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  1. Work done..time for more pic's to get me up to date Concrete got cut a couple of days after the pour & the guy who did the boxing who happens to install these shed's as well, made a start on the structure.. now I had all intentions of putting this together with my old man, but with age comes common sense (well, sometimes) & I quickly realised that I'd earn more money in front of the computer in half the time that the builder would take to put this up, so I tee'd it up for him & his son to construct the majority of it with me doing as much of the menial tasks as possible Only took him 2 days to get the structure up & squared off.. At the end of the second day he set up all the wall cladding sheets & predrilled them for me so I couldn't fuck up a straight line (I am a draughtsman btw so what are the chances of that?) made my job easier.. Did the front & back wall with my oldest boy..he's 13 & any chance to drag him away from a screen is good in my book.. Next day, Dad helped me with one end wall, then came back the next day to do the other one.. Decided I'd give it a go trimming the gable ends down with my trusty old tin snips...what. a. shit. job. Pain in the arse & managed to rip my forearm up pretty good, but got it done eventually..computer hands got a coupla blisters but I'll survive.. Saturday just gone, builder came over with his son, & with me on the ground doing all the grunt work, we got the roof on in less than 4 hours...Roof shout!!.. After this I spent the afternoon starting on the roller door framing, & this is where I'm at as of yesterday.. Hoping to get the door framing & front cladding done by the weekend, & the builders son is turning up on Saturday to put in the PA door & finish off trimming back the wall cladding with his nibbler - don't fancy trying to use tin snips to trim those corners up!.. Will update as progress continues..
    11 points
  2. This is my '51 Chevrolet Pickup. I finally got some motivation to work on it after owning it for about 5 years. I bought it back in 2010 with help from my parents, when I was 14 turning 15. It was 100% stock, farm spec when we got it. Was originally from Bakersfield, CA. Had the straight-6 blue-flame engine which has been sold. Currently sitting on a jaguar front end and Holden LSD rear end. It's the longwheel base model, which I wasn't too much of a fan of, but it is growing on me. The extra long tray has been good for storing parts and boxes. Has hardly any major rust, just a hole is the passenger's foot well were the heater was leaking. The plan is to keep the body as is, slam it more with airbags, and chuck in a v8 (probably a 1UZ) Already have new rubbers, chrome badges, handles etc and airbag kit. Next major task will probably be to c-notch both the front and rear to get it sitting where I want / as low as the ground will let me. //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/47317-matts-1951-chevy-pickup-discussion/
    9 points
  3. ms paint on phone seemed too hard but i think this will do once you are on the road to tairua just follow that north until you get to coroglen pub (its immediately after a one way bridge) and turn left up that road there I think then somewhere up there
    8 points
  4. just fitted this. because racecar. first decent run tomorrow, off to picton, then nats. see you suckers there!
    8 points
  5. Well this started way back in July last year.. was getting over a break up & needed to spend some money (not mine but the banks) so thought what better thing than to build a big shed which I've always wanted so I have somewhere to work on my car's.. Borrowing money wasn't a problem..apparently it's ok to have a massive mortgage, so did the ringing around thing for quotes & settled on Waikato Shed Company to supply the kit. Building/Resource consent got approved September/October. Was waiting for a mate to drop his digger around so the old man could prep the site but that was taking ages so got a guy in to do it for me - well fuck me if that didn't blow the budget! Here's me thinking we'll just scrape the surface a little bit & lay down some gravel & shit, but the digger guy suggested I keep the floor level up high to prevent potential flooding off the driveway. Good advice at the time, but 160 cubic metres of metal & $5,200 later I was kinda scratching my head thinking hmmm...what just happened here.. Anyway's, it was all a good thing (convinced myself of this) & the job he did was bloody good I thought.. This got completed back in mid November so I was thinking yea, I'll get this shed up by xmas time!!...yea right.. Tee'd up another mate who is a concrete layer, & he came around when this was done & said "yep looks really good, we'll get this done by early December"...well, let just say I had better communication with his wife than I did with him over the following 2 1/2 months of trying to pin him down to get the job done... Roll on the middle of January & I got a quote from a well known guy in Pukekohe to do the job, & after a bit of phone tag - namely me doing all the ringing & him choosing not to ring me back (same as my mate), I eventually gave up on him too. All I wanted them to do is box & pour the frigging thing, as I was happy to dig the holes, lay the polythene & mesh to save some coin. So, third time lucky - sent a text to Garth at Waikato Shed Company asking if he could recommend anyone. Next morning he gave me a name, called the guy & that afternoon he was around taking a look. So a few days later (Waitangi Day) he came around with his wife who labours for him, & they set up the boxing.. Next day I dug out all of the pad footings & roller door thickening.. And the day after that, I started on the polythene & a good mate of mine came around to help finish off laying the mesh.. Slab got poured the following Thursday by another crew, & they did a mighty fine job.. Even had a little bit left over to fill in some patio squares in front of the house.. Next stage, erection!!!
    7 points
  6. The shed is 7.5m deep x 12m long. Will be a 3m eave & 4m ridge height which is what I was after for when I chuck a hoist in there in the next couple of years. Getting old so I gotta make the car come to my height as opposed to me crawling under the car for servicing etc.. haha
    5 points
  7. So this may look like a picture of a mini on blocks but dont be fooled! This picture represents a major milestone! The passenger door has FINALLY had all the rust cut out. New steel welded back in surface rust sanded back. Dynamat. Cavity waxed and finally a brand new door skin lovingly folded around it. It even works! The innards are in it and its window goes up AND down and the door lock even works!. Yes it still needs 4 spot welds and the window seals etc put in but the seals will wait until the paint is done and I will do the spot welds a bit later...probably after I've done the other door...as Id rather do them at the same time. So anyway...thanks for enduring my post. Ta.
    4 points
  8. Sup, so it's about time I put up a build thread for this thing and got some stuff done. Discussion here: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/47324-robbos-1972-toyota-corona-coupe/ 1972 Toyota Corona 1700 Deluxe Coupe Was searching for an old school Toyota for a while but wanted something a little different to the usual k series so after this thing popped up for sale I nabbed it. Not too many around, I know of about 5 floating around in NZ. Sounds like it's belonged to a couple of old schoolers in the past so some might recognise it. Has a few cool bits, factory tinted windows, pillarless, fuel tanker filler under the number plate, hard wired inspection light in the engine bay, disc brakes up front etc. Failed a wof early last year for some rust and had been sitting in the guy's shed ever since. Pic above from just after I bought it (knocking sound coming from FL wheel on the way home, went to take the wheel off to check it out and the nuts weren't even finger tight!) Anyway the good and the bad: Good -Mostly complete (just missing a few interior bits) -Fairly straight body -Runs well when it starts -Has been resprayed not long ago (not a great job though) Bad -Some rust -Auto -Has some electrical gremlins -Weather strips/seals are mostly perished Failed its wof on rust in both sills and the bottom of a door, previous owner said he'd had his mate fix up the door but he'd forgotten to the do the sills (hmm?). Anywho there was also some paint bubbling in both of the roof gutters and around the radio aerial, decided to get it fixed all at once so took it to a cashie panel beater (cheers Mr Mk1 for the contact). Pics of the rust when it was taken back to bare metal, some fairly thick bog in places and the previous owners mates repair on the door was pretty shoddy (combination of new steel, nutech and bog). Panel beater cut it all out replaced with new steel and primered it up. Got it back home and tidied it up a bit and here's how she sits at the moment. So the plan is to sort out the electrical gremlins (either the battery is buggered or its not being charged, has an almost brand new alternator so ruling that out for now) and take it for a wof. Future plans are: Wheels - 14x7ish Mk2s/Longchamps/whatever comes up Fender mirrors - Current side mirrors are crappy Thai replicas Manual conversion - Need to source W40/pedal box Low - May just chop the fronts and throw some blocks in the rear Paint - Might have a go at painting the primered bits myself That's all for now folks, chur.
    3 points
  9. That cat... he is invaluable. Like today he hung about assisting me with the Viva. He watched over me to make sure I did things right. For ages now I have been intending to sort out my throttle pedal cable attachment. When I built the inlet manifold and used the mazda throttle body I had intended to have the cable run through from the pulley end so it was nice and clean. But time was running out to get the car on the road for the oldschool nats so I just used a solderless nipple. I have always wanted to fix this but it was one of those little jobs I never got around to. Until today. So the uglyness I dont like is this... I started by chopping off a chunk of alloy in our new toy- $100 secondhand saw. Saw worked well but I already have plans to modify it. With the chunk of alloy and some steel and some little stainless bolts I wittled away until I had this... That fits into the HC pedal like this... I made it like that so when the cable is clamped it remains straight and kink free. Every time I had to remove the cable from the old pinch bolt it would be all kinked and a bit frayed making it a sod to get back through the outer at re-assembly. Now its clean and straight. A simple little thing that will make a big difference. I forgot to take a photo of the pulley end but will get one in the morning. It looks heaps better.
    3 points
  10. Sweet truck. Such an awesome shape. I hope you plan on keeping the paint as is. If you want a modern V8 in there, it's gotta be a LS.
    3 points
  11. IMG_0782 by Richard Opie, on Flickr Took it out of the shed to Toyota fest, wound front down a bit, yep. Scrubs up ok still. Some parts at the vapour blasters being tidied up at present, as well as changes impending for the lower 4 link brackets on the diff! Bought some 175/50's off Beave so I can have sick guard gap.
    3 points
  12. Speaking of fuel tanks, a mate's friend had used a handfull of Gravel to cleanup the inside of his tank. then the clever clod decided to suck out the gravel with the wife's vacuum cleaner. Boom! Sparks in the motor ignited the fumes and spread the cleaner across the entire yard. spam post....
    3 points
  13. brought this last week, got it home on friday . last on the road in 2006.... 1600 gt motor out, will get a full rebuild later. gt box that will get a full rebuild, next to a sierra 5speed i got from pickapart. 2 litre cortina pinto motor i got from trademe a while ago. uses same engine mounts, just had to flip the radiator mounts. got it running on the sunday, good mate shannon helped me heaps. cheers mate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=picasacid it goes as of today!!!! replaced or modified or fixed so far... convert 1600 kent to 2000 pinto convert 4 speed to 5speed. flip radiator mounts and fit cortina outlets. repair saggy drivers seat. remove and regrease front wheel bearings. replace swaybar bushes. fix rust in the roof. remove fuel tank and flush crap out. make new gaskets for fuel tank. replace rear wheel bearings. replace rear slave cylinders. wire up starter and alternator. bleed brakes. replace diff oil and check the rest. straighten rear bumper. modify driveshaft. sierra front with capri rear still got a few bits to do, hoping to take this to nats. have had it 8 days so far. this will be a 10 day build. then drive christchurch to coromandel. no pressure... https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/47314-governorsams-1971-1600-gt-capri-of-patina/#comment-1477554
    2 points
  14. Ain't nothing like last minute, I didn't have the right paperwork for compliance but a email and phone call and I had a copy emailled to me so back for second attempt tomorrow and fingers crossed for a clean sheet. (I know I'm dreaming)
    2 points
  15. So trying to keep up the momentum! Remove the drivers side door skin. This is the puke that was inside the doors. This one isnt as bad as the passenger one but still pretty shit! And get this bit of new steel tacked in before I have to go make dinner. So lets see if I can keep this up for the rest of the week...actually I wont cos I have to go to dinner tomorrow night. BUGGER!!!!!
    2 points
  16. 14 times!?!? Someone had a grudge You may want to chuck in some PVC conduit with a couple of network and a draw cable, always nice to be able to hook the shed up to the internet, streaming music, burglar alarm etc... if you're that way inclined Water is always good to throw in as well..er I mean that's a spare conduit pipe Mr. Inspector Looks awesome btw.
    2 points
  17. so the VW isn't going to make it to Nat's track day... but on the bright side I'm taking the opportunity to tidy up some stuff, starting with powder coating the cooling tin
    2 points
  18. chev duramax diesel man this is rad!
    2 points
  19. Using a drainage contractors stupidity as a reason to do anything should be avoided...
    2 points
  20. 600mm, I'm sure if you laid it all yourself and got the sparky to look at it before you filled it in it would be fine. Look in the DIY house thread, I posted how to wire up a sub box if you are keen to do it all yourself. I'm not an electrician BTW.
    2 points
  21. ^ this is useless without drawing a picture in some dust with a stick
    2 points
  22. Dropped the motor back in finally.. degreased and painted up the block while it was out IMG_2209 by postlematt, on Flickr IMG_2208 by postlematt, on Flickr IMG_2210 by postlematt, on Flickr I bought a factory ta22 t50 cross member off Mike (sleektoy) as it has a radius in one side for the exhaust to run under, as my extractors sit so close to the floor this is going to be handy to tuck the exhaust up as high as possible for ground clearnce but im running a w55 which mounts further back and fouls on the cross member.. solution.. cut it to pieces and make it work.. IMG_2284 by postlematt, on Flickr IMG_2287 by postlematt, on Flickr IMG_2294 by postlematt, on Flickr IMG_2299 by postlematt, on Flickr IMG_2302 by postlematt, on Flickr //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/38745-matt-spitfires-ta22-daily-driver-buildresto/page-4
    2 points
  23. Not that well but it's not too hard, basically you turn right at the roundabout in matamata and go down the main street keep going until another round about about 1km down with a blue petrol station (can't remember if gull or Mobil). Turn left on to tower rd at the round about then follow tour nose to te aroha keeping the kaimais on your right. I think you just go straight until you come to the end of that road and turn right. When you get to te aroha you sort of do a zig zag and go over the river turn left onto the main st. Then about 10ish km north out of te aroha you turn left over a bridge probably a sign that says morrinsville or awaiti. Over the bridge then take the first right on to awaiti rd at the end of that you turn left (continue straight) on sh2 for about 2km/a couple of straights then on a left hand bend there will be a sign saying coromandel and a turninf bay thing so you turn right to continue straight and take that and goto to the end of that rd. Comes out just before the bridge at kopu turn right over the bridge and follow the signs for tairua.Easy as pie. Basically drive along parallel to the kaimais worst case you end up going through paeroa which is about the same distance just curvier
    2 points
  24. gutted I'm not taking a car with a bonnet so I can roll out a massive oversized map of NW roads with a compass on it trying to figure out routes to take. ah the old days
    2 points
  25. I second this. Great looking truck but please don't fit a Japanese V8 motor! (I have nothing against them, they just dont belong in American cars sorry haha)
    2 points
  26. Cheers Man, starting to think brave is another word for bonkers The paint issue came up today in fact, I had already purchased some spray enamel and 1k high build primer on the advice from the guys at the paint shop as I was going to attack it myself, it seemed sound enough but everyone else I spoke to thought I should go 2k. A bit if a re-think and decided to use a professional as I'm no painter. The advice to use 2k was firmly put across by the guy who's going to spray it for me, he paints Aluminium boats for a living so I reckon he should know his stuff.(thanks to nvmyvl for the contact, and Rustisize for offering to help) He's going to supply the primer and the paint shop swapped the enamel/primer and solvents back which was really good of them so I'm hoping for a finish I know I never would have had the patience nor skill to obtain. Had a chuckle to myself when I saw your caravan frame only remaining..
    2 points
  27. Fixed rust. Fixed seat belts. And lots of other stuff. Trying to wof and wheel alignment tomorrow. Not booked in anywhere. Drives nice.looks tatty. Has patina. Running out of time... 9 days of ownership so far.
    2 points
  28. Summer may have been and gone, but daylight savings is still here (just). For March, grab some takeaways and head to the car park at the end of Eastbourne. HERE => https://www.google.co.nz/maps/dir/-41.3114546,174.8834377/-41.31144,174.883256/@-41.3116881,174.8794609,1131m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en If the weather is poos we'll go to Parrot and Jigger. We will make the call on the day so check this thread if it looks dodgy. The Eastbourne locals are wary of cars up to no good in their hood, so be on your beast behaviour. Discuss in the usual place => //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/33331-welly-monthly-meet-3rd-thursday-of-the-month-discussion/page-84
    1 point
  29. I was thinking of going 1UZ since there seems to be plenty of them around and they're much cheaper than an LS from what I've seen. An LS would be sweet though. Still got ages before I'll buy an engine anyway.
    1 point
  30. Cheers, and that's some good idea's there with the network cable etc.. the house is wired for an alarm so might as well continue it through to the shed as well More updates soon..
    1 point
  31. I found it for you //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/37174-house-diy-thread-thing/?p=1328386 And yea Danger tape at 300mm is the regs.
    1 point
  32. awesome work, will hammer the work etchaskectch & create hard copy for trip going right & paeroa can be quite spectacular too
    1 point
  33. Thanks for coming down to the shed last night Kempy! Giving me a hand to remove the ignition from the Fairlane was much appreciated. I'll have to come and have a nosey at your shed too someday. PS - 745i, you know it's the right thing to do
    1 point
  34. This is going to be even sweeter once it's full of old Holdens!!!!! I'm no longer with my company anymore so I don't think I'll be able to help with the wiring, but I can provide labour if required.
    1 point
  35. Bought 2m of carpet from the warehouse for $50. Not sure how durable it will be but it was super easy to cut and shaped to the car pretty well. Pretty stoked with the way it came out, took us a good couple of evenings to get it all chopped up right and it's by no means a concourse job but that isn't really Maggie's vibe anyway. Little teaser of the new wheels, more coming about them in the next few days. Do they look WoFable to anyone???
    1 point
  36. they're just on holiday, should be back soon.
    1 point
  37. Have to come for a spin in it More than welcome to pop in and have a yarn about my silly request. I have an idea in my head I just can't make it myself.
    1 point
  38. I'm pretty sure that Maggie has already dibs shotgun? trolololol
    1 point
  39. Holy crap I just went back and realised it has been 5 fucking years since I cut the skin off this door! Bloody hell I am world class at faffing round!
    1 point
  40. Wow. Is there anything you can't do? Totally going to build me a paint etc pantry asap
    1 point
  41. Poo spot number three now reserved. Be quick - soon we shall embark on building hopefully the ultimate composting toilet and shower block. We have to do this because longdrops fill up eventually and I dont want to have to empty the hole of Daves pie ridden poo. Plus the longdrop currently keeps us on the right side of the law with them pesky meddling kids at the council however we want to have a setup that will suit more people. Need to allow for future OS meets ! So composting will be the way to go. Adding some photos for thread. I forgot a photo of the most awful bit of tat... And also we caught these little critters who were hiding under the wood pile. Four little baby mice. So cute. I kept them for one day and even though they are pests I couldnt kill them. I ended up releasing them over the other side of the creek. I did tell them not to come back, to behave and not cause any mischief. Hopefully they understood.
    1 point
  42. wheres that pic of the magic "fits-all-things" socket with the roller-needle bearing like innards?
    1 point
  43. I'll be in Auckland, mentally preparing for nats.
    1 point
  44. Well I'm not sure if I should post this update here or in the bush block thread. I think it's all truck so can go here. On Saturday last weekend I drove the truck out from its 3 year park up at the brook campsite. Popouts slid back in place all good. Started sweet as because I've regularly ran it and drove up to the concrete near entrance to campsite fine. Tyres all a bit soft but ok to use. Clutch good. Powersteering pump grumbles. Oh dear. Anyway- took the test of our stuff plus two cars out to the land and then drove back to nelson to give the truck a clean. Cobwebs everywhere. Cleaned up lovely though. Packed everything away and battend down the hatches. Went to bed early. Tight squeeze onside when them pop outs are popped in.. Woke up to dawn chorus at around 5am for a very early drive out to land before roads got busy and the spring winds picked up. Had to get used to the magic wand guessing game of a gear stick but got back into the swing of it ok. Truck warmed up and got sweeter and sweeter. For an ungainly house it drives quite well actually. 80kph is at upper end of the green economy zone on the Rev counter and it cruises along sweet there. Took some pics once out in the country side. Lovely early morning sun and roads so peaceful. Cab is really quiet too. Kevin just sat chilled out between us on a soft blanket. Took inland road which is nicer but hilly. No sweat though. Got to property just on 6.30 am or so. Driveway was always a worry as steep entrance angle for so much rear overhang but it cleared it fine. Parked up and had breakfast with much needed strong coffee. Ahhhhh relief. So happy it went well. Kevin was a bit perplexed with the fact his house was now at the 'new' place. But he got used to it and seems happy as. The rest of the day was spent moving stuff about and making sure the parking pad was as level as could be. Had to do a 10 point turn to be able to back truck up onto pad and the power steering pump really started to grumble. It'll need attention (or just fluid...) Truck now sitting right where we want it and the aspect is way better than at the campsite. We now get sunshine in where we planned to at the right time. The interior way brighter. Solar panel gets full sun and has topped up the battery by midmorning. No bloody oak trees blocking light and filling the gutters/drains with crap. Overall very happy!
    1 point
  45. Seeings as the cats out of the bag now, I can put this up. So I started with a bunch of tube. Got Thriller to cut it Straight and True: Then we laid it out on the floor, used the "One eye and Thumb" trueness test and fired up the welder. More welding resulted in this. At that point we ran out of tube, so I got some more and finished the frame. Then we mocked everything up and liked what we saw. Welded up the engine and 'box mounts. Made the clutch. And then Took it stropping. We then decided to blow minds, so we pulled it apart and painted it. And back together. And for those of you who missed it at the drome due to the broken belt, here are some videos. 3l97tKSVFEE vNWbEAayel0
    1 point
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