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  1. Pointless update: On the way to Nat's I noticed a pretty bad brake judder at highway speeds and thought I should 'prolly do something about it. Diagnosis by default was warped disc etc, however, to eliminate this I pulled the handbrake (Gentle, Mavis...) at highway speed and got vibration. So, we have rear brake issues. Upon a bit of inspection, it appears the design of the Buick mag had a slightly different dish than the original steels, so it was clamping down on the drum outer rather than standard lug grabbing points. Two options to remedy - pull of drums and machine down high points - which would be nice If i had a mill - and due to the high points being the outer balance points (and balanced by drilling) I didn't want to hit them with an angle grinder in case it made the balancing worse. The easy way out was to get a 3mm alloy spacer. RAGE (Rough as Guts Engineering services) at your service Ma'am. Of course, easy is relative - the one's on the tard didn't fit the prescribed 5x127mm (5x5") so I modified some others I had lying around. Joined the Humber club a while ago although hadn't done any events with them until a couple of Sunday's ago an opportunity came up to do a drive to Manawhai via SH16. This fitted in quite well after Caffeine & Classics and I was already over the bridge so thought why not. By default I was certainly the whipper snapper of the group by a couple of decades minimum - however great sharns all round. The trip north was best described as tortoiselike, maxing out at a heady 80km on the downhills with a constant cloud of blue smoke on the over-run from all parties. Lush. Had lunch and a cup of tea at the museum then visited a beach and did skids. (One of the previous things didn't happen) My favourite new Barry was Mavis (Ann Dimoline) who owns 9. Have a read about her here. The current compendium, each nicknamed by Ann, reads: 1965 Humber Sceptre Mark I (Opo); 1966 Humber Sceptre Mark II (Pearl); 1961 Hillman Minx 111b station wagon (Chanel); 1962 Humber 80 111b station wagon (Toto); 1963 Hillman Super Minx saloon Mark II (BT); 1966 Singer Gazelle Series 6 Auto (Tommy); 1954 Humber 10 MK 7A (Babe); and 1974 Commer pop-top camper (George). What an absolute battler. Anne to the left with her Humber 80 Wags named Toto I bless the rains down in Africa - Gonna take some time to do the things we never had and collection of swarming Barrys. A fave to be sure - what a great wag - and a daily too - loaded with tools for Robertybob Handyman services. Otherwise no updates right now, however I have a couple of subtle upgrades in the pipeline, however a few other projects on the boil means they may be in warmer weather. Otherwise long may she continue being a workhorse and doing what car's are meant to be doing - driving and stuff. Yesterday delivering latest 'investments' to storage for even more future work. Peace y'all.
    11 points
  2. ticked a couple more things off the job list. you can just about see the steering wheel there. and managed to finally remove the old wiper switch.shoulda done that before I painted the flippin thing!, luckily no paint was harmed in cutting it out with the dremel.Cleaned up a couple things.and painted them.polished up some other things.and got the first bits of trim on, swoon.
    10 points
  3. Alright thought I'd post this up here as I know there's some big Alfa enthusiasts on the forum. Been telling the old boy to get on here but he hasn't pulled his finger out. This his 1969 Alfa boat tail spider we have been building for the last.. 5?..years It's taken a long time I know that! Purchased as a complete bare shell witch was picked as a failed resto project. The shell being imported with some parts out of Canada. However the car was originally from the states and came with California plates and obviously being left hand drive. This model being the 1750 GT veloce, of witch I'm told only 1300 were ever made. And being designed by some bloke called Pininfarina The project has taken a lot of hours and money, getting the shell in bad shape most of the floor had to be replaced. Not one panel was straight so a lot of pulling and massaging steel had to be done. Parts were sourced from collectors all over the word, and with all most all of the suspension being replaced with brand new gear from https://www.alfaholics.com. Where the sport and track upgrade package was bought including adjustable koni's and higher rated springs, along with the bigger brake kit with bigger rotors and brand new calipers. The intention was to tidy it up and turn it into a track car, naturly things got a bit carried away and has now been wired setup so it can be complied for the road. That said, it has a nzms complied roll bar, with side intrusion bars and 6 point style frame to tie the struts together. Autosport seats that have been recovered with custom frame rails and harness' to suit. Currently the motors just the 1750 with some custom extractors and the webbers I rebuilt. Motor DOHC 16v crossflow with alloy block and head. Pretty flash for a domestic car in the mid 60's Plans of a full built 2L later down the track are there once funds allow for it This is all for now, there's loads of photos and other details to add witch I'll do in my free time. And if anyone's interested let me know and I can put you in touch with the old boy. He's Alfa obsessed and loves a good yarn/natter theres a track day coming up so hopefully get some high quolity photos of it on the new Hampton club track to put on iforce instead of my lazy phone camera crap. be keen to get it to OS drag day too come to think of it
    8 points
  4. Technically yes But I doubt anyone would know the difference apart from Threeonthetree And he doesn't do wofs
    8 points
  5. Yee haa! Bush block donkey has conquered the ridge! After an afternoon of digging and removal of tree stumps in the way we had knackered backs and a track that was safe enough t ride. Managed to skirt around a section of mtb track I was worried we might have to alter. It was getting late by the time I finally saddled up and rode the beast up the final push. Up the last section which until this evening we couldn't get through to.. Man and donkey.. There was a bloody big tree stump right there this afternoon. Bike track passes across about there. Also, after lunch I had whipped up a quick plywood box for the back and will make one for the front. Later on I'll make some drop in cages so we can bring down firewood, of which there are ever increasing piles of everywhere. Very happy to have easy access to the ridge now . We can now start prepping to build a cabin up there! My uncle is giving us his spare motor mower so I'll get that up there and start mulching down the grass for future lush lawns.
    6 points
  6. The dash now has all the rust fixed, really happy with how it turned out. Took maybe close to 10 hours to just weld it all up though. Should only need bog in a few places, the rest a few coats of primer will fill nicely.
    6 points
  7. Headers are almost finished. I have to take the last 44mm U bend back to swap for a 2 inch. I'm glad that I did this myself with help because they would have cost a fortune to get someone else to build.The passengers side goes in OK, drivers side needs to have the engine lifted to get in and out. Once the drivers side is out I'll post a photo or 2.
    5 points
  8. Papakura can fuck right off.
    4 points
  9. Awesome man Jealous as always. We have one of these for the back of the ride on mower, handy that it tips
    3 points
  10. Neither can the Mrs puukuu I got a arduino starter kit ages ago. Dies anyone have recommendations on learning how to code? I want to make some displays with my nixies at some point.
    2 points
  11. It has a CCTV camera every 60 metres, Speed cameras at all vehicular entry and exit points and average speed cameras (thought these have not been confirmed as being in use currently). Drive sensibly, just chop down a few gears/stab the clutch. It's all about the sound rather than the speed anyway.
    2 points
  12. Here's discussion thread and some random photos of past track cars (not the Ferrari's unfortunitly)
    2 points
  13. So this is living outside while the 125 sits in the garage with flat tyres Ive put foam floor mats under the carpets to keep them off the floor, but it really needs a roof. Anyway, ive swapped out the old exhaust from under the back seats back. Took out 2x offset mufflers and some patched up 1.75" pipe that both leaked and was quiet, (and fell off at nats!) and put one straight through muffler with 2.25" pipe from the croma turbo. old rubbish on top, new hotness on bottow Sounds pretty good, but now makes me want to do the rest 2x 1.5" secondaries back as far as they will go (currently to the drivers feet area) but will probably pay a guy, cause holy hell exhaust fitting is a fiddly frustrating job on your back in the rain! Also made into a magazine, NZV8 feature on Parked up Out-west from Queens Birthday
    2 points
  14. Should put fittings in that beam for engine lifter. Then you can do 2m engine swaps in the lounge while Mrs sheepers makes chicken nuggets and small red sausages etc
    2 points
  15. Well then... we finaly got back to doing some work on this thing. I had ordered several new ignition components from China, they arrived. The CDI unit ordered didnt work and was completely the wrong size etc. I got my money back. Fitted a new coil, went over all the wires and plugs and finally got spark. Not sure how or what but spark turned up and has not gone away so we are happy. Next thing was fuel. It would turn over and spark but no fuel. Stripped the carb and it was a bit gummed up in the jets plus the float was stuck. The primer was blocked up too. Cleaned it all out and refitted it. Turned the fuel tap on, gave it some choke and first press of the button it fired up! YES!!! It was raining cats and mice outside so rather than go for a wet ride we bled the front brakes.. Lever came up solid and felt good. But no braking effect. Hmmm. Not good. So stripped them down and sure enough- they must have weeped out while sitting. Managed to free the stuck pistons and cleaned everything up. Lathe handy for cleaning up pistons.. The bores were good and the seals mint. Boiled the linings clean, an old trick that works fine. Reassembled and we have brakes. While it was all apart I cleaned the suspension up and flicked some paint on. I like the old model sticker.. Then took it for a spin. Woot woot. Its good fun! Runs mint. Not too loud either. Hannah took it for a strop.. That evening I took it out for a blat up the drive t get the post. I needed to check the lights work didn't I... This morning I took it up the main track as far as I could. Handles steeper stuff better than I expected but damn I can see how people roll these things!!! Anything slightly off camber and it gets sketchy. The turning circle is shocking so lots of three point turns. Definitely not extending the wheelbase now as that'll make things worse. After riding it up and down and getting to grips with the way it handles lumpy off camber stuff I'm not keen on sitting two by two over the front either. Tried going up with hannah behind on seat but sketchy! Not worth the risk. Seriously think I should get a helmet for the steeper stuff (plus the general consensus nowadays is that you just should if using on farms etc, ACC and all that) so I'll check them out. Some a bit more substantial then my cycle helmet. So plans are this. It needs a rack system to carry the odd bit of timber etc and this can double as a roll cage thing. Build some decent size wider bins front and rear racks to take the chainsaws. We always end up with the three saws when dropping pines. The large one for big trees, medium for smaller and the little saw is ideal for knocking off all the branches. Those plus fuel, gear, water etc etc is a shit load of crap we have currently been lugging up. Its gonna be so good to take it all up on the quad! Maybe once the main quad track is well settled in, our experience in riding it has increased and our carting needs are established will I be able to hack it apart and build a forward control type thing as first planned. But for now I think it best to just use it as is and get used to it. A trailer will be handy too so that will have to be built. It can tow up to 380 kg which is enough. Other important jobs are paint the tank and add some pinstripes. This weekend we'll drop some more trees and clear out the last bit of area to make way for a safe quad route up. Meanwhile here's some sexy quadbike photos... Now I'm off into google land for a looksie of what amazing storage/carting devices people have made for their quads....
    2 points
  16. and thanks to Darrell, his Father, Fatherinlaw and my brother...I don't usually do this butthis guy is a happy ass me!and Felix thinks it pretty cool.It all went pretty smooth, except for nearly smashing the new MC fluid res(which is full of brake fluid now!) with the body and forgetting to move the gas pedal and bending the shit outta it, but no scrapes or dents, the shell is much heavier with all the fenders and doors etc, and I can hammer the pedal flat again.yee haww
    2 points
  17. As you may have noticed for the past few months, our regular Ellerslie located Monthly Meets have been a bit different. Due to complaints from a local resident and ongoing difficulty in being able to secure the upstairs carpark, coupled with the lack of space in the covered carpark I thought it might be an option for us to try the Stoddard Road Burgerfuel location instead: Pros: - Burgerfuel plus many, many more food options. - Large carparks - No issue with car club events. Several other clubs use this location. - Close to the South Western motorway and the soon to be opened Waterview Tunnel. Mean Tunnel braps on the way there/home. - Burgerfuel will still give us a free drink with any burger and fries combo, as per usual Cons: - Further away for some people - Unfamiliar and busier than our usual location. It is a shopping complex. - Carpark will probably be a lot busier than at our current location. Click this link to see the location on google maps: The Mt Roskill Burgerfuel is located at 22 Stoddard Road So take a look, have a think and vote in the poll. Voting closes at 5pm on Friday the 7th of July. So get those votes in. Cheers
    1 point
  18. Shit, I wish my mig could do that
    1 point
  19. I'm very reluctant to offer welding advise, as I'm so terrible at it myself. So take from this what you want. But for welding really thin metal with a mig, I basically lay a bunch of overlapping track welds. I get nice and comfortable, support my hand, pull the the trigger...watch the metal change colour (red), then release the trigger but remain in position, watch the red glow fade out of the weld (takes about a second)....repeat.... Doing it like this stops you from blowing big holes through your work.
    1 point
  20. Yeah something like that would be great for carting firewood down and gravel up. I'm gonna ask a neighbour if he has any old quad wheels- he used to run quad bike tours for years so he must have old bits about. Hannah has built a cool little trailer for the van, Its about a sheet of ply big inside and shes making removable frame sides so we can load it up with kanuka brush etc. The quad will tow that easily which will be better than running the hiace about the place. I think the quad is rated to tow 380kg.
    1 point
  21. Heaps of YouTube available for sure. Also Chris go to tinkercad site and play with Arduino circuit simulator and do tutorials with it.. bloody good way of learning
    1 point
  22. I went through pretty quick on my bike, havent had anything in the mail yet
    1 point
  23. I went through that tunnel heading south the other week. I think there's a speed camera as you come out. Worth knowing if you're getting all tokyo drift on it later. /semiling
    1 point
  24. Yes, as it's not excluded. http://www.lvvta.org.nz/documents/suplementary_information/LVVTA_LVV_Cert_Threshold.pdf If you do a tidy job, and let it get dirty, probably no-one would notice.
    1 point
  25. The files here: https://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/new-zealand-motor-vehicle-register-statistics/new-zealand-vehicle-fleet-open-data-sets/ I just put it through LibreOffice Calc (Basically Excel) and pulled out some useful data. I'm not sure if it will be slow and cumbersome with Excel, but it was painful with LibreOffice. Whenever I did any sorting tasks the CPU would get locked on 100% usage for a while until it did the job.
    1 point
  26. Aquired wof and wheel alignment yesterday and went for a drive today Drove over a bridge And through a long arse tunnel Credit to my other half for the phone photos. The weather has been crap the last few days so no outside pics yet
    1 point
  27. And with that the results are in! (well they were always in due to the public nature of the poll...) In third place is embattled Mayor and coitus enthusiast 'Diamond' Joe Quimby: Stock photo: In second place is the ineffective voting option for those who wanted to be part of the voting process. Well done to all eight of you from around this great Country of ours, led by (as I've been told) a Mr Old Man Southern. May you and your ragtag bunch of political pioneers live on forever in the halls of Oldschool.co.nz And the winner, by a clear margin is the Municipality of Mt Roskill, Auckland. Voters stated that it's relatively high concentration of Liquor shops, new low-speed underground vehicular-transit-tube and the fact that it has a volcano in it means that this meeting place is hotter than the bubbling magma that it sensually straddles. Congratulations Mount Roskill, both the mediocre suburb and the dormant volcanic cone are to be commended. Therefore, our Meet this month will take place at Burger Fuel Mt Roskill: Wednesday 19th July 2017 Click this link to see the location on google maps: The Mt Roskill Burgerfuel is located at 22 Stoddard Road The DEAL$: FREE Drink with Burger and Chips Purchase (From the COKE range , excluding mini burgers) FIRST MEET?? If you are new to these meats here are a few points that may help; Most people usually show up between 7:00pm and 8pm-ish. We roll down to get burgers and whatever else is available whenever we're hungry. We sit around either at Burgerfuel or back up top in the carpark and continue the yarns. Remember its always a casual affair, a place to yarn to mates and make new ones. An Oldschool car is not required at all, but if you've got one on the road then bring it and show it off!! Doesn't need to be flash or special. RULES AND THE BORING STUFF!! Basically these are in place so we have a fun and friendly meet and leave the carpark clean and tidy like we were never there. Take your rubbish away with you or put it in a bin, Use the public bins provided throughout the carpark or the ones for the food businesses themselves. Don't be a messy cunt. Smokers please don't dispose of your butts on the ground! Again, don't be a messy cunt. Be a good one. Please limit the ALCOHOL consumption. Its a public place and the Police/security regularly stop in and we don't want want anyone getting in trouble, We also don't want people leaving empties around. As this is a new location there may be alcohol restrictions/rules in place but we will confirm these closer to the meet date. You are welcome to invite a few mates, but please note you are 100% responsible for their behaviour If you belong to other clubs and feel they might be keen to come check out our meet then that's cool but please see Threeonthetree, Shakotom or BDA780 for permission before inviting them. NO Skids or Reckless/Dangerous driving Park in a proper carpark! There are plenty to go around. MOST OF THESE ARE COMMON SENSE. WE WILL PROVIDE A FEW GENTLE REMINDERS WITH THE NEW RULES BUT REPEAT OFFENDERS MAY BE ASKED TO LEAVE. If you have any suggestions or input for the meets then PM Threeonthetree, Shakotom or BDA780 Thanks!!
    1 point
  28. Best day ever! Went to Rotorua swap meet today with a good mate. Coffees, chups (yes I know it's spelt chips), more coffee, secondhand tools...bogans, munters, she-mullets and hardcore westies...what's not to like? Then I find it, like a diamond in a goat's arse...the missing flanges I've been looking for since ages ago! They even came with a manifold for a girl's harley (aka Sportster). Grubby as fuck and looking unloved, but a quick going over with the sandblaster had them looking new again. Pictured fitted to the 1340 manifold...success! Best day ever!!!
    1 point
  29. I can confirm that i have no belt slip issues with pingin gillies.
    1 point
  30. Hah turns out it was already a 70cc and the new piston makes it 84cc, not 100 cc as advertised I see why people mess around with scooters, had it stripped in 30 min. Found some grey paint that matched ok so painted the bits of frame that were modified The variator rollers were worn with big flat spots so hopefully the new ones make that work better .
    1 point
  31. We have a runner! Set, tappets, shimmed up the exhaust, set the timing and away she went, runs nicely stationary anyway. Once new h/brake cable turns up can commence "round the block" testing. Thought for sure i'd have carburetor trouble since the twin aisans have been shelf-bound for so long but so far, so good. Can now hack into the body in earnest
    1 point
  32. Engine reunited with the transmission and reinstalled in the engine bay today.
    1 point
  33. Overview from behind with new coils fitted. I figure there's no bonnet on a motorcycle; so if you've got to have it, you may as well make it a feature.
    1 point
  34. yes it is. and you can look at other things out of it besides ass too!
    1 point
  35. I'll describe the process a bit here, but I can't give too much information due to non-disclosure agreements. Basically you have rovings of fibre glass (a bundle of unidirectional strands, in this case approximately 4.4 kg/km worth or 1.73 mm^2 per roving). These rovings get passed through a resin bath and coated with the resin (in this case a mix of polyurethane/styrene and various fillers and catalysts). After the resin bath they are passed through a heated die, which is kept at a constant temperature. The resin cures within the die and the part comes out the other side in a hardened condition (kind of rubbery when it is still hot though as it usually exits the die above its glass transition temperature). When the part is out of the die, it cools somewhat and is then pulled using (in this case) rollers and then coiled up or cut to length. The benefit of using a small machine like this is it allows for very quick changes of resin and glass types, without interfering with the main production line and doesn't reduce the factory's throughput. Before making this machine I would have to wait for a break between jobs at the factory before I could get onto a machine for a day in order to run the experiments. Now I can just run them whenever I want for as long as I want.
    1 point
  36. Moving on.Headlight switch can up really nice, no one will see that either.same with the fusebox.speedo was feeling left out now.the face of the speedo was pretty sweet,so I wasn't going to bother opening it up, worst bits where the green film in the arrow had burned away, from the mighty 6volt bulb behind it I would imagine.So I was dreaming about how nice the speedo will like in my freshly painted dash and got distracted with body grommets under the dash, so I had placed the speedo on the wooden body frame, that's when I heard a sicking sound of something glass hitting the concrete as I knocked the speedo off it perch! smash!Unbelievably nothing broke, the chrome trim popped off, the glass rolled around the floor! could not have do it if you tried. and now I could clean the small bit of rust of the bottom of the black ring inside.and with that, and the wipers in, the dash was starting to take shape.also started running some wires.the money shot.
    1 point
  37. I thought I had better show some pics of the heater install, altho first off I fitted these up today, Powerdown 3 way adjustable shocks. They bolted in no problems altho getting the old ones out was difficult. Shout out to @Slacker_Sam. for the hook up. This has smoothed out the handling a bit, but i need to take it for a decent drive to see if it has helped the slightly sketchy understeery handling.. When I installed the heater I decided to make a separate fuel tank as the main one is not super big; I used the lid off an old jerry can, and also made a sweet breather that I have no pics of for some reason. This fits up underneath in front of the main tank, I think it is around 10L, heaps to run the heater for a few days at least. A hole got cut and I made a pretty shitty lockable fuel flap; The actual heater ended up inside the cabin in this weird storage space behind the passenger seat. It actually fitted perfectly; I made a ducted outlet so it blows it down the middle of the bus. When the cover is on you do not see any of my alphabetti spagetti wiring. The bitch sounded like a gas turbine from the outside when it was cranking so I muffled it with a pit bike muffler - this is now mostly socially acceptable. This is where the inlet and exhaust are; in the front wheel arch. The heater itself was a bit of a mission to get running right, it had no glow plug when I bought it so I ordered one from the UK. Once fitted it would start, but made hard work of it, but would start and run fine on pure kerosene. On diesel it would take a couple of glow cycles to start and only sometimes catch, then piss out huge clouds of unburnt diesel which was not super. If you blocked the inlet or exhaust for a second it would quite often catch instantly. I then ordered a gasket kit from the UK and stripped it down and replaced everything, the gaskets were all mostly fucked, but most interesting of all there was a second big resistor in the glow loom underneath the plastic housing. I did some calcs of the current and voltage and decided that the glow was just not getting hot enough due to the second resistor. The UK Eberspacher boys knew nothing about this extra resistor so I had to solve it myself. It appeared as though the resistor was there so a 12v glow could be used in the 24v heater, but of course I had ordered a 24v glow plug. The current draw and resistance I was measuring was not tying in to any of the specs to get the power output specified. So in the end I calculated the ohms that the resistor needed to be to get the power output to the glow that was specified in the manual, cut a little bit more than half of the nichrome wire off and TIGed it back together. I had a couple of goes at this to make sure I had the right figure... Anyway that actually worked and now it starts pretty much straight away, with only a wee puff of smoke. It cranks out the heat as well.. Fuck you are all going to be cold sorry bitches in Hanmer, I however will be roasty toasty
    1 point
  38. Yeah mayte, this was actually the fourth point I made in the 'pros' section. but I know you're a company man and probably had to skim read for efficiency. You should be the first RFB to limmy bash the tunnel. It's not just the resident but also ongoing issues with the tenant who has the right of use for the upstairs carpark. Between that, a difficult landlord and the secluded nature of the upstairs carpark (meaning that it is very easy for the aforementioned to falsely accuse us of causing damage and leaving a mess as we are a rather conspicuous bunch) it seemed easier to try another location for this month. Just to see if it could be a better option going forward (corporate buzzword quota of one reached!)
    1 point
  39. Nats Prep: Oil changed. The Warehouse currently has a special on for 4 litres of 20w50 for $15.00 each. Not fancy oil - just Caltex Havoline. Soon as I brought this I inherited many half used oils from @Mr Burns so effectively a free oil change apart from filter. Warehouse oil will be used next time. Seam sealed the rear leaking window rubber, replaced a 6x9 I blew due to not porting the boot, ported the boot with an ali trumpet, and applied some bling. @Threeonthetree sent me a Facepalm marketplace link for some wheels. 1960's Buick Riviera / Skylark etc in 5x5". They need to be restored at some point, but they had pretty much brand new tyres and some gangsta appeal. Cruised over the the shore and picked them up. Bargain at $300. Filled car up - we ready to go. Car now looks more suitably oldschool: Bigger profile, bigger width. Cruises at 100 much nicer now. Subtle lowering (Makita 'bro) after Nats. Chur.
    1 point
  40. Photobucket sucks balls. Can't be bothered updating the pictures, and without them this thread seams pointless. So revised; long story short I've made a hardtail harley motorcycle. Started with nothing, now looks like this!
    1 point
  41. So the car is completely worthless now: I also tightened up the sump bolts the other day, hopefully that does something to reduce the oil leak at the back of the engine - a couple of bolts were a little loose back there.
    1 point
  42. There are a few bubbles around the car that suggested rust, but of course they CAN'T be, because the old Barry I purchased the car off said that all repairs were done with SOLID STEEL MAYTE. NO BOG IN THIS CAR. Thought I'd have a look at the solid steel, so hit it with a disc and found this. Thanks Barry - Roger. Ok, exploratory surgery required I guess. There's your problem The Rootes Group, in their vast intelligence, put a lump of foam sponge in between the inner and outter skin. This is the rust filled sponge. Pulled said sponge out, Rust converted all the inner stuff (still very solid thank goodness) and put some fish oil type stuff throughout all the cavities. Notice the factory inspection hole on the inner guard (sans rubber grommet) so that I can do the same in the future. Ran out of panel steel, however no one can see the BACK of my filing cabinets, so there might be some missing now. Bent and cut into shape. Did a welding. The hole above the tacked panel has meat around it so will be a secondary repair after this one. A third repair will be done on the inner door jam as well. I don't have the skill to do it all as one. I'm also sure my work is a bit shit by other peoples standards... But I try! Seam welded (a few holes still to be finished) and grinded to make sure I was doing stuffs right. So, first bit of welding done on the car. I have since done the other two repair patches above this one and tidied things up. Etch primer seems to be the same colour as the paint which is handy as I've got a few other patches to tackle when i can be bothered and would rather do all the painting at the end, so it can stay in primer without being too noticeable! Tell me I'm doing it shit in the 'discuss'. Happy to learn stuffs
    1 point
  43. Did some towing. I guess I'm gonna have to start another thread soon for the new project.... Also seemed to have fixed ride height in the back temporarily.
    1 point
  44. Small update: Hawkes Boes. Big trip from Auckland. So, did the usual check the car before a long trip. Oil change, diff / gearbox check, coolant etc. All good. Went to grab some cable-ties and gaffa tape and the radiator let go. Fluid into the fan, across the engine, up the windscreen etc. Thank goodness for good wiper blades. Anyway, pulled the rad out and it was obvious that it was poked in more than one place. The poked radiator. With only 4 days till departure I had no choice but to get it re-cored, rather than scavenge something else and make it work (which would be normal procedure) 1 Million dollars later I have a new radiator. Anyway, all fixed I followed threeonthetree in convoy to Hawkes Boes AND kept up with his younger car comfortably. Which made me think, The car is 54 years old. It has three gears. It weighs a ton and a half. It has a 3 litre straight six. This isn't going to go well. But then .... It comfortably does a 697 MILE trip - that's 1121kms over three days. (note - without exploding/ breaking / other such stuff) It averaged between 11 & 12 litres per 100km. (23ish MPG) I did worse than that in my turbo Subaru. Wat? I'm impressed. Guess I'll keep her for a bit. Photocred: Roman. Humber at Hawkes Boes camping setup. (It's a BIG tent, not a small car)
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