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  1. So its been awhile but I went up to dads yesterday and took her for a drive. Hadn't been started since last time I was there (ages ago) but she ran well once we found a battery that had enough juice. Dad tried to take her for a VIN but the fuel pump shat itself on the way in, now she has a new fuel pump and handbrake cable. Dad said he will take her into town for a VIN and drive her to work to get some k's under her belt. Hopefully she doesnt break down on the way like last time and passes and is all legal for Hawke's Boes.
    11 points
  2. We have big screen at Leadfoot for drive in movie but things are a little hectic at the moment, could arrange at some point and park up as gas station
    5 points
  3. So cold that even if you have them removed, they will remotely fall off whatever flat surface you leave them on.
    4 points
  4. 4 points
  5. compared to those, I would rather see the starlet on modgies.
    4 points
  6. Was a pretty sweet day, cheers guys. I own the Sapporo btw.
    3 points
  7. Man it feels weird not having to get a car ready for this. I am doing zero prep, just pack my back thursday night, get some port and some aged cheddar and im on my way
    3 points
  8. Oooh smashing. This actually works out. Will also be hairdrying it there, complete with ecoboost.
    3 points
  9. Rain???? This thing will melt the rears in 4th at 120kph+ ( private road) at anything more than 2/3 throttle in the dry. Full throttle ( if you dare) will see the tcl flashing at 160 in 4th. Wife only drove it once and had the tail out at an intersection. This is all with the traction control on. Do um yeah i have unstuck myself a couple of times coming out of 70 zones into 100kph area in the wet where unintended tyre destruction took place. I don't think there's many fg utes in the country running 19-20 psi but for good reasons. Keep it under 2500 rpm and 1/3 Throttle and its safe as houses. I think I have it figured out now. You can get turbo g6e's cheap now just need to budget for an lsd as they have open rear diff from factory.
    3 points
  10. Yeah it was fucken cold. Looking back, Shaz probably saved my life by making me sleep inside on the first night
    2 points
  11. Weather is looking like its going to be ideal. No rain just cold as fuck at night.
    2 points
  12. According to Leadfoot website they are having movie night at festival, so it's only fair we test out the equpment beforehand I guess
    2 points
  13. Excite! Just need to pump up the spare and unnecessarily fiddle with the carbs then all go
    2 points
  14. You bought an austin. Your opinion is now void.
    2 points
  15. I'll be sure to wake you up in time for church on Sunday morning.
    2 points
  16. drive in would be ace you can hire giant screens etc, but they cost $4500 which is a bit much for the 50 people that will turn up Theres a whole "Guerrilla Drive-in" thing called MobMov, where dudes just put a DVD player and a projector in their car with some FM transmitters and meet up at random places and play movies on the side of a building etc, which is pretty bad ass http://mobmov.org/manifesto/ might even be something that OS wants to invest in and send it around the country throughout the year to different cities and events for regular drive-ins? or maybe pass the hat around auckland members to raise a little money to buy one for 'regular' drive in events? I've looked into it before, and happy to nut out some pricing and what gear to use etc if people were keen?
    2 points
  17. Who's Ryan fels? Anyone remember him?
    2 points
  18. well thats the boxes done, new/really old steel mudguard added as well, for extra awesome, pics. from the back, the panniers/ammo boxes are just a touch wider than the heads, so thats good, i could probably get them the same width with a bit of a design change, but that'll do me ammo box/crash protection
    2 points
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  20. Tara no where did it say that the theatre was sorted, or any details actually
    2 points
  21. Ok, time to start another project thread.. just drove my 121 back from storage with the plan to revert it to its former glory which, wont really take tooo much, fingers crossed.. Discuss.. https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/33439-yetchh-121/& Former glory (circa 1999) present day, back in the garage after a 10 year hiatus.. felt very dodgy driving with one headlight and lapsed reg and some crazy grinding noise from the rear.. anyway, pics Temporary storage.. Back home.. 12 years worth of dust.. what it had was a turbocharged 2.0 Ma, rx5 5 speed.. standard had about 80hp, not sure what it had after we turbo'd it but it was lethal. So that engine has also been in storage and looks a little worse for wear externally but has only done about 2000ks after a rebuild (leg out of bed) so should be ok.. the whole lot (including the silver 121 on trademe) was gonna be sold, blue one put back to standard with auto but no buyer could be found for the price so into storage it went.. until now..
    1 point
  22. I'll have a spare spot from either mid September or the end of September. I haven't measured the bay but it's about 9 meters long, with good room on one side of the car, and MEGA room out to the other side. You can easily have a car, workbench, roll-cab, some spare parts and still have some free space, but it's not quite big enough for two cars (unless they were really small) The shed is in Landfill Road and has good lights and good security. It's dry and with a smooth concrete floor. Running water, toilet, and power (within reason) are included. This isn't a party shed so would suit long term storage for a large vehicle or boat. There is also a communal working area big enough for a large truck. That area is yours to use as well, but we all share it so no one leaves an immobile thing there without agreeing it with the other tenants first There's an engine crane, chain hoist, lathe, drill press, 20t press, welding plant, linisher, drop saw, compressor and a fridge already on site. This particular bay is a prime one and has excellent access to the main door, but it's Wellington prices: $320 per month (including power)... I might be prepared to come up with some kind of deal if the price puts you off so holla at me if you're looking for somewhere decent
    1 point
  23. Bloody hell, cmsnl are now a few hundred euros richer. NOS tank, air cleaner, oil pump, various nuts and bolts incoming. Damn this bike and its short production run/unicorn spec parts.
    1 point
  24. Fingers crossed for hawkes boes
    1 point
  25. Paid, ride in sweet V8 sorted, home brew needs to be bottled, feck it's going to be flat! Looking forward to pitching my tent around 9pmish onto already icy ground...
    1 point
  26. It's about time we had a meet in my neck of the woods, so come for a burger in friendly Porirua. Burger Fuel has recently opened a new store in Porirua so lets get together and sample the goods. Location https://www.google.co.nz/maps/place/BurgerFuel/@-41.134009,174.839884,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xd97b2e61926f0ef1 We will go in at around 7pm but feel free to turn up a bit earlier and drool over the collection of everyone's rusty POS cars. Discuss in the normal place //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/33331-welly-monthly-meet-3rd-thursday-of-the-month-discussion/page-71
    1 point
  27. Just gonna renew it now rather than tempt fate HANMER OH MY GOD ITS SO CLOSE
    1 point
  28. Carbs fiddled with, got rid of a lean hole off idle and have a nicer idle rpm too. Just noticed AA plus expires on the 31st dun dun duuuunnnnn
    1 point
  29. Did some work on covering the parcel tray today. It was a mission to find the stuff to cover it with. Before: During: After: In: Still need to re-cover the mounts. This new colour is probably about as close as I will ever get to the original poo brown colour.
    1 point
  30. Wooop much excitment! All packed just got to wash the cherry bomb on friday. Glad im working Thursday night so it wont drag
    1 point
  31. with a choice of 'teens or modgies, go with stock steels
    1 point
  32. Its a sign, get something better than modgies/anything is better.
    1 point
  33. The Longest Yard with Burt Reynolds.
    1 point
  34. Probably not the right place to post this, but just noticed that tickets for next years Leadfoot (6-8 Feb) are going on sale on Monday. Are OS doing anyting for it? http://www.leadfootfestival.com/leadfoot-festival/tickets/
    1 point
  35. So after discovering that the food at the Honest lawyer was not all that and expensive I thought we could try meeting at Sprig and fern Tahuna then possibly doing a cruise somewhere for food? Has anyone tried the food at the Bedford Bar? (yes rest of NZ if you're reading this.. we have a pub named after an old truck brand and it also has old K types outside ) I not been there yet and it appeals if for no other reason than its got old trucks out front ..and is Vauxhall/GM... Also- Hannah and I spotted a sweet mk1 Cortina wagon in white and sams old trump cruising out to Kaiteriteri. Anyone know them? (we had also spotted sams trump with bike on back earlier in the day. Plus Shane and I are wondering what the user name is of the fella who came to the nats with the Holden HR and ford mk2 escort? Need to get them along- top petrol head couple.
    1 point
  36. You'll be sorely missed Jesse. I'll have to get maggot'd as with Mike instead. See if he will finish a drink you if you open one and pass it to him. Auto pilot drinking ftw!
    1 point
  37. Two cups and a string? You can get si or mike to bring our end down.
    1 point
  38. Yes Alex won... I have pmd about registration. I will be taking the land barge so i can enjoy my favorite thing... contributing to Global warming!
    1 point
  39. Boring update for now, went ahead n grabbed these AE86 partsbymax adjustable suspension as i've heard a lot of good things about them, we'll see how much work will be needed to make 'em fit on Friday/Saturday once they arrive! They come with AE86 camber plates though which won't fit my strut towers, so not sure if i'l be re-drilling them or finding alternate camber plates to fit. Any good fab/welders in the Nelson area to get my stub axles welded? & crack testing in the Nelson area? (or closest one to?)
    1 point
  40. so while i'm super happy with the 14/s and low profile tyres its created a few extra problems. the guys i bought the car off never planned for it to go low, let alone this low, so when they needed to notch the sump to clear the drag link on the steering they put a massive box on the front to gain oil capacity back. this is now touching the ground, on a flat surface. hmmmmm might need to do something about that so i'm pretty sure that its a hilux sump they modified, just trying to find info on whether the other 20/21/22R sumps will be better suited to this setup, then i can buy another sump and actually be able to get the car out of the driveway again. the exhaust is also a problem, i've got no idea where the extractors run from factory but after a good look underneath the only spot i can see for the exhaust to cross to the outside of the chassis is right behind the steering before the chassis kicks down. this will involve a bit of work because my extractors are still 2 bits of pipe at this point (4-2-1), and its not exactly the biggest gap to go through once things start moving around with the car running. so the previous system just went under the chassis which is way to low for the way its setup now. i've cut off the low hanging bits so i can drive it (once sump is sorted) but its pretty much tractor like so i'll need to get onto an exhaust system pretty quick. it needs to go through this cutout in the rear, which is what it did from factory. and out in the sun, its hard to get good pics in the driveway, need to hurry up and find a sump so i can drive the bitch somewhere!!! cheers Matt
    1 point
  41. Then this happened click image upload
    1 point
  42. And home, dry, but with lights that make David Cunliffe seem bright.
    1 point
  43. So I have been plugging away at this. Tank is all mounted and finished. No wonder they want ~$800 for these things as they take fucken ages to make. Also some how I managed to measure correctly and everything fits?!?! I must be getting better at this hahaha.
    1 point
  44. Got the paint finished last night, loosely assembled...
    1 point
  45. URL=http://s236.photobucket.com/user/fastfrogs/media/INSIDEVIEWFRONTSEATSDI.jpg.html][/url] Its actually a damm fine car in good nick, there are a few issues as always with a car 30 years old ,but looks like ive got agood one, I would like the front brakes to have more bite, or stopping power ,but im not too sure how to go about it , have checked the disc pads there is plenty of meat on them and the cast iron rotors are i n good condition , perhaps thats the way they where in 1983 ? things to done so far , spark plugs ,high tension leads, rear brakes replaced,and double coil drum tension spring, engine oil and filter, Rego and WOF, extra keys, things to do, get the two screws that hold the brake drums on, they are munted, had to use ezzeouts to get them off,Butchers get some SD1 Rover Mags Alloys ,some decent rubber,205/70/14, steering wheel off a sports model SD1 vitesse,
    1 point
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