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Stick in a coffin and call it a body transfer vehicle?

TBH I wouldn't use a K&N oil filter on anything. /lingpost

Just whack it in and send it. (my opinion is just as good as any other on the hinternet, right?)

Do you mean for IRS axles? Probably the same if it uses hooke style UJ's, but I reckon suspension travel/movement would move them through a fair range anyway.

Well done, great work and fast too! Aug 2021 Jan 2023

All the cool kids have them

Good work on making the dies @_Matt The pullmax/nibbler machines can do a lot if you look into it.

Nice night out here.

The model with the Sachs rotary?

What is really needed is a small auxiliary engine to power the water pump. Something like this https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/3947997315

Ply time. The old ply was 'ribbon sapelle' a type of mahogany veneer. While possibly reuseable there were some splits in the grain, and since it's such a big job I want to replace it. After being quoted 2k for a single sheet of sapelle play (I'd need 2 sheets minimum) I found a supplier of gaboon/okeme 3mm marine ply in Wellington for $100 a sheet, so that's the go. Picked the best sides, and tried to fit the pieces I need into the darker sections of the veneer Cut the pieces out (battery circular saw and a jigsaw did the job OK. A little edge damage is OK because the edges are hidden by the frames) Clamped the new and old pieces together to drill the holes for mounting. Big holes in the tailgate pieces are where the spare tyre mounts go through. Used one of these fancy sprung stops I got from Boeing Surplus many years ago.

Barra the world

What even is this "The 6H2 rectifier tube belongs to the vacuum space charge movement mode. It moves in the crystal grain relative to the semiconductor current, and has a time lag effect on the front and back drops of the audio signal waveform. In addition, under the vacuum condition of the bile duct, the charge cannot have solid impurities Particle collision. The original ecological rectification is beneficial to audio transmission."

After getting back from a Chris Smith trip it was back to the bleaching / sanding regime. Finally got all the frames cleaned up, epoxy sealed, sanded again, then evicted the Mercury from the shed for the finishing process. The finish was the same as the Morris, Altex varnish. 5 coats with light sanding between, then a more thorough sand to clean up runs etc before the last coat. I'm pretty happy with the finish - mucho shiny. Just waiting on some more epoxy for the plywood pieces, hopefully get that tomorrow.

Cable Manufacturer – Melbar Cables Ltd

Had a go at the bypass track to the campground this week. All good if you like mad scrambles up through plantations. After giving up and tumbling down (literally) we chatted to some people at the carpark who said there is a workable track across the blue bluffs slip anyway, and it's about an hours walk to the picnic area, which is now the camping area. There is a hut in there just near the picnic area.

Got wood? AKA The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

The gummint does record the engine number in the licence/ rego database, but depending on how long it's been dereg, they may not have the records any longer.

Nice work, how many years has it taken so far?

Looks like it’s coming together well. Go team!

As long as it is behind the rear door I think.

Were these an Australia-only thing?

@yetchh One of the local pro's has been working on a Falcon Coupe, couple of pics from his FB https://www.facebook.com/Mercury-Garage-Mr-Merk-Vintage-Gallery-467286810076025/

If only it was Double D Consulting.

Working away on the wood refinishing. Seems to be taking longer than I thought (what a surprise). The first try with the A/B bleaching (Hydrogen Peroxide stuff) didn't go all that great, came out a bit patchy and greenish. After talking with the agent down in Invergiggle I picked up some water-based stripped and went over all the good faces with that first, then the bleach, then a round of sanding, then a scrub with Oxalic Solution, same as I used on the Morris, then more sanding. Worked out well I think. Five of the 9 pieces have been through this process and the epoxy sealer. The back sides need another coat of the sealer tomorrow then they can be sanded for the gloss varnish coats. The tailgate is all glued up, but I ran out of bleach so had to wait for another lot to arrive to do that and finish the 'final four'