Carpet has arrived

Carpet in the front! Took a bit of trimming and modification to get it in but it came up well.
Also fixed the centre console and upholstered two panels on the top. The one that goes around the gear selector and the one on the lid in the centre.

Interior Progression

Some carpet in the boot! AND. . . . . . . .

Progress has been made

This is a shot along the way, sometime in November I think?? I had the original rims sand blasted and powder coated as previously mentioned. Thanks to Mick at Chandler Engineering over in Tullamarine. Was that an add???? Oh well he's a great guy and did a fantastic job on the rims. I've left the hub caps off and put chrome nuts on the rims. I might leave them like that for a while. Looks a bit ol' school.

Motor now running

Motor is now up and running. Petrol supply problem was a faulty fuel pump. The new rectified that. Te motor was running very poorly when first started and wouldn't idle. A quick look at the carby settings abd the timing has sorted that out and it's now running very smoothly. The timing was soooooo far out I'm surprised that it i was able to get it started.
I now have to bleed the brakes and the car should be operational again.
Yes. they are 273 rocker covers, but I thought they looked just a little better than the chrome ones with the surface rust starting on them. And anyway. . . . . they're HEMI orange. Gotta be a good thing!

New motor in!

Took a few days off work (it rained of course) and got the new motor in the car.
Note the new A/C setup.
Having a fuel supply problem at the moment. The fuel pump doesn't seem to want to push the petrol up to the carby. I've ordered a new one. Hopefully that's the problem.

Engine bay clean up

Remember this?????

Well now it looks like this : )

New shoes

I finally found some skinny white walls on e-bay for a decent price. 5 wheels already on valiant rims (old stud pattern). Cleaned 'em up and fitted the dodge hubcap. Looks good!
Discovered one small problem though. The stud pattern is the same as the VIP which is good, the rims however are off a car that didn't have disc brakes! As a result of this when I mocked up the front wheel, the inside of the rim sits up hard against the brake caliper!
Currently the original VIP rims are at the sand blasters and then going to the powdercoaters. Once all cleaned up I'll have to get the tyres changed over.