Yep, so I've resurrected this EL and got it to start up.

Will be my bunky runabout so that Monty can get the attention she deserves

Literally JUST got it to fire up then!! So far thanks go to Chris and Nick for assistance rendered, Jay for the parts, and the missus for bringing me beer to keep me calm and food to keep the worms from biting too hard.

Pics will be up later on today

Good going!

Shit I almost forgot.... I spose I'd better say thanks to the bloke who brought it round on his truck too haha. Cheers to Gerrin also.

Anyone who wants to help me chuck some panels back on this f***er is welcome to come round and lend a hand. TED's are in the fridge!

24 Stephen St,
Queens Park
6107.

I've been screwing around for a while now and can't do it on my own need a hand with putting bits back on and beer is usually a good bargaining tool

Well thanks for the huge support guys.... even with beer on offer haha. No biggie, got a hand (again) from Chris to get the front bar back on.

Pics before I got it home:




More to come... waiting for them to upload.

sorry mate if i wasnt elbows deep in the garden would of come round to offer some friendly criticism like the two old dudes from the muppets haha

good to see you got it all up and going at least.

Jesus christ!! What happened to that Jais?

Well if you need a hand with her, give us a hoy as I've usually got some free time up my sleeve (albeit I'm by no means the most technically knowledgable person here, but an extra pair of hands doesn't hurt ).

they do if they are my hands

good work!
did you get that car with ftr's an clear repeaters?
good pick up haha

The culprit responsible for the blaze and some of what it took with it:





after repairing most of it, before putting bonnet back on:

As it sits in my driveway now:






Haha yeah... Chris the battery got shorted out, heated up and exploded/caught fire, taking a shitload of wiring and paint with it. Engine bay didn't clean up too badly and I gave it all a good belt with a hammer (shifter actually IIRC haha) and doesn't appear to have fatigued or become brittle.

Jay - yeah it came with ANZ copies, but part of the deal was I let him have them back... so I took them off and put my old Classics back on. Clear repeaters have been on it since he bought it.

There are a few niggling issues with it still to be fixed - namely the Reverse Lamp fuse keeps blowing and I can't work out why yet, the airbag light is on (found out a minute ago it's been on since forever), and the windows don't work.

Back seat is out for now so I can cart some stuff around, and while it's out I'm going to try and organise to have it pressure cleaned along with the rest of the seats. While that's being done the carpet is going to get a damn good vacuuming to try and get most of the crap out of it.

Manual box is coming for it (uninstalling from a wreck, cheers Jay!), and I'm going to de-badge it too. I think next Monday the exhaust is coming off so my mate can have it on his car, so Lukey extractors in my shed are going on with the old heat shield from the other car's std system, and will probably change the mufflers and keep it 2.25" for now. Later on when Monty is too much of a pig to drive on the street I might change the head so I can put another cam in it and Eliminator chip too... but will see what happens.

Oh and BTW - this one is called Kremit (no, not Kermit). Haha.

[krem8ed] for the plates

haha nice gav.

Good to see what hard work can do.

maybe [PHOENIX]?

haha i like the Phoenix idea

god damn wish I'd seen this thread on sunday morning.... apart from
having to bail on the other guys at the PES cruise I wasnt doing anything I wouldve given ya a hand....

haha well it's too late now isn't it? s'all good hahaha

still in 2 minds about what to do with this bonnet though... I could take it off, heat it up and bash it back into shape (gently, of course...) and then sand all it back to bare steel and paint it "killrust black" and leave it....

or I can get another one and swap them over... I think it's even in the same colour.

I know the 2nd one should be the obvious option here, but anyone who knows me will know that it obviously ISN'T!! haha