nzstato

Yea I'm in, either drive or if there are rides going, I'll fly to Chch easy

^ Good point. @azzurro I might have an alloy gear and a few other bits (maybe a rebuilt fuel pump for you) in my barry box of bits.

That guy is a f*kn tool

- how you/brother/dad/uncle/cousin/mate used to have one - why my mrs is now tougher and cooler than me - why big Australian cars with a mix of metric and imperial fasteners are better than silly little European ones that only use metric ( i had to dig out my very limited and mismatched Imperial sockets and wrenches that had been banished to the back of bottom draw of the tool box and put them right in the top bit ) - where to get new parts easily/cheaply/locally - why the second hand stuff on FBMP is outrageously priced and clearly owned by meth head bogans and how to avoid them Coz I know what I got... - tips and tricks for hotting up your 173 using OEM + parts (commie inlet and exhaust manifolds? - the single stromberg and right angled log exhaust manifold offends me!)) Electronic Bosch Dizzy - can you bolt a 202 to the Torana 4 speed? Yes - where to find a nice 202. - why do i even want a 202 (re-rego mainly), the 173 is probably perfectly fine, KPie doesnt really care (unless its a v8), and it wont be the engine from the Torana any more, You dont, 202-tax - where the fuck is the fill port for the CNG system on this car? (its not behind the number plate with the petrol filler)

Very cool Kyle I'll introduce you to Dave whos 5min away from you (he picked up my panel beating gear) He can 100% solve your CNG and 2nd hand part problems.....

Two more options for future https://www.kurowholidaypark.co.nz/ Owners are old family friends https://nasebyhp.nz/ Bit of a regular of mine, not busy at all out of summer peak. Pack your winter woolies....

Yep. Gotta commit to something....

Better give this an update... Yes I did find some genuine replacement parts, and so back together it goes with new bearings/syncros etc.... While I have a transfer box I rebuilt for the back end of the conversion I thought it best to rebuild the one I had here. Needed a new set of main bearings (which cost a few $$$) but everything else was in fair condition. Its way easier to assemble vertically on the bench. Though I havent yet gone to the effort to move it off yet.... With that done I need to give the engine a good clean up and external refresh, more soon.

Self declared map-nerd

Ooh that is cool....

+1 for shrinking discs. You can buy em direct from the OG, Wray https://www.proshaper.com/product-category/shrinking-disc/

I've been doing alot of panel work for others lately which has definately held up any progress. But this has to be a 2024 goal so I can get onto some other projects.... Pulled down the gear/transfer box. In the grand scheme of landrover things, this one isnt too bad (though not mint), its one of the later boxes with syncro on all 4 gears which is kinda nice. The 3/4 syncro dogs are the most worse for wear, repros are ~$500 so I'm going to go dig through the gearbox bin of the local wrecker to see if I can find a decent original. Based on the condition of the low speed gear of the transfer box, I bet this spent alot of time in low4 with the farmer mashing between 3 and 4 to get across the southland mud. Also, since I'm taking this back to original running gear I've been chatting to NZTA about how to go about it. With this never having a cert plate and that I can prove it was petrol originally from the chassis ID, it seems relatively straight forward.

Only surpassed by the Mercury 'Tower of Power' https://fb.watch/o1ddIWZe7P/

Cool, love a nostalgic ski boat. Very similar to the 'stingray' made by CBS in the early nineties (they likely adapted this design), there is one which is always up at Wanaka when we do our annual camp

Playing catchup with this build thread.... The parts truck turned out to be a good buy.... replaced the ignition system, a squirt of oil in the cyl and some fresh fuel and the engine fired mostly right up. Its technically an early, low comp 2.25 for a SII, so matches the era of LR its going into. Likewise pulled the wiring loom out intact and a bunch of other smaller pieces which I'll used. Sliced the rest up with the new plasma cutter for the scrap man. Old running gear (Nissan diesel) has been sold, to a guy who drove down from Blenheim in a S3 no less Decided to use the front guards from this also, as they are uncut and in generally better condition (but still need some crack/dent repairs) The profile of S2 to S3 guards are mostly the same, except for the obvious difference in the front where they put the lights in the guards. Continuing with manufacturing new sections of those areas, its easy enough to cut out the rivets and replace with my new S2 portions. Its a handy swap to make since its getting very hard to find the early S2 guards in good condition, while the rest are a bit more abundant and cheaper. Need to get back into some steel repairs to return this front end to original, then back to mechanical.