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i put it outside and washed all the crap out of it. 2016-01-16_01-57-15 by sheepers, on Flickr 2016-01-16_01-57-24 by sheepers, on Flickr 2016-01-16_01-57-33 by sheepers, on Flickr 2016-01-16_01-57-45 by sheepers, on Flickr

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the other day i painted the C pillar trims and the panel that goes between the tail lights. I'm sold on this colour so tomorrow ill get a liter of it mixed and that should be more than enough to paint the few remaining bits. didn't get much done today. i did a few little things yesterday like paint all the headlight buckets and the grill support brackets for the front. i put it together today and stuck the grill and bumper fill panels on to trial fit them and see how they look. its pretty good, ill chuck the bumper on tomorrow and just check how well it all fits together but so far so good. 2016-01-17_04-21-47 by sheepers, on Flickr 2016-01-17_04-21-59 by sheepers, on Flickr

More painting……. And a stack of new parts……. Why does assembly always feel like Christmas…. Some new brake lines…….. And it’s done……

As with any project that involves old cars you spend a disproportionate amount of your time dealing with rust! I’d try been meaning to give electrolysis a go for quite a while and thought now would be as good a time as any. All you need is some sort of tank, an old school battery charger, some washing soda and water…… Connect the -ve to the rusty car part and the +ve to a few bits of scrap steel and throw the lot into water with a little washing soda added, turn on the power and watch the fascinating yet friendly little bubbles forming ……… And more friendly bubbles…………… After a period of time you’ll discover that despite your initial burst of enthusiasm watching friendly bubbles forming becomes very, very, very boring and you’ll feel a strong urge to drink heavily! The following morning you end up with a fuzzy head and rust soup………. An interesting by-product of the exercise is that you will also end up with the rust gone from your car part. Before and after shot….. A bit of paint and the results speak for themselves… Can’t help but wonder if you could de-rust a whole car body in the neighbour’s swimming pool with an arc welder, (while he was away on holiday of course!).

Inspector rusti spotted many average height males with dark hair but failed to identify the unique tattoo amongst the crowd. Also we discussd how nobody is quite sure if you have eyes rusti. Never seen you with out the shades Also you won kumeu buy haulin all that rusted junk from last year home and actually building a car

So fetched this turd burglar out of its hidey hole, got it next to the other newer thing. Man it lookslike/is a rough piece. First eyeballing tells me the rear windows may be the same. Still got to assess which one is less of a dog. Barn find? Is it worth money yet? I bought a dolly, seems to work, needs finishing up/winch. Tell me how I should have bought a trailer. Gross Discuss these unloved misfits. //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/22150-waimaks-gsr/page-16

Wow. Crikey. Its been a while aint it. July was the last post. A few things have been done since then so I better get typing. First off. Come February we will have owned the land for two years and it will be 14 months since we moved out to it. Its settled in nicely and we are getting a good feel for the seasons and all the little things that happen out here when they change. Starting to get to know the locals quite well and have had lots of work coming into the workshop from just word of mouth which is awesome. Hannah is working a summer season job down at the beach front and when thats over we will be doing a flyer drop around the valley and surrounding areas to put out to people that they can get many sorts of engineering/repairs/bike repairs/advice on cats/great coffee from us* *my coffee aint that great.. In the start of spring I spent a morning going about the land taking photos. I tried to compose them as close as I could to the original photos we took as we cleared the land. Some are ever so slightly off. This was because things have changed so much that even I struggled to work out where the original photos were taken! I'm pretty happy with the resulting before and after collection so I'll put them right here. I have tried to list them from the drive way entrance and then heading down the drive to the north end of the property. The driveway entrance.. heading up the drive.. The highest point of the driveway.. I like this one.. looking down the driveway. Such a difference. Next up- one of the 5 old caravans that got taken away. This one was surrounded by lots of junk/scrap steel etc. Now just trees and some sweet old gates we saved. The mountain bike track I started heads in just around there. These next ones are looking out from about where the cabin veranda is.. Looking back towards where the cabin is now. Thats my brother duncan trying to locate where the Gravely mowers might be. We found them a few months later. and now.. Hannah wondering WTF... This next one is from the first night we stayed over to check the land out. We had pushed the driveway gorse down by throwing the van into 4wd and just driving over the top. Here down at the north end I was just laying back in the grass chilling and imagining what the area could be like. There is now a bit more parking area.. The following morning of the first night Hannah chilling in the morning sun with a coffee. We didnt really know what this area was going to be like in two years time.. This is it. you can see we kept the little Kanuka to the left. Its thriving now! The main yard was not much of a yard back then.. This is better !... Our first morning.. two years later.. I'm really glad I took so many photos before we cleared it all. Its great to look back at. Moving on to recent times. Not long before xmas this happened.. https://youtu.be/uaAHS96LGP4 We had been wanting rid of that 70 plus year old bugger for ages and its so good to see it gone. Shane (sideways sickness) and Greg (64Valiant) came round and got to see some of it heading to earth. Then we had a nice BBQ. Big thanks goes out to Shep for chopping it down. No way would I be doing that job. For starters I dont have chainsaw with a metre long bar! Nor the skill or experience. It was great fun just helping out and watching. We have many more big pine trees to come down over the next couple of years but this one was the one I wanted gone now. The view afterwards is heaps better!!!. Plus we now have a sweet as 8 metre high trunk to build a cool viewing platform on one day Before.. After.. Then for the end of the year we thought we had better crack on and finish the bathroom before my brother came over to stay. We needed the shower going for him so we got stuck in and finished it just before xmas eve. It still has some little finshing touches like light switches, extra lights, better prettier shower head, hand rail up the steps etc but its pretty much done. It works really well however I reckon we'll get a new califont for winter as the old Palomar is a bit small on heating capacity. We'll see. The compost toilet is working really well and still doesn't smell. Ive not yet even wired in the fan. Happy with that. Its taking about 3-4 months to fill a bin. Will put in a third bin soon and then start a secondary outside composting area away up under the eucalyptes just to be safe. The bathroom lights and shower pump are running off the cabin solar panel setup too and we have run wires to add a couple of outside lights to light up the pathway from the cabin to the bathroom. I just have to make some lights yet. Anyway.. some photos of the new bathroom ... We moved all the various piles of gorse and Kanuka into one place to chop too. Here you can get an idea of the amount of Gorse we cleared.. We have also started a vege garden and although a bit late its going well. Its certainly not a massive affair like our neighbours but we'll learn and it'll get bigger/better. The strawberries all going mental and its great to have 4 or 5 fresh strawberries on the cereal in the morning. Our fruit orchard trees are growing well and seem pretty happy. We'll plant heaps more this winter. The olive tree seems happy as so we'll plant more of them along the driveway. Finally Hannah spotted an old picnic table offered for free down at someones holiday home so we grabbed that. I told the owner we had been after one for ages so he was stoked it was going to be used. It looks the part and is an ideal little spot to chill. Thats it for now. I hope you enjoyed it. Im pretty damn happy with it all and now the rush is sort of over (for a bit) we have both finally been enjoying more of a summer recently of just swimming and cycling. Next big plan is the mezzanine floor in the workshop but that will be a winter thing. Then more cabins! Oh and bike tracks. Oh and spa pool. 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Speaking of the digital dash - I noticed after a couple days of getting it that the volt and oil pressure indicators were very faint compared to the rest. The parts car came with its original digital dash along with one other spare. As the parts car had nearly half the kms as mine I wanted to see how close the other spare dash was to my milage - it was sitting at 219,000kms which was great... if only the odometer and the clock were the same brightness as the rest of the cluster.. So in went the 124,000kms cluster which everything is all working fine. I just have to sort out bringing the kms back up to around 236,000kms or repair the original cluster. I has all of the warning lights I swapped in the bread bin pocket of the TN/TP Magna so now I have some space to shove a phone or something. Still has original radio/cassette with equaliser

Not much of an update, but ready for Hot Rod Festival tomorrow: P.S. I wish the car looked this good in real life.

I picked this up off a mate who had great plans for it but never got around to doing much with it. Here is how it looked when I picked it up. Sorry for the potato photos, my phone camera sucks.Bit rougher in person then in the photos. I started by stripping the tank and replacing the bars with some clip ons. Managed to sort the wiring on it to get spark. Managed to get it to fire, but pretty sure that crap from the rusty fuel tank has blocked carb jets, so they will be coming off for a strip down shortly. Painted the wheels. Still haven't quite decided what I will do with it. I'm very happy with how the KZ 440 has turned out, but not keen to copy the same style for seat. Will probably go for either a brat style or cafe racer seat.

Took a few photos today. Good turn out and cool to meet some OS peepz

holey fuck! massive effort by everyone involved this year!! huge amount of club cars and people lots of new faces from the club too. was great to have a banner this year to be somewhat of an official club. valiant effort everyone. i can def wait another year till the next one, already have a kumeu cruiser project in mind for the next one. best car on day: rustisizes model T best kumeu crusing car: threeonthetrees morris minor car and trailer (amount of people on and still driving around still to be confirmed) most popular slammed beetle: joels blue beetle

Right so I thought I would chuck this up here in case there are other weirdos out there like me who like these piles of crap. It's a 1987 TM Magna Elite Auto so top of the range for its day with mostly all electrics, four wheel discs, digital dash, air con etc Found it on Gumtree after the owner for the last 20 years went into a rest home and her neighbour was selling it off on her behalf. He went through the trouble of organising a roadworthy certificate (like a WOF, you need before you can transfer ownership) of which it passed, but then it had to remind us that it is a Mitsubishi and then proceeded to lose forward drive from the transmission. I happened to know where another identical model was with a good trans but stuffed engine and bought them both for cheap. I guess this is a thread mostly to document what is bound to go wrong with it and what I've ended up fixing.. starting with the transmission... Old (previously rebuilt) trans out, 120,000kms donor trans lurking behind it mounted back together and finally legal with club reg Stay tuned for the next failure...

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The rear end was from an HR Holden, I’d filled the stud holes so as to be able to re-drill it to an HQ stud pattern and fit the larger HQ drums and backing plates. I’d built up and turned the hubs so as to make the brake drum fit hubcentric. There has been some controversy over the years as to the safety of welding and re-drilling to change stud patterns. The fact that this rear end setup had not only covered 300,000 plus Km but had taken the full impact of a T-bone accident speaks volumes about how strong the hubs still are..... The drums had finally come off with the judicious use of a sledge hammer, everything was seized and the right rear hub (where the maniacal lady courier driver had hit it may years earlier) was anything but straight………. It’s often said that ‘necessity is the mother of invention’ but of late I’m firmly of the opinion that combining the lack of an appropriate tool with a good mig welder and the obligatory collection of scrap steel under the work bench is the mother of many a good man-cave invention! Problem; how with no slide hammer how do I remove a 45 plus year old, rusty & bent (that bloody girl in her L300 again!) axel from the diff housing? Not the prettiest solution but surprisingly effective………. At this point Rigamortice decided to remind me who really was in control and proceeded to piss oil all over my clean garage floor! The next job was to tear it all down. The diff head looked in surprisingly good shape; bearings were smooth and still lubricated, crown wheel and pinion showed near perfect wear marks (many years ago my dear old Dad had the patience to teach me how to set up diffs) and only the planetary gears showed a little more wear than expected (those damned “one wheeler peelers” strike again!). I made the call that that the existing diff would be fine for the time being. I had a spare set of HD/R axels so I dropped them off at the Steel Surgeon in Manakau to be welded and turned (too big to fit in my lathe). Not only was the price less than what I’d expected they had even had drilled the new stud holes their jig; great guys, great service. A new set of bearings and they’re ready to go…..

The last few months have been a bit of a blur, I started getting busy at work and then Targa time came around very quick…… https://www.facebook.com/gazapowell/videos/10206888860212021/ I also had to invest a bit of garage time into giving my latest middle aged crisis a birthday……. Then all of a sudden it was holiday time and I and the very lovely Mrs sr2, our son and a bunch of his friends were packing the van to head up North to stay at a mate’s batch……… Even the view from the batches garage was stunning………. Back home and back to reality; lurking menacingly in the garden was this……..

Good to see Token there.

363 days till kumeu lads.

I didnt recieve any reply after saying i could have someone pick them up, have just seen another post on a different page saying they were just scammed by him and only recieved a screwdriver in the post

Rustis ize have seen some shit man. also holy fuck that car well done you crazy diamond. +1 on skin blistering heat yesterday I couldnt handle it. At home playing with my new stuffs today

A bit of love has been given to the wagon lately.Ordered a carb kit and 1969 corona clutch cylinder and new brakes and hubs off OS member MATTTT, cheers mate.Ripped apart the carby and installed new pieces,now runs alot smoother but the tappets where noisy so off came the cover and went to check all the clearances,all were near fine except one being an easy 3mm out.re adjusted it and now she purrs.fitted the clutch cylinder from the states,fitted perfectly and engages the clutch which meant ROAD TEST!!! Started her up and eased down the drive,off down the street and around the corner ,got her into 3rd singing her tits off then having to down shift to slow as it doesn't have brakes as of yet,tried the handbrake and it works on one side just.Gearbox was fine for age and the car handled like a whale,shocks to add to the list of parts.Parked it back in the garage after 2mins of driving and easy 2 liters of gas used but worth it.10mins later cops roll past looking in,so some old lady must not of been impressed with the 4m barking loudly and a one wheeler donut. Unsure if this is the original box off the 2m but if it is a w40 it has a side shifter? can anyone confirm this Also would the mechanical fuel pump be a main cause in crap fuel economy as 1 litre of gas in 5mins worth of idling seems bad dicuss here....//oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/51148-toymotas-1969-ms53-crown-wags-discussion/

Sanded: Primered:

So the other night Gal and I built this. We both found it to be hilarious. But I needed one of my own... Luckily this cropped up on TM with giant 32" wheels. So I brought it, and made this! What a blast! @scooters

By my deeds i honour him V8

Finished rear fitment with wheels mounted to axle, I have to raise the front slightly beacuse the tyre rubs on the top in the inner guard with people in it Mounted one broken headlight and put the switch on the bonnet coz I can do what ever I want and with no window and a tiny car its easily within reach when seated. this photo makes the rear look like it has lame camber but its actully stright up and down Only 11 days and heaps of work until i need this driveable, so there probley wont be any posting till after its done.

wait a minute, theres also this. 2016-01-07_03-46-33 by sheepers, on Flickr 2016-01-07_03-44-36 by sheepers, on Flickr 2016-01-07_03-44-27 by sheepers, on Flickr 2016-01-07_03-44-14 by sheepers, on Flickr 2016-01-07_03-44-03 by sheepers, on Flickr so yea. pretty happy with that. it needs to come down about 75mm and its currently got 0 camber so i think there will be some coil overs in this cars future. now I'm going to take a well deserved break. and work on my blue car for a few days before i go back to work.

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Fuck yeah new post. .. So epic Much jealous!

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Could be the fuel pump itself that's having trouble keeping up, perhaps a torn diaphragm or hole, etc. Alternatively there could be a blockage in the line or the tank/pick-up. If you don't have too much gas in you could try draining the tank to see if there's any sediment in it and if there is, blow out the lines and get the tank cleaned and sealed.

Was hoping to head down to Rotorua today but the TC wasn't having it. The car was intermittently hugely down on power. It would either pick back up or run roughly and die. It got to the point I couldn't restart the car and had to have it towed home. I believe the issue may be fuel related. To people who are familiar with these, is it usual for the fuel level in the sight bowl to fluctuate between 30% and 100% full? I thought possibly the inline filter was blocking the flow, but after replacing it I cut it open and it looked pretty good. Not bad enough to hinder flow I think. I've grabbed a set of plugs and I'll order a set of leads to take them out of the possibilities. If anyone has any suggestions as to why it might be intermittently down on power I'm all ears.

today is the day

Good yarns good company thanks all ! And yeah shit it was Sooo hot had to sit in zebra dudes wagon with the AC on for some down time lol

Great to see the z in a sea of Americana at Kumeu! Loved it!

Cheers man, hopefully Ill be able to mess with a few people at Taupo. Im trying to get an exemption for NOS so I can have enough power but we will see if it goes through.

Cut a hole through the treeline so you can easy haul swapmeet parts all day.

No back pay is the best part of classic rego. I buy 3 months rego every 5-6 months.

They got the V6 in the next shape Magna. The NZ V3000 was basically a clone of the lesser known Galant Duke V3000 which was sold in very few numbers in Japan due to its displacement and extra tax. Everything came in a complete knock down kit and only stuff like the interior, wiring looms and glass was manufactured in NZ, while in Aus the Magna has PBR brakes, Aussie made Bosch alternator, Aussie made engine and driveshafts etc. Club reg allows you to drive it for 45 or 90 days of the year for a reduced price. You just fill in the dates you drive it in a log book and once you run out of your allocated entries that's it for the year. Costs $70/140 as opposed to $770+ for a years rego otherwise. Obviously is better suited to project cars and not daily drivers. The car must be 25+ years old, modifications approved and you have to be a financial member of a club.

That handbrake adjustment

Im with Bart on this one. Would love to know how to find current rego status also.

kk i painted my rims......... and then stuck my hub caps on kumeu this weekend

I'm hoping that it will still be better than most knock off guns from supercheap/repco and suitable for my weekend warrior status, I used its big brother of similar vintage to paint my car and while the finish may not be show worthy is still better than rattle cans/ no gun I just need a compressor!

I think we'll call this Phase II of the evolution of the Cortina The new camshaft and head came together nicely over the Christmas break, aside from a slight hiccup with the rocker ball studs supplied with the Kent kit. The threaded section is much longer than the standard ball studs, which would be fine except that some of the holes in the cylinder head have the thread tapped only halfway down (thanks Ford), meaning they fit the standard ones fine, but not the longer Kent ones. Thankfully my Grandad came to the rescue and lent me the necessary 14mm thread tap. So cheers, Grandad. Taylor Automotive reconditioned the head, and did an excellent job, and i fitted the new valve springs, stem seals, spray bar, ball studs and followers supplied with the kit. I decided against trying my hand at porting it. Might practice on a scrap head first, rather than running the risk of ruining this one. Can always pull it off the car again... Cam, pulley, and spraybar fitted, and valve clearances set. The swap commenced. While I was there I decided to replace the water pump, cambelt, thermostat, alternator belt, HT leads, thermostat housing etc. Mostly for my own peace of mind, most of those parts were allegedly done by the previous owner but I thought i'd do them again anyway. It runs! The valve clearances had tightened up a thou, but i'll put that down to the valves bedding in. . To be brutally honest I haven't noticed any difference with the new cam versus the old, aside from the idle is worse and the tappets are noisier... But I haven't really played with it yet. If all else fails I may invest in a vernier cam pulley, which was what Kent seemed to think was necessary. I'm pleased that the bores don't seem to be lipped, it doesn't look to have been bored oversize, and the hone marks are still visible from the freshen-up it had before I bought it. However the next step may be getting the radiator re-cored, I didn't realise how worn the core was until I pulled the radiator out. And I did promise some photos of the car looking all shiny with it's blingin' new wheels and paint, so here it is looking all photogenic:

Pics when I first bought it I thought I was so cool

update time. Had to fix a heap of small problem with the doner panel just small fiddly stuff like this. where the ends were spot welded down. a tiny bit of rust and a bit of damage from taking it off the old car. did as much as I could before getting the inner and out vent panels sandblasted. I damaged three of these, wasn't as bad as I thought to fix. I also welded up the drill hole in the window frame, as I still have the spot welder i thought it will make a nicer job than big old plug welds, i was right. bit of a close up, only just see one spot weld on the side there. everything seems to line up! So I started welding it all in place, scary! not finished yet, should be done this week. getting there! that's the last of the rust in the shell done!