built in swirl pot for when you want to upgrade to fuel injection later on. 
good luck.