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Belated, but part two of the trip to Sheeper Garage Pty. Co. Ltd Inc. included the smashing together of a gearbox crossmember to hold the T50 in where the K40 used to live. Project_KP61_4AGE (1347) by Richard Opie, on Flickr Project_KP61_4AGE (1330) by Richard Opie, on Flickr You can see the pickup points for the original crossmember, and the gearbox mount on the trans itself pretty easy. So we need to make that, bolt up to over there.... Project_KP61_4AGE (1320) by Richard Opie, on Flickr By the time I arrived Sheepers had already fashioned up a jig of sorts and started on the modifications to the TE71 crossmember that came with the gearbox. The mount points on the KP floorpan are at different heights, so the new pieces needed to accomodate this. Project_KP61_4AGE (1314) by Richard Opie, on Flickr Project_KP61_4AGE (1299) by Richard Opie, on Flickr Then the extensions/whatever were glued onto the crossmember. I quite enjoy taking photos of welding... Project_KP61_4AGE (1155) by Richard Opie, on Flickr Project_KP61_4AGE (1207) by Richard Opie, on Flickr Project_KP61_4AGE (1189) by Richard Opie, on Flickr Then simply chop up some pieces of steel for gussets, weld the gussets to the crossmember, and after finishing one side it should look something as per the example above. Project_KP61_4AGE (1180) by Richard Opie, on Flickr Project_KP61_4AGE (1167) by Richard Opie, on Flickr This was the other side being checked for size before final welding. Project_KP61_4AGE (1144) by Richard Opie, on Flickr Then once it's all stuck firmly together, the end result after a few hours work was this fine looking specimen here. Solid as a rock. Project_KP61_4AGE (1120) by Richard Opie, on Flickr Engine and gearbox is firmly mounted! This crossmember will get some further strengthening but for now all is super! Thanks again Sheeper!!! Thanks for reading.

Just picked up a Volvo 240 Wagon, 2.3L of raw Swedish fury, a car so good it outlived it successor in production. The Soviet's being the fine connoisseurs they were, decided this was the model they must have for their embassy and so it was purchased, by them, new in 1988. 363,000 KM's later (the odometer stopped working shortly after) here it is: First job is to get it road legal..

Finally Splashed out and bought my Smiths Gauge Cluster Marking it out to replicate a works style dash Smiths Water temp is still on its way will swap out the VDO for Smiths one shortly Now time to wire it all up

Just the ticket to take your large family to KFC after church on Sunday. Just make sure the kids don't get gravy on their good white lavalava's, or else you'll have to gif dem da bash. #vanlyfe........ Lol

Until relatively recently there was no legal path at all to getting black plates back on a car, so it is better than it used to be - thanks to the VCC I suppose. Best to be 'buyer beware' if you buy a dereg car. Otherwise keep your own rego's on hold and avoid the whole issue.

You want your vehicle to look as though it has some chintzy/tinselly/cubic zirconia/bedazzled spider eyes? They yuck bro. Step back from the headlamps.

So I went to Marton and picked this Gemini coupe up on Saturday for $1000. It's 99% complete and not completely rust fucked. Even drove it on and off the trailer. G200z It now looks like this. I'm going to build a rotisserie for it in my spare time. I'm meant to be working on my shed/home so progress will be a bit slow to start with!

Lol what he said, they are fucking disgusting.

Consider your dick stabbed.

Had more spare time so getting lots of little things done Drilled out old clevis pin and made a new one out of high tensile steel, painted brake parts (clear coated the new pedal itself) and reassembled it all. I had my good radiator support panel sand blasted which has shown it's not really as good as first thought. I'm not sure how long it will last but I'll patch the big holes and try soak any enclosed parts in rust kill and then fish oil.. Also finished my final version of the Audi seat rails. They aren't adjustable but the cabin is so small it doesn't matter anyway. I had to strip all of the height and tilt stuff off the seats and then pickup on the remaining mounts which is why they are odd looking. This body is way easier than the last one as the factory seat mount locations are still intact, yay! Trying to decide if I should ditch the inner guards......hmmm

only if the original spring seat was designed to fit a spring with an unformed end, ie the spring end isnt shaped so its flatter. ie if the spring looks like this you could cut it but if its like this, then NEIN NEIN NEIN

It will be like the clear tail lamp craze on Hiace vans a few years ago

iirc there is someone (Tanya?) you have to speak to at NZTA to use your black plates...

Fuck I love sheep.

TRUCKS AND SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I actually went to this was kinda meh but still was something to do

Well that worked out well! I've just been for the first ever hoon in this car with NO driveline vibration. 240z's are renowned for vibrations as the diff is set too far forward in the car so the axles have to bend in two axes; up-down and front-back. Datsun fixed this in the 260z by moving the diff farther back. So no amount of replacing UJs or making new diff mounts ever seemed to help. Until now! And I hate replacing UJs anyhow so it's great to get rid of them, and get a much stronger axle. There's a couple of little niggles; one of the old Commie CV's is leaking and a steel band popped off another. Also hard on the gas in tight left-handers I think something is interfering with the axle.

second after slam in importance, was clean it, as its filthy. every bit of trim i pulled off had cockroaches and spiders under it. so i stripped the whole interior, put a bug bomb in it, and waterblasted the whole inside and ''fixed'' the seat, with 2 t-shirts and some duct tape

The gearbox is also mounted now, I have some pics of that so will post when I cbf but for now here's the car parked outside before loading up. First pic of the thing not at my house/parked regular style on the street in over 5 years. IMG_8964 by Richard Opie, on Flickr Front is going to come up slightly, I had it sussed when it had no engine in it but obviously the game's changed with the heft of a 4AG in the bay.

So plan is Get bits and bobs off over a long course of time and paint or clean them up Decided I would do the water pump pulley So removed it gave it a clean up with a wire brush Then applied some satin black with a couple of coats And left overnight Then fitted the next day with some new shiny bolts And bam! Was going to do the crank pulley and alternator but Didn't have my rattle gun handy to remove them so Will do them some other time.

clint, I'm sure this has been covered in this thread a zillion times, but 200 pages is to much Captive Cut springs for cert? yes no maybe?

lights have a bit of a loophole, if lights are modified at a cert inspection, then we have to check they have a relevant standard on them. however at a wof inspection, they only have to comply with the requirements of the virm- which doesnt include checking for a standard marking. so we get quite a few cars that fail on lights with no std, they put stock ones in, get cert, put lights with no standards on again, get wofs 4 eva

this is why I like OS lol.

Hah, Steelies, Goat and I totally rolled past you at the Mobil in Masterton in Steelies Coon wags on saturday, brought up a decent conversation about Geminis and chromes

3 weeks 2 days till gumboot rally Fuel Pressure Reg. as mentioned above had no puel pressure reg. Did some hunting and Malpassi have a pretty good rep. Webber Specs seemed a good local place to get one so after a quick discussion with the guy there I got this.

With headlights they have to have the appropriate Standards marking on the glass. Also check that they dip to the left. LHD cars headlights will dip to the right so you may want to be sure of that if the Standards markings are present.

Supply room is a good alternative. Otherwise Whitby Co-op is nice too. Has a nice covered outdoor area.

I have a psycho-spatial condition that means I cant detect sarcasm. My ultimate Hakosuka dream....

I like your attitude. Do it the way you want cos that's what you like. Good onya

I do agree that the other option looks good. Whatever the case, you've got it under control, I'm sure.

Decided I would do the Ol Can over the coil trick ow With a classic v can I was going to use a L&P can but didn't have a mint one at disposal So L&P can or keep v can? //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/49713-piazzanoobs-1981-toyota-starlet-discussion/#entry1662785

Don't make me come up there!

And whattaya know the phone rings and it's Logan telling me my sandblastings done. So keen as a keen thing I'm off to pick it up. With it all back to the shop firstly hit it with the air to blow out all the sand and setup in the booth And hey presto with a coat of epoxy and a couple coats of satin 2k black and silver we're done and looking good Sunday rolls around and off to brads engineering shop to borrow his press,out come the old bushes from the springs and swaybar mounts and in go the new ones, all ready for refitting.... Real happy with the underneath now, all clean tidy and tight. Next will be the big block down and topcoats... stay tuned lol

Jandlestomper is on nightshift so she's a no. I (SIDEWAYSICKNESS! Get it right for once alex!) will be at wow at around 9.45. Ready to leave at 10 ish. I may or may not be in the humber but if I am, anyone is welcome to jump in

Put me down as a yes, I'll be in the wife's non os daily but can't turn down the opportunity of lawn bowls haha, may also hav my brother with me too, can you confirm what time we meet at wow too?

As stated earlier I’d ditched the original rear lever action shocks and replaced them with a somewhat over engineered set of angle iron brackets to convert to telescopic shocks. (All the better for performing Rigamortice’s legendry “one wheeler peelers”!)…. On closer inspection when removed, the brackets were very rusty; steadfastly resisting the temptation to fabricate a new set I gave them a few days in the phosphoric acid bath (this is supposed to be a restoration project after all). With all the rust removed they looked not only serviceable but had a cool interesting grainy texture to them, a bit of rust proofing and they’ll live again….. The only challenge now is to identify the shocks. Fitted during the 70’s I’m simply at a loss to remember where they came from, (both Rigamortice and I are living proof that if you can remember the 70’s you weren’t there!). We now offer up a free, slightly sat on chocolate fish to anyone who can identify them or suggest a suitable replacement. //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/49843-sr2%E2%80%99s-1947-vauxhall-%E2%80%9Crigamortice%E2%80%9D-discussion-thread/

Just In case people didnt know So this is happening http://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2015/the-great-wellington-truck-show/upper-hutt Truck Show, 13th of March at the Trentham memorial Park

Narrowing the halfshafts: I've only got a small-ish lathe to use, so had to come up with an plan that would work without me killing myself with flying shafts! So stuck shaft 1 into the lathe and turned these two areas. The left-hand side is turned to 32mm, the centre to 28mm: Then hack it into bite size lumps: Then turn the short yoke internal diameter to a nice interference fit on 28mm: Cut off the 32mm diameter revealing the 28mm internal bore, then press the yoke onto the shaft: This took around 10 tons of pressure, so it's a proper interference fit. Not sure I needed to weld it, but I did anyway: And here it is next to it's unmodified brother: The other shaft will be shortened the same way.

Just a friendly bump for those that may have not seen this or forgotten. Unsure of what the weather forecast is but no doubt it'll be sunny and nice. Still pretty open to ideas for activities for the weekend. I'm thinking, farm safari, tractor prodding, Eastern bay of plenty looking at, maybe swimming or kayaking? Anyone like walking or mountain biking? If the weather is poor indoor options could be slot cars, sitting, fine cuisine, shed tour? Thoughts?

I have made a fre things out of pallets and cable drums. mk1 bbq table is too small so made a bigger one. Made a bar leaner and a shoe rack (which is too small now)

yes ........ but the death happens either way ! as for original question , its part of the oil crisis , we have used up all of the thick dinosaurs so we have been forced to develop cars which can use the oil from the remaining thinner dinosaurs . its science , science is always right

Pintos are only good as boat anchors,, we all know this...

How much legislation is too much? There's your answer.

could be anywhere, they didnt have proper vin tags then.

It has a step on the left side. One puts their right foot on it and scoots a bit of speed up. Then one transfers their left foot onto the left pedal and swings their right leg over the seat. One is now tall biking!

I'd probably do some trawling on nzhondas.com on what brands to buy and which ones to stay away from. Certain brands don't last long

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