Good progress thanks for the update

Great progress clever man I'm sorry I hate patina cars but you're doing justice to this thanks for sharing, mate.

That looks awesome, love those wheels

Looks awesome mate, was worried about the tub but looks great 👍

The old truck is slowly coming together eh twisty, I was looking at the tub thinking how to deal with the gap and my idea, no good now, was to turn it around and cut off the front and back and weld them back on the opposite ends, then take some out of the middle. Your idea was probably easier. My other idea would be to lift the front clip up, at the front, a bit to level it out. Anyway it looks bloody good from 6000k's away haha. Cheers from NZ, Phil.

I was wondering what you were gunna do with that tub, love your vision mate it will be awesome!

Gday. Nice work! How much did this cost to do (retail)? Is it worth undertaking myself?? Cheers in advance, MrFall >:)

U getting there mate cheers Graham

Your right about 100% argon for aluminium, also for stainless steel. The impurities in the gas gets into your weld. As for mild steel the co2 allows more heat penetration.

How do you like that hafco pan break? I have a cheap one and it flexes in the middle a bit creating a uneven bend, was thinking of getting that same hafco one.

Noiceeeeeee you are very good at repairs mate and the sound of that 5 .0 fuel injection yeh baby

Shared on my facebook page mate with a recommendation, hopefully get a few more followers, good luck!

Ratty sounds verrrry cool Twisty!

Did you leave the boot lid on for stability to keep it all square mate?

Nice valiant

Had a VL Turbo series 2 stolen. Car was recovered, Interior was doused in petrol, luckily they didn't have a lighter or couldn't light a fire! Deep cleaned car and it was good as new!

My grandpa had 4 CM valiants I loved them all he gave one to my dad to use and one to my uncle which was a light blue 265 twin exhaust ex SA Police Car, I will buy a CM one day mark my words I have said it all my life I wanted one since I was a little kid

This buttresses for A Body based coupes were "invented" by Chrysler of Mexico, they started using it in 1970 to 76, Brazil used in the Dart based Charger in 1971 to 1978

Some good info there mate. Also as I've found out on my rusty Holdens, there ain't no substitute for practice. Also chosing your battle. I've spent far too long agonising over welds that no one is ever going to see.....

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The neighbours love the air hammer haha

Even on thicker steel, I have always cranked it up on the mig and done short blasts. I'm no welder, but it does seem to work better if you aren't a welder by trade.

WASPS!! Feckin run

Nice to see an Aussie doing really informative vids like this. I had no idea you could still get replacement panels for something like this either and why I have always been hesitant to invest in a such a project. I kinda thought most stuff was remade manually by a skilled panel beater from sheet metal. Where do the panels come from? This really has opened my eyes for a future project where I might not need to buy multiple cars to make a good one. Thanks for all the work and effort to make this video, I'll be watching the series from the start now. You legend.

Top job mate Thanks for doing these more in-depth videos Looking forward to getting into rust repair on the Vanguard Ute

If you can get a cheap set of these heads for the clevo quote ``` stock 4V intake and mild CJ cam, the Cleveland produced 359 horsepower at 5,700 rpm and 372 ft.-lbs. of torque at 3,800 rpm. After our baseline, we replaced the Elgin CJ cam and 4V intake with a Comp XE284H cam and Edelbrock Performer RPM Air Gap intake. The Comp Cam offered a .584/.588 lift split, a 240/246-degree duration split and 110-degree LSA. The Edelbrock intake was actually designed for the smaller-port, aluminum Edelbrock heads, but worked well on the larger 4V heads. pushing the peaks to 452 horsepower and 412 ft.-lbs. of torque. Given the flow rates, even this modified 351C was just scratching the surface of what OG 4V heads will support! ``` So thats what it would take to get to the 450 HP.. No turbo needed.. Now cost well that's the problem.. 4V stands for “four-venturi”, not for “four-valve” So 4BBL carb heads which you can get more easy in australia then the USA .. Anyways It's possible to do but you got to way turbo cost vs this is what you need to look into..Nothing like a non turbo clevo in the 400 range lol

I have a zh Fairlane and in the process of going to remove the rust so your channel is really helpful and thank you so much helping me with my project 🙏 351 with a harrop blower.

You're a legend mate no rust stands a chance against the Terminator as for your mate give him a 5 second head start make a race of it 351 will win

Cool man. Keep up the great work. Hope you’re Ford wins the 6pack 😁

new member, I stumbled upon your XP ute resto (blue) and your channel is pretty cool. currently watching the "car restorations" playlist, and found the gutter repair on the patrol particularly interesting, as i have a mazda van that needs at least the roof corners repaired that may be similar in layers also.

Cheers heaps mate As a 22 yr old no money due to lack of work (disabilities) however thankfully I've just pickup an xe ute no running gear needs alot of work but hopefully you can help guide me along the journey of the restoration cheers

good video there Twisty, its sure coming along fast now. Looks like you n me will be doing the 6Pack challenge in no time. WB vs XW 😁 Keep up the good work

Nice work mate the rattle in your shed is probably the flashing. Keep up the awesome content.

Hey mate recently found your channel and you are doing some very good instructional content. Just a thought with that shed vibration- if you have a bit of left over CarBuilders sound deadener or aimilar lying around you can stick that on the offending panels in the area you think is the worst culprit and it will dull the sound right down and get rid of that high frequency vibration I reckon. Might be worth a try. Cheers mate

I'm new to your channel I prefer talking then some crappy music play really loud but that's just my personal opinion. Sometimes people want these late at night and they keep turning the sound up and down so that I wake their family up just a tip for you, cheers Graham

Is it true that you have to overlap the repair section to existing in Australia

Great job as always mate!

Awesome video again Legend! Can't wait to see more! Well done!

Good job, love the voice-overs

Good job...totally agree!..only cut out what you need to cut out!...PS sounds like a loose screw on that panel on the shed ...cheers

Nothing better than to watch your videos during our Shytttt Victorian weather wonderful work as usual keep safe champ

Great video as always The commentary was also great Those aftermarket panels look like fun But at least they’re available My 62 Vanguard Ute has no aftermarket panels available so it’s all home made Yes please on the shop course Cheers Michael

like the commentary mate

Good one twisty, I like how you’re honest about the Ill fitting panel, and how you had to modify it to fit. I also like how you mentioned the relief cut. Keep those tips coming mate. p.s - sign us up for the shop class Cheers mouse