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Finally got this sorted so i thought i better put some photos up. Some history first, I saw some photos on face book somebody took of random cars at kumeu hotrod show. One of them was of this car. I got hold of my bro Ray (ja1lb8) as his family is always at the show. His old man was there and had already spotted the car and put an offer on it on our behalf knowing one of us would have it. It belonged to an old lady who was going into a home and her family was selling off all her old shit to pay for it. The car was bought new by her husband in 1970 in OZ, and they bought it here in 74 when they moved to nz. The husband died a few years later and she kept driving it to the shops in west auckland once a week ever since. It also came with a folder of invoices for the last 40 years of ownership. Lets just say she was taken for a bit of a ride by a certain west auckland nissan dearler with servicing costs and repairs for wof's. Could have bought a few of them for what she has spent over the years. A month ago i finally picked it up from Ray as it took me a while to obtain permission from the boss, (insiders would argue that i never actually got permission, but it was too late...). When i went to change the ownership, it came up as stolen. The brother of the old lady wanted it and had reported it stolen to try and get it back. The next week as i tried to get to the bottom of the story i stripped it in case i had to give it back. The cops cancelled the stolen car notice as it was just sour grapes. Then on the weekend i went to get a wof and it had no vin number in the system. Here we go again, turns out it has never been in the system, and only now its fully computerised, they could not issue me a wof. Thanks to the GC's at VTNZ new plymouth it was sorted monday and now its legit! tl;dr photos L24, 3 speed column change. Drums all round. Has had a respray at some stage. Will put some photos up of the interior in a few days. Also came with an 8 track and some sweet old tapes Discussion //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/50036-fletchs-1970-datsun-cedric-super-six/

dromageddon 4 is coming up fast, so it's about time to start gluing junk together with a porous mix of filler metal and burnt powdercoat. a friend threw his old man's bung GL47 flymo on my property some time ago. i thought it was the neighbours' and watched it creep down the bank into some bushes, then with chameleon-like reflexes i put it in my garage. it's a Tecumseh 6 cube (98cc) reed valve 2-stroke. yay! the last 2smoke i worked on was designed some time during the big bang so everything in this motor is a pleasant surprise, no matter how shitty it is. couldnt get this thing to fire at the stationary motor race, so - a good start to the project. bike junk shit. 16" and sucky-as 20" kids bike suspension fork. should be a suitably flimsy build. 8spd shimano hub and clutch from previous bike. hub gifted by Hayhole's Mum, so hopefully it gets completely lunched this time motor get bit love, none too crazy main shaft was 7/8", too big. turned down to suit 10t sprocket which needs mo work to fit in a bike chain, currently sized for 08B chain, same pitch and rollers as bmx chain, but fatter. at engine shop for hone. piston is well fucked, so that goes back in walleted some new motor bits over the last few months rings and gaskets timing sleeve thing coil easily sourced bearings, tricky ones stay as is PW80 carb, anybody's guess how well that'll work. there were more interesting photos somewhere, will find

Shit's getting out of hand!

and here we have a bic lighter on its side under the front of the bug...... dont think i should go any lower......

Nothing major to report lately. Got a spot on Caffiene and classics cruise to filming of HotRodTV and ended up getting drawn to be in front of shed/in opening sequence Also got this sweet rolling shot taken on the way out there which is probably my favorite photo of the Bug so far . Also, I borrowed 10Speed Dave's wheels off his bug while I was trying to figure out widths for the rear and sort of really liked the look/width of his rears. A deal was struck and BUGD had some new slightly wider rear wheels than the factory 4s. Im still not 100% sure on width, But they're probably 7 inches wide. Also tweaked the ride height a bit more because I cant have Greg having all the slammed Volkswagen fame on here. [Although, I think hes trying to sabotage me because he took my spare springplates to notch for me and I haven't seen them since ] Almost at the stage where I really need to throw some money at a narrowed beam and notch/raise fuel tank DISCUSS

RORO ferry docked at Auckland ports this morning with van on board. A top secret agent of mine snapped a couple of spy shots for me using stealth technology on board, about to be unloaded: unloaded, waiting for inspection from the authorites: Will probably take a couple of days to be cleared, so hopefully will be delivered later this week:)

Goat you beautiful man you. She runs finally. Spark issue in the end, condenser is poked, joe happened to have one rolling around his flatmates starlet. Rangi mod installed and she fired up pretty much first pop. Grin was ear to ear.

WELL THEN, this piece is all ready to go for its recheck in two days. The following has been done to achieve a high standard of certification: Fan shroud, there's not a lot of room in there, so ended up going for the minimalist look, good enough hopefully. Cable spec seat belt stalks, found a set in a Navara which were exactly what I wanted. Engine check light, found the dash had a few unused spots (4WD and seat belt light) so scraped the picture of the seat belt off the little plastic doofer, until it was clear. Printed the words "CHECK ENGINE" with a label maker on clear tape, applied to clear section of plastic, filled in around the edges with a sharpie (the choice of street magicians everywhere) and then glued a bit of red plastic from a civic dash in under it, to give it that warning light glow. Even wired it into the ECU, full legit spec. (Looks really good IRL spec, not so much in the below pic) I also re-did the seat belt doubler plates with metric fine nuts, and modified the front drive shaft loop to make it churerer. While I was tinkering, I decided to fix a few other problems. Home made catch can, husky drink bottle, gear box breather, old motorbike rego holder bracket, and a few pipe fittings. Changed the clutch slave cylinder as it was poked. New item is aluminum rather than cast, light weight race spec, OMG. I decided to work out where the gearbox was leaking from, turns out it had a bung gasket. This was letting oil out, but more pain in the assedly, let water in when I water blasted under the ute, so have to change the oil now. While I had the shifter out, I decided to lengthen it, as it was lol'able short (though factory, so S14's must have deep tunnels?) so I found a bolt, cut the end off it, drilled a hole up it, and welded it to the OG shifter. Much more farm/Hilux spec now, and way betterer to drive with. And that's it. Hopefully it has a cert by Friday. Regards, VG.

A shot of the complete, welded cylinder head. Will hopefully get on to machining back the welds tonight.

Been a while. Need motivation (and other non car related projects around the place to go away).. Finally laid a cable... Big thanks to everyone's help & advice on this subject. Now just gotta find an electrician (and some money) to do the business to the ends. Luckily for now the sun is bright & my extension lead is long Sorted out the retaining wall outside the PA door. Went from this.. To this.. Still gotta put a couple more posts in beside the shed & build a little lean to roof for shelter / outside communal area. I'm still tidying up inside the shed from when I mass dumped all my crap in there a few months ago. I've built some shelves outta this high density board I picked up for a dollar. A guy said it's the stuff they use to build prison walls out of so should be strong enough. Next update, pic's of shelves, benches & a dart board

I went in there with a brake hose off my bmw and he told me what it was off before I said anything. Everyone else laughed at me. +1 for ABC. /ling

UJ sounds more ape than monkey tbh

Not much to report; spent the evening cleaning, wire brushing and painting car parts. I couldn't help but notice how guitar amps enhance a man-cave..... (Thanks, Marty).

i wish you had written SHITS FUCKED M8 or something similarly humorous instead of CHECK ENGINE. i told a guy to re calibrate his speedo once and he did, with a label maker, and went all the way to 350kph, i lold

Engine back in finally got the garage (sorry mum) , good to get the car inside to work on

Time to have a look at the booster and master cylinder. I found a crack in the Bakelite valve body but a mate in a local brake shop (thanks Kevin) donated some 2nd hand parts and a few new seals. Spent an evening turning this….. Into this…. And putting it back into the can’s…. To end up with this….

Thought I better do a write up on this. I am madly trying to get it ready for DGR in Welly on the 27th. I bought it from Hastings a couple of months ago. It was on the Tard but it had sold cheaper than I expected and I missed the boat. A couple of weeks later the bike was up again with a lower buy now. I hit buy now within minutes. I travelled to Hastings and picked it up from the nicest couple ever. The old owner had done a crap load of work to get it where it was but it just needed finishing and recomplying for registration / wof. The dude that hit buy now the first time used the 'My Mother is terminally ill and needs money' trick after wasting their time for two weeks. They were so nice and so hospitable they made me crackers with pickle for lunch and we spun a few yarns. Basically he was selling it because of a back injury and had turned his mind to restoring a car instead. This is how he got the bike ; And after an incredible amount of work, I got it like this; Take my hat off to him, a huge amount of polishing and work was done. The plastic part behind the seat is off a later version of the same model just moved forward about 6 inches. The seat was custom made and works perfectly. SOOOO, super stoked with it, I got it reregistered / WOFed and rode it for a bit. I decided to give it a birthday as the jets were standard and therefore too small since the pod filters were added. Dumb idea. This thing has cursed me ever since. Once back together it had the symptoms of an air leak and I have taken the carbs off and on at least 10 times since then. Cue new plug caps, plugs, intake rubbers, points.... argh! I busily tried very very hard to have it running right before the QCR welly meet not that long ago. I thought I better test ride it the night before and glad I did as it ran like an absolute dogggg. Boy was I pissed off that weekend, was keen as to roll in Welly and I missed an epic ride. SO, then I have been going hard for the DGR ride.

Start a different thread if you want to dump on the LVV system or make assumptions about people you don't know to support your own agenda. This thread is for information.

hmmm. if only I could get my bus sorted by then lol. and roll up.

Hahahaha your spare notched plates are sitting beside my tool box (my fault not HIS..)

Woah woah woah, Hemi. "Get fucked" is fine in a jovial sense amongst friends and acquaintances of many years but let us not be so abrupt here. Manners.

I do not share your view.

Despite his obvious lack of subtlety it's obvious to most of us R100 is anything but trolling. It's obvious the point he's trying to make (one that the majority of the end users of our existing "cert" system would agree to) is that trying to build a car that conforms to the "opinion" of the designated certifier can sometimes reach the point of being nothing short of ludicrous. By all means disagree with him, (I for one love a robust debate) but dismissing him as being a "Troll" possibly says more about you than it does about R100's opinions.

Didn't trust the standard brakes anymore so, bought the 4 pot Wilwood brake kit with 280mm Brembo discs from MRP. Installed them this afternoon, just need to sort out the braided lines and they are done. Wheel alignment next, then it can go back on the track on the 26th if funds allow.

Episode 2; I had me some Krylon metal flake cans and a blank canvass - naturally I hit it. Krylon first, what absolute crap to spray, it took me ages to work out that basically the can needs to be shaken constantly to get the glitter to come out. Then I went waaaaaay to heavy before realising my heavy handedness. It felt rougher than 40 grit sandpaper when I had done!!! Cue friendly painter who clearcoated at least 5 coats! He laughed when he saw how much glitter I had hit it with. I felt like a douche but he said he would clear coat it for me and see how it goes. Then I rubbed it back, and rubbed it back again with 800grit wet. Plenty of runs when it was sooo thick with clear! I decided to use some custom stickers so printed out some off an internet pic that I loved. Then I got Archetype (shameless plug shout out to his custom vinyl!) to make the pictures into some stickers. Archetype put up with my perfectionist ways and could not be happier with final vinyl. Then stickers made, I applied them and went back to painter for final 2 coats of clear. Mind = blown. The level of sparkle is freakin insane in the sun; Stay tuned for episode 3

I wasn’t happy with the condition of the lower wishbones…. I didn't realize how scarce on the ground HR Holden parts were getting but a quick call to Bernie at Horopito Wreckers (Smash Palace) and a replacement pair was on the way, you guys rock! The R&P looked so good that I just shouted it some new grease, a set of boots and a lick of paint. A box of new suspension joints had arrived from KC spares in Aussie and I couldn’t resist assembling some of the front end.

The next step was as simple as it was brutal; pull out the gas axe, the 9” and 4” grinders, the reciprocating saw, my treasured set of Whitworth/ AF sockets & spanners and show no mercy in the back yard. To be honest I’d been dreading this day for years; initially the plan was to put the new shell in storage but for some strange reason it was easier with it parked nearby in my driveway. I stuck the glasses and muffs on, looked Rigamortice squarely between the headlights, muttered “harden up you old tart this might hurt a bit’ and fired up my favourite big 9” grinder. (A small note here for any of the fairer sex that may be reading this thread; contrary to popular belief, yes size is everything!). “Skanky Sam” our cat however was giving me the evil eye, having bonded with Rigamortice for some years she knew what was coming. It was brutal and uncaring and I just did it, (and then drank the remaining the Wild Turkey).

The lovely old guy selling the car looked me in the eye and summed me up. I gave him my best man up stare back, he told me the price, I nervously said yes, we shook hands and it was mine. The following week I picked up a car trailer and headed North with an old mate to bring it back. With it finally sitting in the driveway I couldn’t believe what I’d found, sometimes you just get lucky.

When I finally got the jack out and had a good look at the lower rear section of Rigamortice’s shell the panic started to set in. There was no denying how bent she was as a result of the L300’s untimely demise but my early teenage attempts at rust repairs, (galv sheet brazed with an overlap) had created a corrosive time bomb; after too long in the back yard the lower part old girl’s rear end had simply dissolved. My initial brainstorm was why not reincarnate Rigamortice as the world’s first 1947 J14 Vauxhall ute? Problem was I didn’t need a ute and if I did it would have to be certified which would involve Rigamortice and I feeling obliged to attempt to be nice again to the “angry certification men”. Despite having experience with certifying a number of tarmac rally cars, (in Targa we drive on public roads in the touring stages) having to compromise a restoration project would have been as pointless as the rules and regulations the “angry certification men” would have been trying to make us adhere to. Sitting in Rigamortice in the back yard at 2:30 am in the morning after a ¼ bottle of Wild turkey (I’m a cheap drunk) the solution was as drastic as it was obvious, I needed to find a donor shell. The next year was spent visiting smash palace, following up false leads, finding cars in dilapidated conditions, falling in love with complete cars that were crying out for original restoration and after almost giving up I was finally given a lead to a car that was for sale up North. Que the dramatic background music... "In an ordinary garage, on an ordinary suburban street, in an ordinary town, I found...... this….." Sometimes you just get lucky……….. My initial impression was that I’d found yet another original car in need of restoration until I looked closer. Although appearing to be in good condition the body panels didn’t line up properly and it was confirmed when I was told that the car had been rebuilt (obviously by an enthusiastic amateur) from a rust heap some 15-20 years ago. Sometimes you just get lucky, I’d just found Rigamortice’s donor shell and unbelievably it was even the original color. (To be honest it was more than too good to be true, it was downright bloody scary!).

Suddenly our son is 19 years old; the latest race car (135I BMW) doesn’t need me working on it every night and Sharon’s dropping none too subtle hints about cleaning up the back yard. Could it be time for a Rigamortice resurrection! With some trepidation I pulled off the obligatory blue Warehouse tarpaulin and surveyed the remains of a car that I’d bought 43 years ago…. It was obvious that the ravages of time and damage from the last accident had reduced my old ride Rigamortice to the stage where she needed one big resto job…….

Another six years passed quickly. My beautiful long suffering Sharon, (these days Mrs sr2) and I bought the flat we were renting in Milford, (many thanks to Peter Thomas, RIP mate). My music career was going strong, we were all getting into dirt bikes and Rigamortice was still hauling arse as my daily driver. What can I say, life was good. To be honest she was starting to look a little scruffy, (my early teenage attempts at panel repair were biting me in the arse badly), the little X2 rattled a bit on startup but she still as always did her best for me and pulled strong. Even old cars need a little hug now and then….. In 1992 a collection of overly enthusiastic volunteers from various assorted hot-rod and car clubs formed a committee and came to the conclusion that despite having travelled safely for over half a million miles in various states of mechanical modification Rigamortice posed a real and present danger to the voting public and needed to be subjected to things called “regulations and certification”. I didn’t have a clue what they were talking about but “rules and certifications” sounded very important so Rigamortice and I humoured them by trying to look interested. To their credit they were obviously very clever & determined people who had far too much time on their hands and knew heaps about politics, using impressively long words, inventing regulations and certifications and forming committees to invent even more regulations and certifications! Both Rigamortice and I were overawed by their self-sacrificing tenacity and their astonishingly concise use of mind numbingly self-contradictory terminology - in desperation and under increasing duress we consented to filling out a “Vehicle Modification Declaration” form. At this stage we couldn’t help but be reminded of Officer Opie from Allices Restaurant; (listen from 6:30 to 7:40 or just sit back and relive the full 18 minutes of beautifully, innocent, delicious anarchy). We soon discovered that the “sad little man that the very clever hot-rod and car club committee members had given the task of confirming the above modifications” was in denial that Rigamortice was in fact fitted with a “Starship Enterprise Warp Factor V Hyper Drive” and was not happy with the “structural modifications prior to 1991” being described as “oxidization”. After a vigorous negotiation process where I hid behind Rigamortice while the “sad little man that the very clever hot-rod and car club committee members had given the task of confirming the above modifications” hurled a multitude of thinly vieled insults at me about my car and the marital status of my parent at the time of my birth, we eventually (with a small amount of violence on my part) reached a compromise and I was given paperwork! Eight months or so later a rather confused lady in a L300 courier van T boned Rigamortice very, very hard. Luckily although written off the van hit with the left front and when extracted from the wreckage the hysterical and bruised lady van driver was essentially unhurt. Sometimes you just get lucky.... Modern cars have an effective crumple zone; designed in 1935 Rigamortice just took it on the chin like an old boxer. I drove home in a daze with a very sore neck and a bleeding thick lip while Rigamortice sported a wobbly rear wheel and a rear chassis/sub-frame that had been seriously pushed sideways. A short time later Sharon and I had a baby on the way, we'd bought the house next door and Rigamortice ended up parked in the back yard……

The body was looking a little sad so some panel work was called for and a coat of burgundy paint. Near this time I was ignominiously excommunicated from the Auckland chapter of the Vauxhall Enthusiasts Society for the then unforgivable transgression of “automotive blasphemy”; (i.e. modifying an “already perfect” Vauxhall). Rigamortice loved doing skids with her new motor but the Vanguard diff ratio was far too low and the stud pattern was different to the HQ pattern on the front. When the novelty of doing one wheel burnouts on 15” skinny cross-ply tyres finaly wore off I found a 3.3 HD Holden rear end, fitted it with the larger HQ drum brakes and changed the stud pattern by welding up the old stud holes in the axel flanges and re-drilling them. The old girl was starting lift her skirts and haul arse well (for 30 years ago) and it became obvious the 1930’s style lever action rear shocks were struggling with the additional power and traction so out came the rear end again so I could convert it to telescopic shocks. With a little tweaking of the new suspension I had a car that was happy to be pushed hard and was comfortable with 3 times the original 48 BHP. The only issue was that the standard under floor single circuit 1” master cylinder was having difficulty with the HQ disc/drum combination. I was running a dual Hydrovac booster system with a VH40EL on the front and a VH44D on the rear and despite fitting both boosters with matching “complex” (dual acting) control valves the combination still felt clunky and lacked feel. When late one night I caught myself designing an external control valve system that could operate two boosters simultaneously I knew that drastic action was required and in desperation the following morning, I attacked the driver’s side firewall with an angle grinder…… I mounted an XA Falcon pendant style pedal box and rebuilt the firewall to accommodate an XB Mastervac and dual circuit master cylinder. At the same time I converted to a hydraulic master/slave cylinder clutch combo. Finally the car felt balanced and a joy to drive- problem solved! After a series of small but interesting and exciting fires Rigamortice had to be completely re-wired and I ditched the generator in favour of a ‘modern” alternator. A good mate turned up with a rare (at the time) Yella Terra head he’d procured from his neighbour and it proved to be the ideal combination with the X2 cam, the pacemakers and the DCD Weber (I tried a 350 Holley but it just used more gas and never idled properly). With a little tuning Rigamortice was starting to get a reputation for being a lot quicker than the old tart looked……… love those "one wheeler peelers!"........ One month (and a number of instances of unintended, deliberate, sustained loss of traction) later the Nissan gearbox shat it’s self into shrapnel. I found a W40 Steel case 4 speed Celica box (very sexy in its day) and modified the Holden bell housing to accept it, problem was the main cross member sat where the new gearbox needed to be. I jacked the old girl up, put her on axel stands to keep the chassis straight, pulled the front seats out and cut the whole floor out from the B pillar to the fire wall to expose the chassis. I welded in a piece of 4” RHS to form a new cross member, cut a section out of the original cross member to accommodate the new box and extended the original inside chassis rails. A new floor made from 16 gauge Zintex was welded in and a pair of Triumph 2000 front seats were fitted. Rigamortice had yet another new lease on life.

Bought a lowish mileage one of these today. Going to buy a carby manifold and stick with good old analogue fuel and spark, The motor in particular that I have bought is a VT Commodore 304 that's the last of the aussie built V8's. I got it now cos it's a hard to find motor as only the first series 1 VT's had the 304, after that they went to the 350 LS1. The VT is different from every other 304/308 because it is factory roller cam, 4 bolt mains and is already clearanced for 355 stroker crank. It's closest relative is the 304 Walkinshaw motor from the VL - but they are as rare as hens teeth and apparently 10K for a complete one. I've been told that the heads apparently flow 400hp from the factory. So if I really want to get carried away I could snap up a 355 stroker kit and chuck that in. But the line needs to be drawn somewhere. Who knows though I may end up putting this motor to the back of the shed while I save up for a stroker kit and monster Rawb cam - jam that in and then proceed to blow multiple gearboxes. Hahah.

Wow. 3 weeks and not a lot done - got the first coat on the floor done yesterday. Damn I hate painting.

My name's Simon and In hindsight I should have labelled this thread "sometimes you just get lucky". 1973 in little old NZ was a good year. Colour telly had finally arrived (not that any of us could afford one), Pink Floyd released Dark Side of the Moon, petrol was 10 cents a litre, and I was 15 years old and needed my first car real bad! I spotted an old 47 6 cyl Vauxhall parked up in Hastings rd. Mirangi Bay with a faded 4 Sale sign in the window and grass growing through the wheels. After a round of fierce negotiation with the owner the paltry sum of $15 was settled on. With only $10 to my name I borrowed the remaining $5 from my long suffering father, (not sure if I ever repaid him) and the deal was done. After a triumphant arrival at home in my “new car “on the end of a towrope behind Dad’s 6/99 Worsley we discovered the motor was seized rock solid, within days the family was calling the car “Rigamortice” and the name just stuck. The only three early pictures I have was one taken by my mother (thanks mum) while I was bolting the bodywork back in place after Dad helped me with a “rings ‘n bearing” job - all done with the engine block still in place,….. ……and a second of my little sister and my eldest sisters’ daughter (big family) posing proudly beside Simons “new” car. …..and a third from when I found another J14 Vauxhall to park beside (Rigamortice is the green one). Within a few years the old girl had had been fitted with an LIP motor & box complete with Impala shifter, the “knee action” front suspension had been ditched in favor of EIP wishbones, I’d fitted a Vanguard diff and the interior looked like either a cheap massage parlor or Bishop Brian Tamaki’s living room, (the 70’s were a little weird!). Discussion Thread //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/49843-sr2%E2%80%99s-1947-vauxhall-%E2%80%9Crigamortice%E2%80%9D-discussion-thread/

Talk about i should keep this stock as a rock //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/50035-fletchs-1970-datsun-cedric-super-six/#entry1584904

I've never seen him without it

We should get help from stillway to vinyl wrap it something silly. Offcut city

I'm not entirely convinced, I would tend to go with something that has a bit better market recognition, but maybe they do have that in Ireland? Any stand alone ECU will make your engine run without the security getting in the way, so that isn't really a concern. Me personally would go something from the megasquirt range, but that is just my preference. Any of the ECU company's should be able to provide something that will work. So my advice is find someone local that knows an ECU and use one of those, because nothing is worse than trying to diagnose ECU problems over the internet/email/phone.

same here. wind over for 20 secs waiting for the gas. then boom!

Yeah you're right KY . My apologies.

You are right, the 2 sets of holes are to allow bolting up to either type of intake. You will need the adapter to run on a spreadbore manifold. I have always used a paper gasket with gasket sealer between the adapter and manifold. Every time I didn't there was an air leak.

best i can do is this pic of it atm

Guardwork, Team sticker, more low and almost at the perfect rear height, front still needs 165 65 14 chucked on and more low. Pretty happy. //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/47514-ants-tc24-gx71/

1JZ.

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/

Got Cert today from Clint and fitted my new terribly stamped VIN plate, its really f'n hard to get the stamps in the right place. If I ever find the crazy old man selling them i'll buy a few more off him to test Now onto the wof