The 142

Got some jap car plugs to blank the hole afterwards

Anyone know where I,d get a vinyl proof fitted in qld would be cheaper than re roofing the car at some stage I think it was jumped on vinyl is deffo a period thing had a 67 lotus Cortna with factory vinyl back in the day

Yes very common in carsales to hide the fact the car had been rolled or similar but for my damaged roof it just might be a period correct way of solving the problem

The guy I bought the car off had 2 daughters that learned to drive and took it to school its my guess some kid decided to jump on the car repairs were done but cracked bog shows where the repairs were and car rooves are near impossible to panelbeat vinyl would hide the evidence

It had one plus great sound deadening think that's the reason many expensive cars had vinyl

Was big on Leyland products I remember our neighbours brand new marina had one was an extra that was offered in the catalogue was even common on the morris 1100

You could be right wasn't much on a morris marina that wasn't faulty only marginally better than the worlds worst ever car the hillman hunter
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Front end rebushed in urethane new steering joints possibly have a set of 15/7 jellybean alloys for it gearbox comes out tomorrow to rebuild driveshaft getting new unis brakes done so will have a sound car with tired motor soon

Wheels bought and paid for 15/7 being machined now. Not that much now before its road ready

Gearsick but proving challenging to undo at present going to drop the box as low as I can and undo top cover once box is out I hope I can remove cover and gearstick

Man its tight was able to remove the 6 top cover bolts now fighting with Allen bolts that haven't been undone in many years

Hoping once the gearbox is out I'll have space to extract cover and gearstick as a unit

Alloy nut so I'm less likely to damage it if I can work on a bench

18 inch shifter wouldn't budge it