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Valiant

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  1. Vaguely related personal sharn. We fitted 4 gearboxes to the same Escort on four consecutive Sundays. On the fifth Sunday we fitted a Capri gearbox. The next Saturday night the car got barrel rolled. Rotor arms with a spring and weight used to be available that would earth the HT side at a pre set RPM. I was working in a NZ new petrol Patrol today, it had one factory. You could modify one to fit your Escort distributor?
  2. Could you do the traditional 308 commodore thing and add a bug catcher, flower pot, or even a stack of two inch thick air cleaner elements? I'd like that.
  3. Who knew all your previous Google searches would be relevant in another context? I think the big issue here is why no bug catcher?
  4. Can you turn up to cert someones car on this please Clint. Then can you post an account of their reactions for my amusement?
  5. From your Lucas alternator?
  6. Look at the old fellas face, %100 pining!
  7. Buy this instead, it's smaller and therefore much more practical for your 600m section. http://www.trademe.co.nz/business-farming-industry/farming-forestry/tractors/up-to-50-hp/auction-1344190107.htm @cletus and @smokin' joe should look into it too.
  8. I'd say 1750kg or so. Mine is about 2000kg but the blade etc is very heavy.
  9. This is bigger than you want but It's pretty cool. Has a water tank, hiab crane, and fire stuff is usually pretty heavy duty. Look at those low Kays! http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/trucks/other/auction-1388803877.htm
  10. @scooters that is a Cletrack I'm not sure what model. They also owned Oliver. Cheers Manu!
  11. Play your cards right and you can admire my undercarriage. The car I'm bringing to Hanmer. won't tow it. I don't have time to track it there and back. Call into Chch for a look?
  12. Wow that is cool, it's wider than mine. Thanks Manu, I did beam most of dirt masters 16. Where's the film? I'd like to see it.
  13. Mint truck. I want to see something being crushed with that PTO winch, they're awesomely powerful. Before you Newtech fill the rust holes with the mesh from a fly screen door and/or pop rivet some roof flashing over the holes. That's the approved method as far as I can tell.
  14. I know that too. Mitsubishi trucks are OK they don't have SOHC 4G63s in them etc. Any truck 6000kg GVM and under can be driven on a class 1 license but will require a COF if it's over 3500kg GVM. Buy a proper truck, lengthen the chassis and make a four link for the axles? Then you'll get the good commercial diffs, hubs, motor and gearbox. You'll get the option of an easy to fit PTO for a tipper or cane etc. My 2c.
  15. The Power Board had these with a double cab, You might be able to find one of their old cabs to swap. These trucks are pretty good/simple from memory. http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/trucks/other/auction-1388698858.htm Look at the price!
  16. Going out on a limb here. http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/trucks/flat-deck/auction-1387723939.htm
  17. I'll get some T Shirts printed!
  18. Would love to mate. Borrow the transporter and come pick it up. Yeah mate opens it up heaps. One less garden to worry about too.
  19. Long time, no update. I haven't done a thing to this, but I do use it when ever I can. Fixed some potholes and graded the drive today. Been getting ready to do some paving which means lots of base to build up. Why shovel when you can Bulldozer? Hid in the garden. I'll add a choke cable in the future but beyond that all is well.
  20. Oh No! did you put those bearings in Josh?
  21. Burn't out ballast resistor?
  22. Thanks mate. No that's the best part. I love hearing shit yarns about someone who had one back in the day "it was exactly the same, same wheels and everything" You know it can't have been but it's still great to hear the stories.
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