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Author:  sdoubleb [ Mon Jul 13, 2015 9:22 am ]
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Hi guys
Just pick up a bellett in South Australia from a forum member Jeff. She's been locked up in the shed until she's all shiny again :D bloody knuckles an fun times ahead

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Author:  mrflibbles [ Mon Jul 13, 2015 9:26 am ]
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nice to see her getting some love, would be cool to see progress pictures as you go. Whats the plans as far as colour goes? Gotta say she is a heck of a lot straighter than my ratter bellett!

Author:  Stickman [ Mon Jul 13, 2015 9:41 am ]
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Nice score and a very good starting point for a doer upper :)

Author:  pa_man [ Mon Jul 13, 2015 9:51 am ]
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Ah know her well, a great base to start a project :-)

Author:  sdoubleb [ Mon Jul 13, 2015 10:20 am ]
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Thanks guys
No ideas on colour yet mrfibbles but most likely a solid non metallic. Will be plenty of pics of the build. plan is full resto starting with back to bare metal and plenty of rust repairs ( not to bad for its age)anybody had experience with paint removal places in Adelaide?

Author:  sdoubleb [ Sun Aug 09, 2015 6:12 am ]
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Betty's got new boots and also cured some boredom with a little red paint an polish for the valve cover :D

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Author:  sdoubleb [ Sun Aug 09, 2015 6:16 am ]
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Engine bay

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Author:  mrflibbles [ Sun Aug 09, 2015 7:43 am ]
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wheels look good! needs a little bit of low in the front!

Author:  sdoubleb [ Sun Aug 09, 2015 8:19 am ]
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Sure does! roll on the warmer weather so I can get really stuck into her

Author:  mrflibbles [ Sun Aug 09, 2015 8:30 am ]
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yep this cold weather is killing any hope of working on any of my cars!

Author:  RobSA [ Wed Aug 12, 2015 11:18 am ]
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Omergerd, i had forgotten that car.
Oh the panel work :(

I will look forward to seeing her / it worked on.

Cheers
Rob

Author:  sdoubleb [ Wed Aug 12, 2015 11:19 pm ]
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Anyone got photos of it before it was in primer?

Author:  oz_toffa [ Fri Aug 14, 2015 1:58 pm ]
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reckon there would be some from one of the B2B runs from a few years ago.

i will have a look when i get a moment

Oz

Author:  sdoubleb [ Sun Aug 16, 2015 1:12 am ]
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Thanks oz that would be awesome. Thinking I might paint it in its original colour. Any info on the history of the car would be much appreciated :D

Sean

Author:  oz_toffa [ Fri Aug 21, 2015 11:19 am ]
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check the boot or the back of the rear seat. original paint usually found there and sometimes in good nick.

OZ

Author:  sdoubleb [ Fri Aug 21, 2015 12:49 pm ]
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Yep a very green looking silver? was it you the done the deed with the primer Oz?

Author:  RobSA [ Sun Aug 23, 2015 5:12 am ]
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The primer was a combined effort ;)

Author:  sdoubleb [ Sun Aug 30, 2015 3:09 am ]
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Weekend road trip Betty's got a new shed buddy. she's ruff as guts but as lots of good parts. Next couple of weeks will be spent tearing it apart an seeing if the shell is salvageable.

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Author:  mrflibbles [ Sun Aug 30, 2015 4:12 am ]
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looks good, I don't know of many bellett owners that have just one...
Where did that one come from?

Author:  sdoubleb [ Sun Aug 30, 2015 7:10 am ]
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Victoria. It showed up a while ago on rusty wrecks Facebook. Got it for a good price only started going through it this afternoon has lots of good stuff I was needing so Already have "parts" value for Betty.

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