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Ah bugger, came on the forum to see when the next meeting was only to see i missed it by a day.

@Elcamino glad to see you parked inside again

Sorry I missed it now these pics are great

I am trying to sort out some rust on my elky ( http://www.africanmusclecars.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=9625 ) Theres some spots I cannot reach, even with a makeshift tool. So today I was eyeing out the Dremel tools at the local hardware store, but it looks like it might be a bit lightweight to cu...

Hi Shaun, Did you see my post on the wiper arms :?: Umm no, changed jobs in Jan and my workload has gone through the roof! Am trying to find time here and there to do things but this is the first time I visit the forum in weeks! Can you give me a link? The arm I bought wont work, and the spring is ...

Shot for the reply I cut away as much as I could with my 'frankenstein' tool (air die grinder and small grinder cutting disc) I can't get into the smaller areas to cut, was think of a cold chisel and hammer to just chop it out? Will look around for parco cleaner, do you know if it works an areas wit...

I realise it may not be easy to tell with photo's alone, but does anyone think I should have cut more metal out? (It hardly sliced through like a knife through butter so I do not think it is that thin) What can I use to get at the rust between the panels? I was thinking of using a sandblasting gun a...

I have finally done some more work on my elkie (other than washing the dust off occasionally )

theres parts where the metal has rusted through behind the wheel arches and all the way towards the rear of the 'bak' / load area

Need some advice but first the pics

That does look good!

Any updates?

Not a fan of Rekord's, but this thread is interesting!

crashing dog wrote: Again nice work, would love to know how it compares to the BMW beside it.

I think the fact that the elkie is the daily driver says something about it!

The elkie looks great, but is better in person.

The piece of metal behind the brake shoe should have been activating the self adjuster for the brakes, lying wedged behind the shoe means it obviously was not working. So whoever assembled this brake setup last did not install that correctly, meaning much of the handbrake cable was used to take up t...