Did a bit of facebook detective work and tracked down some of the history of my car, potential history....
posted up my keys/ keyfob on facebook with a rerquest for info
it has J moorehouse engraved in the back with a date
needless to say found a guy with an article about my car and another who said he knows of a moorhouse familiy resdient in Parkes NSW for many years.
intresting to see that the restorers club article indicated that this car was "restored" in the late 90s and i purchased it ins 2002.
Needless to say I think whoever restored it pulled the wool over Reg and Karens eyes
When i got it
the track rod ends where not done up. only thing saving me from death were the split pins
it had one Kelsey hayse caliper and one girlock caliper. i.e 1 pin slider single pot caliper, and one claw slider single pot caliper
it had a ball of solder in the bottom front of the radiator core the size of an apple. all nicely painted in black
the pinion was bent
there was little to no oil in the gearbox
(both needed rebuild)
timeing chain was stretched and the cam end float created a thumping sound as the gear slapped into the cover and then the engine block.
i addressed all of this before i brought it back
the artcle states the front end was rebuilt with nolethane bushes well the ones you could see were i.e strut rods and bump stops BUT upper and lowers were still the original rubber
the motor might have been rebuilt but the oil pressure was dire and the lifters would not pump up....
new seat covers may have been applied but that was all, a gentle touch with the welder here and there and a repiant of the frames would have done the job properly .
the drivers door and front wing are from a later car, front wing has the half moon cut out in the interior flange for mounting a VJ indicator housing and the drivers door has a remote mirror hole hidden behind the RT badge.
given all of this can i belive anything in the article
the other article is about 2bbl RTs in general. slight innacuracy on numbers of RTs produced, they seem to have got confused, 1300 RTs but more cars produced with RT engines than just the RT chargers. i.e wagons with race engines etc
Dave