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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.

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

So cold that even if you have them removed, they will remotely fall off whatever flat surface you leave them on.

GREAT SUCCESS!!!

compared to those, I would rather see the starlet on modgies.

Was a pretty sweet day, cheers guys. I own the Sapporo btw.

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

Oooh smashing. This actually works out. Will also be hairdrying it there, complete with ecoboost.

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.

Yeah it was fucken cold. Looking back, Shaz probably saved my life by making me sleep inside on the first night

Weather is looking like its going to be ideal. No rain just cold as fuck at night.

According to Leadfoot website they are having movie night at festival, so it's only fair we test out the equpment beforehand I guess

Excite! Just need to pump up the spare and unnecessarily fiddle with the carbs then all go

You bought an austin. Your opinion is now void.

I'll be sure to wake you up in time for church on Sunday morning.

Kim Dotcom?

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?

Who's Ryan fels? Anyone remember him?

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

About all I took.

Thunderbirds are fucken GO!!!!

Tara no where did it say that the theatre was sorted, or any details actually

Fingers crossed for hawkes boes

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...

I remember the three of you spooning and making small talk until it got light. Then promptly falling asleep. I has earplugs galore this year. I also remember someone turning the gas on. And Shaz coming to bed at 5am saying, gee it smells like LPG in here. and me getting up sans contact lens to try find the source of the smell. But I can't remember much else..

I predict -6...

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

Sweet, that will definitely be useful as I have yet to power on and test my GM-D8. I'm also looking forward to pawing through the bulk lot of gear that's on its way... Currently eyeing this up on Yahoo:

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

Wooop much excitment! All packed just got to wash the cherry bomb on friday. Glad im working Thursday night so it wont drag

what about a knight rider marathon, every season in order, start to finish, see you in 3 days

The Longest Yard with Burt Reynolds.

Yeah I'll chuck up a thread soon, can probably organise a display. $95 for three day pass

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/

People are going to be drinking at the venue? Really?!! What about the hymn singing? We need to be of clear minds after all!

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!

Deep throat

Two cups and a string? You can get si or mike to bring our end down.

Please climb this hill again

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

I genuinely enjoy Talledega Nights, it slike the second greatest Nascar rivalry movie of all time OF ALL TIME

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#LikeaBoss Raised heaps of money for Breast Cancer Research at the wife's netball club on Saturday and went for a cruise through the local arts markets today. So many people stopped us for photos or to ask where I got it, many jealous dads

And home, dry, but with lights that make David Cunliffe seem bright.

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,

Picked up the full set yesterday..... Suppose I better pull the hunter out of the shed, fix the knackered fuel pump & chuck them on. Maori lowering blocks are in order for the rear (bags of cement in a suitcase) until I get the proper ones. Project Discuss: viewtopic.php?f=18&t=34606