With the amount of work needed to swap just the gearbox, you would be better off swapping the whole powerhouse over with the added bonus of it being a newer motor that has reliable EFI. Another Forum member did the F8C gearbox conversion in a Mighty Boy and said it's more trouble than it's worth. Yo...

Haha thanks Brayden, Hopefully that was the last bit of rust that I have to deal with on this body. 

Cheers JB :thumbup2: Original battery location is now rust-free. I had this thought in my head telling me to mini tub the front end, but they are for drift cars and bagged suspension. The amount of work that would go into that is a bit much for looks (even though they actually look amazing in a clea...

Thanks Gremlin.  :thumbup1: Finally came up with a cover for the Heater Box air inlet.  IMG_0204.JPG While I have been working on the front end, I welded up the little holes on both sides of the inner wheel arches/strut towers and deleted the wiper washer bottle holder to make it flush with the rest...

Yeah no worries, that's all good. Decided to go with silver as it will stand out a bit more in front of dark tint. 

Not stupid at all Brayden, yes the plan so far is to fabricate a new top Bulkhead section and include the VIN from the factory piece. I did have plans to just clean up the standard piece but there is a bit of work to tidy it up in prep for welding back in. If my plans don't exactly work out then I'l...

Fabricated the new top engine steady/mount and removed the weather cover for the heater box inlet to clean up that area.
Started with a paper template and turned it into metal.

A sticker that's free, is the sticker for me! Brayden I have placed an order for the Metallic Silver but curious to see what the Charcoal colour looks like against a tinted window, do you have a photo of one by any chance?

Now that the Easter long weekend has begun, I thought I'd start today off smashing out the rusty section. I am 100% satisfied with this repair and is my best yet. The overlapped section meeting up with the firewall was coated in a Weld-Proof Primer for the plug welds, hence the copper coating. I'll ...

Haha its funny how I bought this down the road from me and I'm about 2km from the beach  . This MB originally came from Mount Isa, which is a fair way inland and shows how neat this 30 year old car is when far from sea salt. Long way to travel to Bundy that's for sure!

I absolutely hate rust haha! I have done a few repairs on other car body/panels so this one will be fun 

This build has turned a bit dramatic after having to deal with the most common rust spot, which happens to a lot of Might Boys out there. After wire brushing under the dash/heater box area, I found some rust holes right at the very top seam of the firewall. This then spreads out to the top engine mo...

Totally agreeing with you here on bending the shifter so its closer to the driver. I did the same with mine a while ago and for someone that's not very tall at all, it makes a hell of a difference as I'm not having to reach when its in 1st. IMG_5731.JPG Be careful with the lengthened shifter as the ...

Haha there is always a next time! After the cheap respray on my current MB, I wanted to basically go all out on this body with with interior, exterior and the whole underside. I'm not even going to want to take it anywhere when its done!  

Slow progress over the Xmas break but better than no progress I guess. Dropped the body back to ground level to get in and start working my way up stripping back more of the floor which is looking fresh!  8) Got the firewall etched and even removed all the seam sealer at the very top. Its a bit 'ove...