swallowtail 1975-THE REBUILD - Updated 18/06/2014

mine has be dipped in acid and gona be full restored  without the dust and will live in a air tight bubble for the rest of its life. lol

more pics lol!

have you put the doge viper strips on yet we spoke about the other day, cant wait to see them  :lmao:

dojodubber said

have you put the doge viper strips on yet we spoke about the other day, cant wait to see them  :lmao:

they will make my car go faster

I have a pair of NOS rear Swallowtail door cards for sale if you are interested?

Hi guys, work on the projects has slowed right down due to family reasons, however trying to get on top of things with two Mk1's in the body shop……here's a few pics of the refurbed washer pump for the water bottle…






dissemble….










Acid strip and re-galvanized….








Assemble…

Nice work, well worth the effort restoring OEM parts IMO.

Smudger

Wow! So much time must have gone into this!
Well done!

Great work as always, put the other project on the back burner .This needs finishing

Truly epic.  This will be one of the best Swallowtails in the world once completed - and that's no exaggeration.

Incredible work mate.

Dil_ said

Truly epic.  This will be one of the best Swallowtails in the world once completed - and that's no exaggeration.

Incredible work mate.

thanks mate…..

you painted it  satin  black?

futten said

you painted it  satin  black?

That's just the protective coat applied to it after the dip….

Alfie said

futten said

you painted it  satin  black?

That's just the protective coat applied to it after the dip….

thanks dude ^

You never fail to impress - top work as always

Bonnet Latch:







Bonnet Stay




Front wiper assembly



Took ages cleaning the wires and replaced the bolts with new yellow galanvanised ones.


Strangle, haven't got a picture of the final assembly  :dontknow: but you get the idea.

Rad Fan:
Striped, cleaned, painted with new bolts & washers




Headlights:
striped, cleaned, new bolts/washers





again i don't have the end picture…..i'll get the headlights out and take another pic.

Fuel Neck & Tank straps:
Original was in good shape, just started rotting in one corner, which i just cut off. I sent the fuel neck off for acid striping, galvanizing and then power zinc coating, followed by black satin power coat on top.







Tank Straps

Foam piece glued in place


NEXT ISSUE:
Tank, Axle, Wish Bones & Suspension … lol

Nice work mate.

Unbelievble, the find and the work, perfect keep it up its so good to see it not being ruined with a conversion etc..

Nice to see it kept original

ah bum, just read through this entire thread eagerly awaiting the finished article. Guess i'll have to wait a bit longer!

Absolutely amazing attention to detail dude, never seen such an in-depth and true to original form restoration before, keep up the good work! and plenty of updates please