Batfastards baby

[Batfastard]

I did a we concrete job for a man in h town 7 years ago.the story goes like this . He asked how much to concrete my garage floor I said 2 k cash . He only had 1k and a dirty old range rover that was wrapped up with blue polly tarps . I live in waiwera at the time and wanted a shiter to put my boat in and out of the water. So I said ok.did the job and we finished the subdivision we were working on and returned to Auckland . He phoned me for six months saying pick it up . So I rang a tow truck and got them to drop it off at my house . I got home from work and the blue tarps had blown off . And I was gobb smacked with what was parked on my front lawn.



It also was powered with a p76 v8.we drove it around for a couple of years then it just got to rusty so it got parked up . I promised Zahra I would restore it. So 6 years later I started. It has turned out to be a lot more work than I thought. A wise man would of water blasted and sprayed some rust kill underneath but I was not wise.

[Batfastard]

I was gunna just patch up the floor , but it was just to far gone. As I wanted auto power steer and cruise control, LPG and and fuel injection . Not many extras realy..
I had a brainwave buy a doner truck. So I bought a 89 injected auto power steer injected LPG rangerover from sunny Wellington for a $1000 pulled body off and blasted and painted it

Easy as . Pulled all the stuff I wanted off the red one and cut it up and robbed all the good stuff off the four door one and sold them bothe for scrap$785 was stocked

[Batfastard]

So next problem was to find a rust free three door body as if by magic one appeared on trade me . $650 changed hands and it followed me home on the trailer . It did not see the grinder coming . Sorry for poor photos


Then fitted it on the late model chassis . Every thing lined up . I got some polly and cut some spacers to give it a 50mm lift $20 cut them with drop saw

Next job was to make cut out for auto shifter and try and use late model centre console

Sanded and buffed inside covered with black stone chip the painted the inside as it will tow my comp truck and I'm OCD about shit lookin the same it's lime green


Got bored . For some reasone thought I was building a hot rod and OCD mike strikes again.let u be the judge on this as picks speak for them selfs




Then it was hours and hours of panel work

More paint

[Batfastard]

Paint all finished now we are sorting auto electrical stuff out now . But on hold now till the Taupo 1000 finished.



Don't no how many hours but it been a few.

[CLUMZ1]

WANT!

[mercutio]

so how much of this is left from the original 3 door

[Batfastard]

WANT!

nah they will just dig a bigger hole when i die and it will be my ride to hell...lol..to much love gone in to this puppy

[Batfastard]

so how much of this is left from the original 3 door

Boot ,r rear guard,drivers door.extractors,all the convertible stuff..it was first reg as a convertible.screen ,screen top .and most of interiour.all the body mounts form the floor and sill they were rotten if i was to off used them i would still be welding patches in.

[mercutio]

so what motor are you running now them the P76 or the 3.5

[Batfastard]

so what motor are you running now them the P76 or the 3.5

Injected 3.5.with a cam and some head work

[Dr_PC]

I know a couple of local winch boys who love that colour. Nic to seea rangie that's a bit different

[muskie]

very cool, hope your going to give that stag (first pic) the same treatment at some stage??

[Batfastard]

very cool, hope your going to give that stag (first pic) the same treatment at some stage??

Have u been talking to my wife
Yeah ive stripped the interior out and boxed it up.done the steering and brakes.its got abit of rust .so i think i Will pull body off and get it dipped and coated with product that stops surface rust.and start at the begining.
It has had a coloured past .first owner was terry clark.aka mr asia.its also 4spd with the over drive.but i can only do two projects at once so i will start next summer .

[Batfastard]

Well a bit more progress, fitted rear top panel


Tape is holding plastic bead straight while the sika is drying



Fitted grill and lights



Fitted cert plate



All re wired and LPG all hooked up



Not long now only been 8 years . It getting some brake work done at the mo then . Cam a wee four barrel same exhaust as comp truck then wof time