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Expert Posts: 1480 Location: Australia | ok, so now the door trims are on, 2 of the inside window surrounds, blinker surrounds and lenses, tailgate crank, glass, letters... glasses is in and the surrounding stainless and also the window wipers... its getting there! adriana  (P1110647.jpg) (P1110648.jpg) (P1110657.jpg) (P1110699.jpg) (P1110702.jpg) (P1110709.jpg) (P1110713.jpg) (P1110742.jpg) (P1110758.jpg) (P1110718.jpg) (P1110766.jpg) Attachments ----------------  P1110647.jpg (96KB - 246 downloads) P1110648.jpg (119KB - 232 downloads) P1110657.jpg (142KB - 236 downloads) P1110699.jpg (136KB - 228 downloads) P1110702.jpg (138KB - 259 downloads) P1110709.jpg (140KB - 237 downloads) P1110713.jpg (106KB - 242 downloads) P1110742.jpg (145KB - 238 downloads) P1110758.jpg (145KB - 240 downloads) P1110718.jpg (125KB - 248 downloads) P1110766.jpg (106KB - 243 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 1480 Location: Australia | hmmm... the pictures have gone a bit funny... oscar is very dirty at the moment as he was covered in dust and then got caught in the rain, still has to go back to the paint shop and get polished though... adriana | ||
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| 57burb |
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| suburban61 |
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Expert Posts: 1480 Location: Australia | ok, now all the inside window surrounds and the silver pieces that go along the edge of where the headliner ends are back in all the way round, the floor mats are back in and so are the seats... we now have about 2hours of odds and ends to do, then exhaust then white walls and then were ready to cross our fingers and take it for its Regency Inspection... if anyone has a NORS back black floor mat i am in need of one... so if you see one forsale please let me know, as at the moment i have the s**tty original one back in... i also one a original accessories mirror that clips onto the sunvisor for $12.00us on ebay, which ive wanted for a long time... adriana (P1110790.jpg) (P1110792.jpg) (P1110795.jpg) (P1110796.jpg) (P1110798.jpg) Attachments ---------------- P1110790.jpg (70KB - 238 downloads) P1110792.jpg (109KB - 236 downloads) P1110795.jpg (91KB - 246 downloads) P1110796.jpg (99KB - 239 downloads) P1110798.jpg (121KB - 229 downloads) | ||
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| suburban61 |
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Expert Posts: 1480 Location: Australia | yeah the back mat is pretty bad... and the front mat doesnt match... but ill have to get on and get my pink forwardlook mats from jim to cover up the mess... yeah, the seats are original... although accidently when i got it over here before we started the resto, it was just parked in our yard and i didnt think to throw a sheet over the seats until one day i realised that the sun had made the factory plastic go rather brown on the corners, so anyway now i have learnt my lesson and have them all covered up even though the cars in the shed... well clay, i have owned the car for two years, although it didnt arrive until august 2008... a couple more weeks and we should be ready for our regency inspection... how exciting! adriana | ||
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| suburban61 |
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Expert Posts: 1480 Location: Australia | well everythings now done to the best of our knowledge... and we are just about to take oscar to his LHD inspection... if we pass then it can finally be registered and driven... wish us luck... cheers adriana ps. ive attached some pics from last week, when we borrowed a trade plate and went to get the exhaust done... Edited by suburban61 2010-01-26 5:08 PM (P1110927.jpg) (P1110949.jpg) (P1110983.jpg) (P1110993.jpg) (P1120016.jpg) (P1120034.jpg) (P1120042.jpg) Attachments ---------------- P1110927.jpg (103KB - 218 downloads) P1110949.jpg (120KB - 224 downloads) P1110983.jpg (132KB - 222 downloads) P1110993.jpg (117KB - 222 downloads) P1120016.jpg (137KB - 235 downloads) P1120034.jpg (131KB - 218 downloads) P1120042.jpg (155KB - 237 downloads) | ||
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| suburban61 |
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Expert Posts: 1480 Location: Australia | OSCAR PASSED HIS LHD INSPECTION!! and is now registered!! i drove it there and back and had no problems, drove like a dream! it has come such a long way in the two years since i purchased it and hopefully oscar will go a long way milage wise in the future and enjoy being returned to his former glory... cant wait to take it on its first cruise night... id just like to thank everyone who has helped me along the way, from encouragement and support, to help sourcing parts and information... i couldnt have done this without you all... and a very special thanks to my dad who has put countless hours into the resto of my beloved suburban!! cheers adriana (P1120104.jpg) (P1120109.jpg) (P1120111.jpg) (P1120120.jpg) (P1120131.jpg) (P1120133.jpg) Attachments ---------------- P1120104.jpg (159KB - 229 downloads) P1120109.jpg (67KB - 225 downloads) P1120111.jpg (70KB - 226 downloads) P1120120.jpg (83KB - 213 downloads) P1120131.jpg (162KB - 232 downloads) P1120133.jpg (135KB - 229 downloads) | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 781 Location: Montreal, Canada | Congratulation !!!!!! Oscar looks brand new. Super restoration. You are indeed a source of inspiration. I can't wait to start rescuing "George" now....... 1 2 3 RIDE !  | ||
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| 57burb |
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Expert Posts: 1480 Location: Australia | thanks guys... yes, it is such a relief to finally have it on the road, thought it feels a little surreal... it was dad's b'day yesterday so we went cruisin in oscar out for lunch, drove like a dream and started first time everytime... i was very impressed! just need to take it to the paint shop for them to do the final polish and then put my NOS headlight rings on... a tune up/ service wouldnt go astray either... first cruise night next saturday night... oldwood- my next project should be to rebuild and restore my bank account, lol... but i am looking for another ap6 valiant safari (australian) for my daily driver... but im sure another suburban will be in order after that vaughan, if you ever come to australia, ill take you for a ride in oscar adriana | ||
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| suburban61 |
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Expert Posts: 1480 Location: Australia | oscars first cruise night... he runs so well, i am so happy with him cheers adriana (P1120205.jpg) (P1120207.jpg) Attachments ---------------- P1120205.jpg (162KB - 222 downloads) P1120207.jpg (140KB - 222 downloads) | ||
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| suburban61 |
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Expert Posts: 1480 Location: Australia | Well I guess its about time for an update... I have been enjoying being able to drive oscar around at last and also to have caught the end of the cruzin' season over here... We have had a few dramas with the brakes, but come winter I will get him serviced and also look at the brakes again, and fix a few things that have come to light... We've been to several events (All American Day, Mopar Mega Cruise, All Chrysler Day, Anzac Day Cruise, Kustom Kulture, Forwardlook Cruise, as well as the monthly Zipple Cruises...) People have been rather fascinated and also have had lots of questions... Mostly though people just want to know what the black pads on the tailgate are for, lol... Oscar has been a bit popular and was photographed for Chrysler Action magazine (which came out yesterday) also Restored Cars, and was filmed for a DVD today about the American car cruise scene here in Adelaide... Here's a photo of the feature in Chrysler Action... (I feel a rear view picture of Oscar would have been a better use of the space in the top right corner, lol) adriana (P1150192.jpg) (P1150202.jpg) Attachments ---------------- P1150192.jpg (221KB - 208 downloads) P1150202.jpg (197KB - 208 downloads) | ||
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| B/G 61 |
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Expert Posts: 2612 Location: Parts Unknown | Congrats !!! VERY cool ! I'm glad your hard work is being noticed - I'm even more pleased you have been able to drive him around and enjoy the best part of owning these cars - DRIVING !!!!  | ||
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| 57burb |
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