My '63 SC

Kombi Dad · Post by **Kombi Dad** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 5:55 pm

Thought I would share a couple of pictures of my SC taken at the German Unification day in Canberra.

By the way this vehicle took out 2nd place at the nationals in 2005. At present it is off the road to get an IRS and 1600 engine. Will post more when that happens.

warb · Post by **warb** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 6:15 pm

very nice mate, love to see it back on the road, for valla no doubt?.

242 · Post by **242** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 12:53 pm

Post some pics of the resto and the one of mine next to it.

Damn nice truck, will be good to see it rolling again.

Kombi Dad · Post by **Kombi Dad** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 3:55 pm

OK OK here is the picture of 242's SC and mine.

And some of the original resto.

As found:

Engine before:

and after Stan Pobjoy did his magic:

Now some of the resto:

After painting:

After the deck added:

no show · Post by **no show** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 4:33 pm

did you do the ute yourself? looks great

warb · Post by **warb** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 6:02 pm

nice one, what happened to the gates? they seem to be there in the before shot.

Shaven · Post by **Shaven** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 7:11 pm

warb wrote:nice one, what happened to the gates? they seem to be there in the before shot.

that was my first question

what about the rear tray

whats the go there

why not original finish

Kombi Dad · Post by **Kombi Dad** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 7:35 am

I didn't do the panel, paint and deck myself. I did do the interior assembly of all bits after the paint and all electrical. The gates are still around, currently out at Volksparts here in Bungendore. They were bent lengthwise and fairly well rusted out even though they did not look it in the photo. It was the good side. The bend was both front to rear and inside to outside. When standing around with Nick from Volksparts we decided to have a go at jarah floor boards as the deck, bolted straight on to the cross members complete with stainless steel edging and tie downs. Thought it would look OK and does. Can be changed back to original without much effort if I want to go down that road in the future.

Maybe one day I'll have a go at restoring the gates but it will be a much larger job than the decking that we came up with.

The other work done during the resto was a complete overhaul of just about everything. Gearbox, steering, brakes etc. Nick from out at Volksparts says that it is the best split he has ever driven. It certainly is tight and tracks extremely well. I have only driven a couple of splits and that was a long time ago in the RAAF so I don't have a benchmark. It is sweet to drive.

phantom · Post by **phantom** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 4:42 pm

I've drooled over this beasty in the flesh, a great job by everyone concerned especially Kombi Dad, awesome work.