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Hey Oldschool! I'm Sam, I've been browsing the forums for awhile now and I've finally got around to starting a thread for my old boat. This is Leila, my '74 Camaro. She's running a small block 350, Hooker headers, Edelbrock intake manifold, Holley carby and Mallory electronic ignition. Idles like theres some sort of cam in there but I don't know for sure, the rest of the running gear is stock apart from the air shockies in the rear. I bought her off trademe 7/8 months ago, she'd been sitting in an old fellas shed as he didn't have the time to drive it. I drove Leila for a couple of months before the brakes packed up and she sat on my folks lawn for a couple of months while I mucked around with my VL and saved some cash for new brakes. Pictured is soon after I bought it home, since then I've changed the wheels as the Cheviots looked too much like modgies to me, and rebuilt all the brake system. She's now wof'd and reg'd and I've been putting a few miles on it. The mrs and I took it to Hanmer last weekend and its also a pretty sweet daily driver. Sure beats sitting in traffic my commodore! Plans for the next couple of months are replacing the suspension bushes, rebuilding the steering, widening or replacing the rear wheels and fabricating a new exhaust system. Please bear with me while I figure out how to create a discussion thread and figure the rest of this forum business out! Discussion: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/48915-chasinthemirages-1974-chevrolet-camaro/

Lots of shaping, guide coating and sanding. Nothing too photo worthy but heaps of hours going in. Had a mate make up some new front door pins and rear door ball joint type insides for the hinges. No more play in the hinges, holds the doors in place a whole lot better. Old vs New Aligned the rear doors with the new hinges. Pretty happy with all the work to the doors. Still more to do underneath them. Heard you like gap. I don't so i cut along the edge, opened it up slightly to match the door and tack welded it for now. Will continue working on the rear doors and then start aligning the drivers door, guard and bonnet.

Heres a decent photo of how the rims are looking she aint looking too bad! Was down in Hamilton afew weeks back and found this old advertising banner; thought id put it to some use! also am currently in the process of putting some guard mirrors on it too!

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Sorry to keep you waiting. I know this is a long overdue update so I'll keep it brief with lotsa photos Here's it's current state Removed the subframe and struts then water blasted the muck out and had a look for signs of serious rot - which there was none! Just some light surface rust. The boots almost ready to go. Just need to cut, fold up and weld in a support bracket that spans the lock assembly support (took ages to hammer that back into shape) to the end between the shock towers. Then it's ready for base coat (that's POR-15 painted there so far) I was lucky enough to get a pair of awesome mounting brackets form a chap in the states that was making a few for himself and his mates! This will make the m20 mount onto the standard subframe mounts! Another benefit is it will push the engine further back into the center of the car and means I don't need to hack the nose-panel up to make it fit! Woo! Here's the test fit on the subframe - lookin good! I'll need to drill new mounting holes in the drivers side subframe mount as it sits roughly 15-20mm out which is no biggy. I'll do that once the subframe is bolted back into the car and the engine is resting on there naturally. Don't want to drill now in-case it's not straight etc and don't want to put extra stress on the mounts. So vice grips will do for now. However, the passenger side is perfect! Will add a strengthening plate to the inside of that subframe mount as thats a classic spot for stress cracks. One issue is the steering box vs the headers. In short.. It fits! but... The guibo heat shield is touching the headers. Not by much, but those headers will cook the guibo and the steering box in no time. I'll have to make up some headers myself one day. I'll also need to look into an oil filter relocation kit as the steering box definitely interferes with the filter. All in all - I'm very happy that the engine fits and there's space for future headers to flow around the steering box! I was starting to stress if there was going to be enough space and would have to forego the M20. I always figured I'd need to make up some headers and think about relocating the oil filter anyway. So next up is bolting the subframe back into the car, dropping the engine back on and align it all, drill those holes and check the clearance on the firewall end (thinking of taking out the rain tray there) then get the engine tested to see if it's worth building back up. I'll also be prepping the engine bay ready for paint. EXCITING!

i will have a spare seat or 2 for any approved OSGC's who may require a ride

Wof and reg aquired, forgot how fun it is to drive. Also picked up these (set of 4) for chump change. Should polish up nicely. 13s so can just roll current tyres because Im a jew.

Update time. Wow! I thought this would be a quick little write up but actually turned into an essay length spiel. Best you put the kettle on... So a fair bit has been going on in our little valley. I've been trying to remember to take photos but usually get carried away and have finished whatever before I remember. I did go up to the ridge a wee while back and take a pretty photo or two of the sunrise. Very nice up there. Cant wait to build a cabin for that place! Coming back down to the truck via the ridge track- Tuis playing morning tunes in the Lucerne tree next to truck. Since getting that lathe in place the shed has been getting used and sort of just evolving in doing so. Things/tools have found a place. With the winter weather it feels cosy- especially in heavy rain. Really needs a wood burner or waste oil burner for the colder days because man can it be chilly in the evening. I will make something but accept that it will only heat up a little area and be hugely inefficient trying to heat it all. Maybe something arond the main bench/lathe area would be good. One thing that we are both stoked with getting is the hoist. We could only afford it because we bought the secondhand lathe instead of a new chinese lathe. The bank balance is getting low as and we ummed a bit about spending the coin on a hoist but so glad we bought it instead of waiting because man its useful! I ordered it from trademe and had it delivered to a Nelson depot. Just managed to squeeze it in the van for a slow trip home which saved on the silly rural delivery charges. Shane came round the next day and helped put up the main structure. It went up pretty fuss free and seems fine for a cheaper chinese hoist. I can see where the costs are cut when compared to a Heshbon etc but its strong and well built where it needs to be. Currently we just plug the hoist into extension cord. Must order appropriate lecky supplies and lights then wire up shed! It dwarfs the Viva. Oh yeah- also note the steel rack we recently built. Was great to get all the steel we have found while clearing the block out of the rain and inside. Stepping away from the workshop we have been busy with many other things. First off we needed to get the ever growing piles of firewood out of the coming winter rains. Into our pile of telephone poles and old iron and we built this. I also nabbed some old wooden shed doors left outside a nelson garage doorplace. Free to take- i like. These I turned into a storage bin for all them little offcuts of wood that are a pain to stack. So now we have some storage but will need more. We have at least 50 pine trees big and small to chop down over next few years. Some in the gullies will just rot or be made into north shore style bike trails. Many we can use to keep us warm. Then that little sailing boat. The sun and the rain wont help it at all plus it was in the way- taking up space I could fill with another old car. So more telepoles and the 6m lengths of NEW iron that had been left in the bush edge by previous land owner came in handy. We built this... (turns out to be also very handy for lawnmower, old pushbikes and bike trailer storage) Meanwhile our neighbour has offered us her field which was overgrown with gorse and blackberry for the past 20 years. We wanted to clear it out so our view was nicer and had been intending to ask her if that was cool. Then she just said one day- hey how about we make it into a fruit orchard. OK ! So it was out with the scrub cutter and chainsaw and with a couple of days hard graft we had it all clear. It looks so much better and the soil is amazing as it originally had two pigs there then getting nitrogen fixed by gorse for past two decades. Next step is to plant it out but for now its just great the have a view with out gorse and masses of blackberry. Before.. During.. After... That little fence we have left up to plant grapes and kiwis on. We are both still very much newbies when it comes to growing things but no being stressy types what grows will grow etc etc Our neighbour- well shes very green fingered and will help us out heaps. Plus there's the nerd net for info. Main thing is I'm enjoying this whole land thingee and planting stuff way more that I thought I would Then there is the track up to our ridge. We had been planning to clear it for ages so a day or so with the scrubcutter and now its way nicer to walk up. Horse and Jen happened to turn up one day whikle there were up here for holiday so they got a tour of our freshly cleared track. We have now almost cleared out the building site at the top where we are planning another cabin build. Not photos of the now cleared track but I did take this one the other evening when we went up to watch the sunset and drink beer. When we got to the ridge a huge deer went storming away from us over the gully. Quite a sight ! What is cooler was the picture on my beer bottle... Speaking of tracks.. Hannah went away on a few days trip with her sister who was visiting. While they were gone I hooked into the start of our first mtb track. We have always planned the first track to head as gently as possible up to the ridgetop- a gentle enough gradient for an easy ride or walk. I really wanted to get something done while hannah was away as a surprise. I cut, dug, raked, carted, stacked, walked, toiled, bashed a track through the Kanuka grove just behind the cabin over two days and built whole first track. I really enjoyed it and worked through till it was almost dark. I was knackered at the end of the second day. Hannah got back from the tramp and I surprised them both with my new track. Its still a touch too steep to ride up easily up so Ive worked out a path for a track that seperates off where it gets steeper and will head back towards the truck then back again. Pretty much..more hairpins = more track = easier gradient (but also = more work....) Big thing getting built right now is our outside bathroom. We have had this planned ever since first viewing the property but had not yet decided on where, what and how. The 'what' bit we have sort of picked away at since before moving here. Discussed over coffee or beer (but not both) we have gone over ideas that have come about from years of using various homemade showers and dealing with a variety of toilets. Fascinating stuff. The 'where' bit sort of just fell in place once the cabin was up in its new location. Its on a slope backed with bush which is ideal for what we envisaged. Situated halfway between the cabin and the back of the shed its in a handy location for us and the cabin and its private with lovely views. The 'how' bit is just evolving as we build. Its an elevated building over composting toilet system. For now its the well proven batch type setup with wheelie bins. Rotated as they fill with a minimum of 1 year composting in the bins before going into a seperate compost area up off the driveway for another 6 months. Then the compost can be used in places like the fruit orchard and areas we are building the native bush back up. From all the reading we have done this is total overkill as far as dealing to any pathogens but hey. No harm there. Its going to be awesome having a decent setup that has a minimum amount of moving shit about, he he, and not have to pay or worry about involving outside services like septic systems. In the future Id like to build our own 'Clivus multrum' style system, a setup that uses a sloped bottom vessel and is continuous in operation. You can buy 1 m3 capacity units made in plastic if you have a spare $4000...which is an absurd price considering our 25000 litre tank cost $2600. I'll use stainless steel to make the structure. But that still involves more pingas and time which we dont have- the latter due to the longdrop filling fast. The grey water will be treated using a reed bed system. This is pretty easy espicially on our type of land because of the clay below. The water will only go down so far and then move along. Moving water through soil is the quickest way of treating it. It does not take many meters before any nasties are dealt to. First off we dug out the bank. This did take quite a while. I had to take breaks and sit down to sip at beer while looking at the mountains. We would take turns at this after Hannah saw how nice that looked. Eventually a large 'void'? was created and funny enough a hill appeared somewhere else. Much of this hill appeared next to the graden because there's some very lush dirt with some mighty fine looking well fed worms in it. Kevin just watched or chased clods down the slope. We also had this fella stroll out of the dirt where we had sadly destroyed his underground lair. What a huge bugger he (or she) is. I released him later further up in the bush but not until Id worked out what brand he was.. Turns out he's of the 'Stanwellia' species- related to trapdoor spiders and quite rarely seen as usually underground. His burrow was massive and we had sliced right through it with the spade. See here for another one.. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11307026 Then we planted four H5 treated poles set well down into the granity clay below. A thick plastic groundsheet runs up past the decking and right up the walls sealing in the treated plywood clad basement. The decking is insulated below with 40 mm thick insulation and the inside has reflective foil insulation. We want to create a heat trap to keep the interior as hot as possible so promoting a decent heat in the compost. Inbetween building we cleared out the bush around that area. When intially clearing the land last year of gorse we worked up to the bush edge and only so far in. We had left the gorse hiding within because its dying back anyway. But this area was still pretty bad so a few hours and we not only had a lovely little spot but yet heaps more firewood. Some of the old gorse was huge! So much more light into that area and on the bathroom. The pile on the left is gorse from just that little area. Above this we've built a nice solid little bathroom that measures 4 m2. It'll contain sssb - the shitter, a shower, a sink and a bench. Then we built steps using some more of the telephone poles. Its quite high up and we have to allow for our olds etc when they visit so easy to climb steps they had to be. Must build a rail soon because man I'd hate to go trippin off that ledge... We have made a little track through the bush and once tidied up will be a sweet way to walk to the bathroom from the truck. The steps come right down to this track. We picked through our pile of Rimu, picked out some possibly nice bits- possibly because you really cant tell until it goes through the planer. These became window and door frames plus some rafters. When the main shed was delivered the piles of sheets were protected some extra packing sheets in a dark grey colour. There were just enough of them to clad the roof with a decent overhang. Sweet! We still have a little left over for another wood shed too My old boss gave us a whole heap of wood leftover from his house build. All Cedar, Macrocarpa and some Douglas fir. Ideal timbers for building things with! So the Douglas fir we ripped down and planed then made doors with. They are barn style doors and Hannah has oiled them. They look nice. Photos later of them completed but heres a action shot.. Hannah painted the outside of the window frames with paint left over from the housetruck. Then I scored 4 litres of 'mist green' paint from nelson house parts. Its the same colour as the water tank and similar too the main shed. It should help the building blend into the bush nicely. I have a neat idea on an overlay method using random wood to break up what will other wise look like a tall painted ply building. I think it will work well. We will see. Here is the building so far with the primer coat on...

It has a rotor... that's his problem.

The mandatory remove rear shocks to bone it out picture. We all do it.

Check out the chain in this pic, it's obvious been sitting for ages Currently completely stripped except the forks, but my phone was full so turns out I wasn't actually taking photos. This is the closest pic I've got. Cheers Matt

Het guys really struggling to find a panel beater in auckland to have my car ready by hanmer meet .. anyone no someone keen on cashie in PM me Ok so I put the eclectic dizzy n ignitor in and I couldn't get the car to start I had it sparking n wanting to start but when I turned key back off the start position it would like die / stop running.. unsure of why just yet. Also put some new shocks in the front and put some proper lowering springs in so now sits at 100 mm off cross member ! Also after geasing through the show us ya sheds thread I decided to build me a work bench . 3.6 m x 600 mm deep. Haven't finished shelving units etc ran out of timber ! Also took the car outside n gave a quick wash engine bay was getting dusty ! Arse still needs to come down by about 20 mm to match front but will do that last . Thanks for looking

I know right. Late night trademe browsing will be the death of me.

I'm almost ready to PM those wanting to attend the tour with an itinerary. We now have four sheds, thanks to Shakotom. All of the sheds are located in the lower central to South Auckland area. The tour will start at about midday on Saturday the 11th of July and run through until about 5-6pm. Possibly later as a BBQ will be provided with some meat etc on the house. At this stage we will start with Kempy's shed first and then work our way further South to Shakotom's place, Zebra Dude's yard and then Zebra Dude's shed. Zebra Dude and I will supply some meat etc for the BBQ which should be enough to give everyone a snack. If you are attending, it would be great if you could bring either some food for the BBQ, drinks or a combination of both to make the food stretch further. Stay tuned for final details! Look out for more information heading your way soon.

Ok so over the week, the stubs received the tick from the NDT guys (recommend X-Ray Laboratories on Leonard Rd, Penrose for this kind of work if you need it, very fast turnaround and a good price) and then I ambled across to Clint and received a frowny cert-man approval for them after examination and photos. So, then they got painted in gloss black and reunited with their shocks. I didn't take any pictures of that finished article because I was pretty excited and impatient to put them in the car. So here's this. IMG_3138 by Richard Opie, on Flickr IMG_3160 by Richard Opie, on Flickr IMG_3170 by Richard Opie, on Flickr Oh and the Streets are now polished and with Levi for a dab of paint between the spokes and on the inner barrels. Plenty of room in a single piece 13" wheel vs the 3 piece for the brakes too. IMG_3205 by Richard Opie, on Flickr IMG_3218 by Richard Opie, on Flickr Cheers for having a nosy, if you want to discuss anything the link is below!

Lots of little bits and pieces lately, been collecting parts: some spare chrome trims, a couple of interior pieces and some badges – a rechromed boot badge and a NOS rear quarter badge. Also got some nice new black carpet. The carpets aren't moulded, they're all just shaped flat panels, like lots of mats, so it was easy to cut new pieces and get them all edged. I'll get some pics when the new carpet is in. More excitingly, I decided on a fairly extreme fix for the little tears that were starting on the base panel of my driver's seat. The metallic green colour was going to be pretty impossible to match, so I got a set of slightly tatty seats from a Colt GSR, sporting several shades of green and got them recovered by Greg (64valiant) at Midnight Upholstery. Super recommended, they came out great, can't wait to get them into the car. Before: And after: Decided to try something a little different with the back panels, I think they came out pretty cool. Greg was super easy to work with, real nice guy and the quality of the job done is excellent, definitely check him out for any upholstery stuff you need.

Can you put the meat on the BBQ instead of the house?

Count me in, my son and i really enjoyed meeting you guys in Ellerslie last week.

Few more images... got its re vin in march, happy times. other pics from hardpark 2015 and v 4 and rotary jamboree at manfield

Accomplishing in 3weeks what the previous owner couldn't do in 2yrs.

Roughly threw on fuel tank (Stu my good friend says hes gonna make me a sweet ali one... ) and some other bits together, so could test a few things. Seems to be working well apart from a few drama's. Brakes don't work, need bigger master cylinder im thinking. and the spring situation. some soft 10" springs should fix that. Droped the clutch with a few rev's, and the ass didn't jump up in the air or squat from what i could see. so the 4 link angles must be pretty close! Extra light weight version. / Show us your 4age

Spent a large amount of time getting these closer to ready this weekend. The wheel centre's took the longest. Removed old clear and hand sanded them to mirror finish. Very happy with the results. Going to look into coating them with something (ideas?) to keep them from oxidising. ​ Yarns -> //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/47514-ants-tc24-gx71/

steels need hub caps and ride height needs more impractical , (^^not the same van as yours but you get the idea)

Hey guys Welcome to my escort build thread. So I've finally got my A into G and I'm going to get my escort back on the road(It's been a few years). I have purchased all sorts of new goodies for her which I hope to show you over the next few weeks as things progress. I'm a panel beater by trade and have take two weeks off work to get some serious work done on her. during those two weeks I have permission to have my car at work which makes things a little easier for me. I also have a week in between my two weeks off where I will have the car at work and will trying to spend some extra time there to get some more hours on her. So with the two weeks and any overtime hours I can sneak in I'm hoping to get a good 100hours to spend on her. So lets start with some not so exciting images of my bare metaled bonnet and tailgate. Bonnet after being paint Striped. Super Lucky to have a bonnet this straight, there are a couple minor imperfections that will require a small skimds but over I'm stoked with it, you may have also noticed, I welded up the badge holes. Don't get to angry at me please, I kept the badges so If later I decide I want to run them I can but at the moment I'm not planning to, I also keep the heat right down while welding so there is almost no distortion, also please note behind the badge holes is where the worst rust of the panel was in both cases of tail gate and bonnet. Bonnet after Metal Prep First time metal prepping in years, so careful to keen everything uber clean and pretty happy with the result. Bonnet in Epoxy primer Discission Thread

Our new Gt6 It came up for sale in specialist cars on TradeMe for a reasonable price. We already have a project (or two) car so why not another The Lancia Gamma was sold so we have some money and space in the driveway. The universe doesn't like a vacuum. I put an autobid on it up to $5005 and decided if it went higher than that, then I would miss out. Its reserve was $5K and I won it. I was surprised there weren’t more bids but it was listed in specialist cars and not the cars for sale so maybe not many people saw it. I organised getting it shipped to Auckland from Napier which turned out to be a hassle because it wasn't running. It would have much more fun to go down there and do a road trip with a trailer…..or even maybe getting it mobile and drive it home. I just didn't have the time to spare and the buyer wanted it gone. It arrived during the week while I was in OZ so today my son turned up and we decided to get into it and have a look. It turned out to be better than we expected. No brakes Paint is all cracked and faded Rust at the top of the windscreen. Rust in the B pillar Engine didn't start Clutch pedal went to the floor and didn't come back up Hood lining was ripped and had pieces missing Seats were just sitting loose Windscreen wiper was missing (in fact the whole mechanism was gone) Engine numbers didn't match (original engine long gone and who knows what put in its place) More parts in the back hatch than on the car No original wheels So….to sum it up……. it was perfect. So Perfect that Ethan named it Vyvyan from the young ones. First Job… Get engine running. It had a good battery so that went on charge. It had no gas so we went up the road to get some fuel (no 91 for this baby) Dropped in the battery and filled her up Cranked it over and it started after 30 seconds of cranking. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPzWs1kgZog Little worried……its only running on three. Give it a rev…….now its running on 4.5 Rev really hard…..running on some weird combination of cylinders but not all at once. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkwQRi80b1k We decided to investigate the misfire. It seemed to be coming from only two or three cylinders at the back of the engine so we tried swapping the leads and still it was there. We were beginning to worry that it may be low compression so …out with the compression tester….they checked OK….phew. So the next idea was it must be the plugs. They are BP5ES so we went to one of our other engines and checked what was in that. Turns out it had a whole mix of them but we found 4 BP6ES and chucked them in. That fixed the problem and it now runs semi OK so I will get a new set of 6 BP6ES for it and fit them tomorrow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USYK_lOpssA Time for a tea break and to look up the engine and head numbers. Turns out it has a high compression PI 2.5 saloon motor in it……..nice! 132hp stock….150 with PI and a tr6 cam. Next I jumped in and tested the clutch again. First I pulled it off the floor and pumped and push it down and lifted back. After a couple of these I managed to get it working. The only problem is that when I started it up I could hear a noisy thrust bearing….when I pressed the clutch it went away…damn. Looks like the engine will be out over the next couple of weeks. Next job….The brakes go straight to the floor. When we opened the reservoir it had that nice black oxidised fluid that a car siting for 5 years get. The best thing about a tilt front car is that we could bleed the front brakes without taking off the wheel or lying on the ground (as it had started to rain) . We bleed out all the brown/black fluid and air in the front. We couldn't be bothered doing the back as that would mean taking the wheels off and getting on the ground in the rain. Ethan said the pedal felt average but OK so we decided it was good enough to take to a drive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmRYXpeCHlw Fun…. Enough work for today…..tomorrow we will bleed the brakes better and bolt the seats in and look at the rust a little closer.

Took a sick day today. WOF & REGO'd again, let the fun begin. Coilovers and wheels asap.

Hey! Im Aimee, I'm Shakotoms little sister. About 6 months back i went to a street culture meet with my brother to have a geeze, wandering around the meet i saw a KP Starlet and since then i fell in love. Saw this pop up and went to have a look at it, could see too much wrong with it so a couple of days later came home with it. And yes, this is Berjs' old Starlet. Meet Devon Discussion thread

Ct110 forks will bolt onto this . A buddy of mine has built a hardtail almost identical to this and made a jig to make more . Loving all your inspiration pics . Check out quake city rumblers on Facebook for more stuff and also jonnys speed shop

Awesome project ! Look forward to your progress

Wow, Its been a while since my last update... Things have been up and down since then. I've swapped the engine out for a 1000, just temporarily. I'm slowly building up my performance 1100, but in the meantime I've bought some 20thou oversized pistons for a 1000, so I'm going to do a real quick budget rebuild on that. Basically just bored out, slotted pistons, decked head and reground cam. Keeping it simple! But other than the engine swap, things have been going fairly well. Chucked on the Cooper S reverse rims and Yokohama A008s and now it sticks to the road even better than shit to a blanket! I honestly don't know how it does it. Next up suspension-wise is new shocks, seeing as the old ones are very well stuffed. I'll get some nice adjustable and shorter shocks so that I can adjust my suspension down a bit too - it's currently sitting on the standard height. Other than that, I've given the interior a bit of a tidy up, with bargain reclining front seats and a Riley Elf rear seat (luxury!). I also chucked in some retro speakers and a soon to be hidden headdeck. Now here's some pictures:

I'm not going to lie man I thought this might turn out a bit dubious... but I really dig it, this will be a really sweet car once you've got her on the road.

My favourite part of the meet was getting left in a trail of skyline smoke near Brougham St

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If its not an over fuelling issue maybe look at locking your dizzy?

Finally got this running issue sorted. Was doing a bit of a service in the weekend and when fitting new spark plugs i found that the main earth cable from the battery to chassis to engine had come of at the engine. Refitted that along with new plugs, leads and fuel filter ands its like a completely different car to drive now!

The front loft floor has now had the structural timber beam added that carries the hinges. This to a large extent stays in position of its own accord when in use due to the weight and lifting force exerted on the hinge line. Given this I have fastened it into position using only high tensile screws. The moment of truth, borrowed the mainsheet from my yacht to give it a try. The final choice of block will be much lighter and of a side by side configuration so as to maximise the available lift. Initial lift shows everything to work as expected. Have begun the interior floor………..weather has driven work inside. Began by battening up and adding stiffeners where needed. 40mm Insulation was then added before the 12 mm plywood flooring substrate was laid on top, remembered to cut holes through the steel deck for sink waste and plumbing to pass through. The floor will have a southern beech solid timber overlay added later, this will provide the decorative finish as well as stiffen the plywood substrate. The current rain has proven the structure to be rain resistant…..so far……..small consolation for what has been a crappy period of weather. Next………….more floor!

Sorry for the posts but it's a pain in the ass to load all at once... I blasted the RX3 cross member engine plate and headlight buckets the other day. I couldn't be bothered zinc coating them so just etch primed and I will paint them later. I need to see BNT for some new headlights too as my USA ones won't do. I used an IDA throttle linkage bracket as a template to knock a few out at the same time. I need to trim them slightly to make them all square etc but I'm happy with my efforts. I'm keen to do as much as I can myself to get this car on the road.

Great car great colour correct amount of doors and a solid plan I love it.

Yea Im slow Current plan is on the road by Late October, but I've never met a deadline in the past. I have been working away on it though. Changed to lower profile front tires, to help with clearance took the rear coilover bases to Polytech and milled the bush down to the correct size Started work on a new front bump stop timmed the edge of the LCA because it rubbed at full bump at full lock had new bearing pressed into my front hubs Its been nice making progress

Discussion Thread //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/48880-vidars-1974-gt6/ More photo's of bleeding the front brakes. And plugs and rust above windscreen

Done heaps on this, but not a lot exciting update wise. All the suspension pickup points are welded on properly, diff is finished. Added limit straps and another cross brace. brakes. Having a bit of mare with springs. tried to cheap out and use some i had hanging around, but didnt go to plan. still gotta get more springs andchange it around, but how it is below should be ok for a test run

there was a CAT digger sticker too i kept that on lol diggers are coool

So Im pretty much up to date with where the car is at right now, managed to summarize four years into a single page haha. Car has been running great with the new motor and Link G4+ Atom, could not be happier with it at this stage. Had another drift day at Meremere again in September (2014), car went well, I was struggling to get the hang of the ever changing weather, and first time back in the seat drifting with a turbo. Managed to get a couple okay runs done at the end of the day. After looking over the car after the drift day I noticed the brace for the intake manifold had lost a bolt which caused the manifold to crack through the first runner again. Decided this time I would make a good, 3 point, triangulated brace, to really support it properly. So intake manifold off, cleaned, weld prep’d the crack and welded inside and out, cleaned up the port with die grinder to keep the flow smooth. I also welded another tapped boss onto the first runner to use as my third point for the bracing. Last step was to set the intake manifold up in the mill and face the flange to ensure that its nice and flat for a good gasket seal. With the intake fitted back up, it was time to make a brace. Was also tired of the lack of rear brakes and handbrake its always had. Did some research on the rear calipers I was using, turns out they were early Corona stuff, with S13 rotors, quite an odd combination. I had some Nissan S15 rear calipers lying around for a while now so I figured Id put them to use, as they are much easier to source brake pads for. Dug up the S15 Calipers, stripped them, cleaned them and a fresh coat of high temp paint (Dulux stuff, same paint I have been using on my manifold and exhaust, holds up really well). Decided to cross drill the rear rotors too, mostly because racecar, but it may serve a purpose on the track. Had to draw up and machine some new caliper mounts to suit the S15 calipers, made from 10mm mild steel plate. Project Mu pads turned up, so started to re-assemble everything so I could get some measurements for brake lines. Was really happy with how it all turned out! Although it wasnt over yet…! Quick test run on the hoist and I noticed that the calipers were moving back and forth on their slides as the wheels spun around. Brought my DTI home from work to see where the run out was coming from. Long story short, both rear axles were slightly bent (would have always been this way since Ive owned it), one had 0.3mm run out on the bearing diameter when held between centers. Managed to straighten them and get down to 0.01-0.02mm run out, then took a light skim off the hub face to ensure a true running brake rotor and wheel. Installed some new bearings while they were apart, put them back together, new brakes back on and everything was mint! Got to test the new handbrake at Meremere again in December, it was perfect! Project Mu pads work crazy good. The rain held out. and it was a mint day at Meremere, first time I really felt comfortable in the car, and pretty stoked not to have single mechanical fault for a change!

So close! I started on the nose today, the plan is to make it like the inspiration car... Ill start shaping it soon. He's a wee champion, not even 3 yet and he's a pro on the tools. He wont let me out in the garage with out him.

puns like that should be fukn ban worthy fuk omg

studio stove in and burnin'. been a good few days overheating the place and trying to dial in a winning fire recipe to last into the night without giving me the sleep-sweats

took this 5 mins ago

Under the passenger guard is sweet The drivers side has a wee hole I cleaned out the rear a bit as it was dusty and full of dry crud The grey bit top left is a small hole Passenger well has a similar small hole. Rest is all good. Might need to get some dry ice and remove the deadening material from the floor pan. Headliner is good So it's getting under side blasted this week and perhaps the rx2 beaver in also. I can't wait to have this back in the shed all complied so I can prep it for cert/low volume vehicle cert. Hope you enjoy the progress pics