THE BOMB PROJECT

THE CAR THAT WANTS TO BE SAVED

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A brief #thebombproject team meeting out in the clubhouse 👨‍👦#fatherandson #thebomb #teamwork https://www.instagram.com/p/CIAgqnrADOc/?igshid=gdrecr66zzh9

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"That'll do, Pig" 👨‍🌾🐖👍🍺 A lotta work for a tiny box of bits but it's done now. Tomorrow I can probably pull the steering column and box then drop the stripped cross member right out 🤔 #hrholden #hrute #thebomb #thebombproject #myfirstcar #restorationproject #restomod #alltheusualhashtags https://www.instagram.com/p/CHw_moygBcf/?igshid=7655obeb7e6a

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I'd just like to go on record as saying that I don't think the #hotwrench gets anywhere enough credit in the hobbyist workshop anymore 🙌😎 #fixedwithfire #blowtorch #thebombproject #yaddayaddayadda https://www.instagram.com/p/CHwzUBAgHbX/?igshid=1vad1307uzsbg

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It started out civilised enough but wound up a a no-holds barred street fight 👊😠👢🗡️🔫 🐒🍆🎉 3-hrs and the passenger side is out. It doesn't help that I don't have the right tools, but ain't nobody got time for that! 🐩💨 And holy shit didn't that spring come out like a fricken hand grenade!!! 🤣 It looks pretty well flogged out and roo-tiddly-ooted so I will likely wind up having to buy a whole new cross member anyway 🤷 Hey Peersy, let's get someone else to do Stanley's, hey? 😇 @divadpers #hrholden #hrute #holdenute #thebomb #thebombproject #myfirstcar #restorationproject #restomod https://www.instagram.com/p/CHwusDHAaNo/?igshid=cwl7p3cl9lev

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This patch didn't go entirely to plan and wound up being messier than a hot soup sandwich. That copper bar hack @lord_e_lord taught me is coming in very handy for hiding my f-ups, though 😰 #tinwork #rustrepairs #thebombproject #alltheusualhashtags #beeroclock (at Ipswich, Queensland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHXKLdjgkzX/?igshid=1vaao6flnasd0

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Brand new $14 air tool just added a few more days of #tinwork by unearthing ALL the holes 🤯 #hashtaghashtaghashtag (at Ipswich, Queensland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHW1oLqgCz0/?igshid=1vbjsn0bhq6oa

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Finishing off that lower-outer guard I started yesterday, with a donated arch piece from the busted blue guard Brett gave me a few weeks back. Bit of a fiddle but got there in the end. Just starting to realise, too, that jeez I love welding 😍 #TheBomb #thebombproject #rustrepairs #tinwork #weldlikeaboss #hrholden #hrute #holdenute #myfirstcar #restorationproject #restomod #ironlion https://www.instagram.com/p/CHUPPHTATFW/?igshid=kswwuzvxyfql

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That's the extractors taken care of, cheers Shane! #swapmeet #cmcci #carclubs #ipswichqld (at Ipswich, Queensland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHTxEAFg3Sl/?igshid=1kvs88my4d62m

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Forgot to mention for @waynes_garage1981 sake that I did eventually get a couple of the good spot weld spade bits. They chew through spot welds like a hot spatula through surfboard wax 😎👌 #toolsinthebag #thebombproject #alltheusualhashtags https://www.instagram.com/p/CHSAZ2dAS7c/?igshid=bty3x1hexehc

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There's a productive afternoon in the shed, right there! That's the passenger side guard, original to the car (the one with 'Mercury' written inside it) and I really wanted to do it right which explains all the dry runs and practice I've been doing ☺️ @waynes_garage1981 #thebombproject #thebomb #hrute #hrholden #holdenute #myfirstcar #restorationproject #restomod #rustrepairs #tinwork #weldlikeaboss https://www.instagram.com/p/CHR8uq7gR6a/?igshid=6it1dpca9p3o

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Just a quick timeline check, boys. If you’re following here and not on the Insta page then you’ll notice a few things are out of order. That’s coz I’m thoroughly shithouse at keeping this site updated (which really is as easy as moving a slider to cross-post from instagram) so I’ve just gone through and caught it all up manually. It’s a chronological mess, but it should all be here.

--DAD

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Once more into the breach then, ay?! No sense fart-arsing about with it, time for the steel cup brush #grindermageddon #rustrepairs #silkpurse #thebombproject #hrholden #hrute #holdenute #myfirstcar #etcetera BTW I figured out how to post with this new @instagram format I've been cursed with, it's 2 or 3 steps more than it was, unnecessary bullshit IMO 🤦‍♂️ https://www.instagram.com/p/CGbPRluAObI/?igshid=45rpbmiz4xao

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I think I've shown these off before - they're yellow, chinagraph pencil markings someone at the Holden factory/assembly plant in Sydney wrote on there in 1966, to differentiate the PMG fleet code Mercury Red panels from the standard Holden Sultan Red. It seems a bit of a shame to be sanding and painting over it to be honest. Any ideas about how to save it without inviting the rust-bunnies to continue their rampage? #mercury #mercuryred #pmg #hrholden #hrute #holdenute #thebomb #thebombproject #holden #holdenhistory #myfirstcar https://www.instagram.com/p/CGywPgvArUf/?igshid=1lpvbjizfo18e

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How satisfying is that *pop* when the spot weld finally let's go? #tinwork #TheBomb #thebombproject #hrhokden #hrute #etcetera (at Ipswich, Queensland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGyc2TUgh1C/?igshid=2zel9mhs3ffw

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So, I was zipping up me mate's firewall hole #notadoubleentendre and the wire feed stopped working, and I was like "oh noes!" and about to pull it apart and go full @waynes_garage1981 on it, but then I popped open the side and realised I've just finished my first roll of mig wire!!! Now I'm a welder, Ma!!! Don't go beast mode in your wire feed! 🤘😎🤘 #thestanleyproject #hrholden #hrsedan https://www.instagram.com/p/CGoH02kgYDp/?igshid=1dtsl1gjxrlml

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So I think my plans for the ignition system in #TheBomb just got a little shake up. That Sonic Injection mob I'm getting the 9-port MPFI manifold from also has this LS-coil pack mount for the #redmotor 🤔 Sure it's not a huge ground-breaking part, but I'd not thought of that before and it's flipping me right out... 🤯 #thebombproject #hrholden #hrute #holdenute #myfirstcar https://www.instagram.com/p/CGmiE3_AyhT/?igshid=czfhmrnkrtzc

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I wonder how many different colours this front guard has been? It's the driver's side one off #TheBomb and I reckon it's seen more paint than your Aunty Rhonda's t-zone 💄🐷 I've temporarily stalled on this panel coz handling the @qld_hd_hr_holden_club_inc Insta account has kept me busy af but I've got plans to rip the rest of this crackled landscape back to bare metal by this arvo #tallyho #notgonnahappen 😂 #thebombproject #hrholden #hrute #holdenute #myfirstcar #ironlion #tinwork #rustrepairs #allthepaint https://www.instagram.com/p/CGlkmFJgoAQ/?igshid=9dfwmfb4eiwj