78 chevette hatch

[ollie98]

Here's my project, 78 chevette hatch. Picked it up for free a couple of months back but haven't done anything to it yet. Did get another engine from 77vette (which cost me a dozen beers more than the rest of the car...) and will put that one in some time soon.

Initial plans are:

• swap the engine
  
• sort out the non-existent part of the A-pillar (thanks to someone for making an aerial hole in the panel above, allowing all the water to get in!)
  
• tidy up a couple of other rust bits and paint some of the non-orange panels orange (think I might leave the bonnet and boot white though)
  
• sort out the windows so I don't have to use bits of wood to hold the glass up
  
• work out why it's lopsided at the back
  

Anyways, here's a few pics

[mikuni]

Oh god that A pillar rust scares me! That looks pretty bad. You have a buddy that can panel? That makes me want to pull the guards off of mine to have a look and make sure its alright.

Looks pretty tidy over all though. Glad to see another chevette on the forum

[77vette]

yeah that rust really terrifies me. ALmost makes me want to pull the guards off right now to see how bad mine is

will be sweet once its done. paint it matt black

edit: lol at window reg problems. Barry White they are so nuts. mine are the same. lucky tho cos brad sussed me some out of the hamilton parts sedan

[ollie98]

when I took the guard off there was so much mud and stones and nuts in there it was incredible...

I have a mate who welds so hopefully we can sort it out, I figure the repair doesn't need to be too pretty given that it's under the guard, just needs to be effective

[cul8r]

Whats the Battery Tray, Water Washer Bottle Tray area like? (if they have rust, then check the floors in the footwell, may need to lift carpet or look from underneath) Also check the boot floor, near the joins...

You manage to get some new or good condition panels (the white ones?)

Cheers,Chris

[zep]

Man we fixed one like that with bog once, no one would have known at all, was so mint.

Yeah, but definitely check the firewall, rust there sucks a big one.

[ollie98]

Had a look under the battery tray and those other areas yesterday and they are all sweet, which makes the A pillar area even more annoying. The guard had an aerial hole that was covered by tape, I imagine plenty of water got in through the hole then had no way of getting out

I got the car of a guy on oldschool who used it as a parts car and he took some of the orange panels and gave me the white ones. The bonnet and boot are fine, the guard has had an ugly repair job on it so I'll either redo the repair job or look for a new guard. The driver's door is a gold/green colour so in general the car look a bit fugly at the moment My olds love it being stored at their house...

edit: here's the car's better half www.oldschool.co.nz/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=11340

[zep]

Ah, Andrew Smith's old hatch. We were talking about buying this on here a while back.

[mikuni]

yeah wasn't this the one that was on there for $1 reserve with no springs and massive chromes or was that a different one?

lucky the rest of it seems alright. should be able to smack a patch in that section pretty easily aye.

Oh, I might know of some guards too possibly. There are afew chevettes around though so let me know if you can't find any and see what I can do.

[zep]

Nah, not the same one aye,.

[mikuni]

oh nuts i fail at life

[ollie98]

Got another chevette on the weekend, also a 78 hatch.

Was looking for a parts car for my orange one, but this new turquoise one is too nice so I think it may become the main, with the orange one providing a few parts.

The only slightly annoying thing about the turquoise one is that the rego has lapsed.

Also it has a after-market non-monster tacho and oil pressure gauge

[zep]

Nice, not sure about those skirts tho!!

[ollie98]

yeah, we'll see whether those stay or not... the one in the photo is dented so looks bad, the straight one on the other side looks better

[77vette]

mean score!

hotwirs look so choice! ;D too bad the flatface and not dished but still sweet. lets us know if u ever wana get rid of em. im A bit of a 4x100 wheel collector