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well then, many happenings have been happening. firstly my good Mate Adam strapped it down to his dyno and he had a go at tuning it. the fuel pump died and it was making 15PSI which is way to much for a poor little M122. so i pulled the fuel pump out and replaced it with a walbro GSS341 and i made a bigger pulley for the supercharger. while i was at it i put the colder thermostat in it. put it all back together and this morning i went back to Adam's dyno for another go. everything was working so we set about basic setup, this is where i discovered that id set the timing wrong and it was retarded by 15 degrees. dont know how id fucked that up but i had. explains a lot.............. so anywho with the timing right things progressed well and the thing made power without getting hot so thats solved. pics/video can tell the rest of the story. EDIT - flickr is being a dick and wont upload any pictures. it made 250RWKW and the torque is literaly a straight line at 280 foot pounds. but youtube is working so heres the vid,

fuck man, i did like a million skids on the way home from the dyno.

Got this as daily hack. have fixed a fair bit of cancer. Ideal plan is to tidy up as much as possible without a full ground up build....maybe a set of custom rims.. dont have a lot of photos as such but here is one I took before I bought it. The previous owner lived it so I'm continuing the legacy Discussion thread

After a couple of big sessions we have a drive train and it works! As I have stated have been concerned about the weight with the buggy body. Story within itself scored a bonnet locally in great condition, so now we have a Volksrod! Also had concerns about the gearing and brakes, no worries with the gearing plenty low enough to get going and cruise, if anything will probably have to gear her up a couple of cogs. Brakes are better than expected as well, all four rear wheels have brakes which helps, operated from a lever mounted outside the seats, emergency braking Fred Flinstone style! Plan to run her without the front bar maybe rig up a small nurf bar, pretty happy with where she’s at, looks like a Volksrod?!

So i was gifted this little gem in a trade. Dosnt kick over. Both wheels were seized. Breaks dont work. Has rust. But is sorta a good start hahah. So got home alredy un seized wheels thanks breaks. Pumped up tyres. Now to try to figer y wont kick over. Maby buy anothet motor. Thankfully was moreless free

Wrapped the exhaust as i didn't want it to cook the alternator or starter Blocked off a couple of vacuum hoses and rangid up a fuel supply I've got 11ty vacuum leaks but it's running pretty well considering. I need to replace the engine mounts too as they are super soft.

Drilled some holes in the air cleaner base and made a bracket to screw the cover on Hopefully it'll actually clear the bonnet.. That's future Chris' problem

was having a big clean up today and making room for the wife to park in the garage (1st time in 20 years lol).. put the diff in and slapped some rims on to roll it around but this is the closest its been to being on wheels in the past 2.5 years.

Finally got the old girl running, not sure exactly what the issue was but I replaced the carburetor with a rebuilt one, distributor cap, rotor, leads, adjusted timing, cleaned the spark plugs and it burst into life, still needs some minor timing adjustments and fine tuning on the carb but I'm stoked. Worst part was I couldnt take it on a test drive due to a new asphalt driveway only just been finished.

Progress is happening on the rust!! WooT!! Also went to do finally assembly on subframe today and had a bit of a hiccup with some nuts and washers, even though I gave the nut and washers to the guy to match, he still got them wrong, cue RAGE QUIT. (probably exacerbated by cunt of a job it is to get the lower suspension arms in, 4 things have to line up and they don't) But at least I got the brakes back together.

Picked up some good quality window tint from @Archetype. As expected I wasn't able to do a good job of the rear screen and I'm happy to pay someone to do that later on, but the sides went flawlessly and I'm so pleased I opted to tint the car. Should help heaps with it being an oven in summer. The car is all but complete and back together, things lefts are to cut back the orange peel and buff it aswell as fit the manual trans. l

The EJ Holden moves under its own power, probably for the first time since 1994 and possibly 1990. Managed to get round to my mates place about half a k away and back. Found a water leak from it looks like the lower radiator hose. The brakes have a reasonable amount of travel and need a good shove but work OK. I'm going to have another go at adjusting up the rear brakes tomorrow. The steering isn't too heavy, not power steering but not bad. Lots of little but time consuming things to do. The electric fan is on all the time, I suspect the temperature sender has died, it's buried under the throttle body so that has to come out to check the sender. I installed my new H4 semi sealed beam headlights. They are flatter than the old fully sealed beams but worth it for the brightness. Lots still to do but massive step forward. I think this car is going to be lots of fun.

It's a close fit but the bonnet shuts

hard to say exactly tbh. temps did drop once we'd sorted the timing issue, but they were getting better all the time. the more load and running it saw the better it got. so maybe a combo tight new motor and timing issue caused it? i did learn that you cant use the trigger wire to the coil as the trigger for your timing light because it gives a false reading. i dont know by how much, couple of degrees i would imagine. but it is false.

Pulled the engine this morning.. Took all of about 30 minutes. Took it home and gave it a clean Before, After, doesn't look it but I can assure you it has a lot less oil on it.. After doing some reading I've come to the realisation that my sister probably cooked the engine, there should be an engine seal around the tinware and also the heater pipes weren't on either, according to the gurus that be on the webs the engine bay should be totally sealed otherwise the engine will overheat.. Went out to buzz bug this morning and he confirmed what I thought, was good to chat to someone that knows they're shit. Gonna send him a list through of stuff for the engine, he's also getting in a bunch of rust repair panels which will suit our kombi..

I have been picking away at this radiator piping all week, my back heartily disapproves of grovelling on the concrete, I may have to find a crawler.. First thing I did was create something to make beads on that pipe, this seemed like a good idea but the pipe is 1.6mm wall thickness and quite resistant to change. Fortunately I have a large press, so this seemed a good way to do it; Works fucking sweet, just press and spin, press and spin etc. It is scary when you over do it and the two 8mm weld beads go pop, but otherwise uneventful. Then I just cracked on, some of these boys go complicated; Then I chucked them into place today; They have come up good, hopefully there are no leaks, I was in the zone when doing it but there is always room for a fuckup. A couple of pics up you can see the drain plug I put in a relatively protected spot, but I reckon a skid guard is on the cards regardless. You can also see the vent on the top of the rad which should help get the air out... I just have to get what was the side drawer face mounted on hinges, find a feed for the fan relay then bolt everything back together. Getting to the clutch slave will now be way more fun than it was. In other news I believe I have well and truly sorted the brake situation, things are in transit right now and I will post a pic when that package arrives.....

I guess I ought to, even if it is only to harvest the phone numbers of your respective wives and mothers.

done about a thousand Ks in It now and its heaps better. its still not fixed, i think crawling stop start traffic would be the death of it but its getting better all the time so ill just drive it more. it really wants to go, the motor feels heaps better now that its running a bit more freely. the tune is basically non existent for anything above very light throttle so its not exactly ground breaking as yet but next weekend i should be able to get the tune a bit better. also i have found a thermostat that opens at 76deg. stock is 82. i did some side by side testing and what was interesting was that these didnt actually open at the stated temperature, they opened about 5 degrees hotter than stated. its when you let the water cool and the temp comes down that the thermostat seems to close at about the design temp. differences between the two, the 76deg has a much larger aperture at full open than the stock one. i haven't installed the 76deg thermostat yet, ill do more Ks in the car first and see how things settle. its good to know that i have this up my sleeve though, it may be that in summer when the AC is cranking and im sitting in traffic i need to run the colder thermostat. i guess ill find out. 2020-05-31_04-44-11 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-05-31_04-44-32 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-05-31_04-44-40 by sheepers, on Flickr

Been a VW fan for yonks, had both a 1960 and 64 Split window Kombies a 64 Beetle and a 74 ex Australian Army 9 seater Kombi, wish I'd kept one of those Kombies! Time has flown, ten years ago nearly I saved this old J & S buggy from the clutches of a brutish Banyan tree that was going to gobble up the old thing. The pan was gone to rust heaven, managed to save a few parts from the motor, what’s left of front end and transaxle are still at the whims of nature in the bush. As found….. As she sat under a tarp for nearly ten years…….. Been thinking and talking about doing this for an age, finally got the time, no work, so getting into it, she is going to be a worm burner, down with the snakes, as in low! Will be two person pedal powered with a central VW steering wheel so both occupants can share the driving. Will have brakes but only on the rear wheels of which there will be four, two driving, two coasting. Been hoarding (collecting) bits for her for a while, some old school head lights found in a junk shop, front bar scored at the local dump. Made up the windscreen from an old windy frame, can fold down safari style. Probably obvious, she's a bit heavy so have made her so the buggy body can come off and she can go as just the frame. Really want to keep the VW flavour, steering wheel, badges, chasing up some ratty hub caps, more on this later…..

Clubsport may have been driven by a Mum with kids in the back... Anglia is nicely balanced, so much grip at both ends. I should have worn ear plugs, a few hours in the Anglia took me a few days for the ringing to stop. Bring a Valiant next year!

So I finally got around to mixing up some of the 65 Shore A polyurethane to see if it seems about right for engine mounts etc. I tipped some into the corner of the cut off bottom of a coke bottle. the results - aahhhh... It feels weird to give a review saying these mini boobs were about the right firmness but here we are. Definitely needs degassing, end up stirring a whole heap of bubbles into it that don't escape at all. This stuff is very gluggy compared to resin etc. It also took bloody ages to set. Like, more than a day. Very different to the solid stuff I used earlier which set in about 15 mins. I've been watching some stuff about bonding it to steel, sounds like you need to rough the surface with sandblasting, use a polyurethane friendly etch primer, then you'll get a really strong contact with the urethane poured against it. I guess only other thing is to make sure it's somewhat petrol/oil/temperature tolerant. I guess it would be seeing how many people use poly bushes for nearly everything. Will try find what sort of additive you can use to colour it.

Havent done much for the last month or so as had a bit going on. Got the full new exhaust painted with heat paint and on this weekend, sounds primo and alot better than the one that was on it. Got some new Hawk HP Plus pads for the S6 Brake setup and have fitted that up, should be a good stopping package now! Just waiting on some new front brake lines and that can be bled up and car can hit the ground again. All booked in to get the rust sorted in a couple of weeks so will get that sorted next.

It’ll likely be an early AF05 engine, non variable cvt type drive. Did come with electric start. Same/similar to Nifty 50 and Eve models.

sounds pretty ace when your driving it too.

Been running this round a bit, not too far from the house but just enough to get the motor warmed up. Runs better and better as the engine breaks in. Its loud and sounded a bit tinny so I cracked open the supertrapp and found an ok amount of baffle packing wrapped in masking tape. Brought some new packing which was a bit more like a cloud than a blanket so I packed that inside and wrapped it in the OG packing. The result was a much more bulkier baffle also upgraded the strapping with steel zip ties to hold it tighter. Since these are a Supertrapp style exhaust they have a heap of exhaust rings which are spaced with washers, the space between the rings lets the exhaust out. I ended up removing 3 to reduce the noise. Quite cool how adjustable it is. Anyways I’ll see what it all sounds like tomorrow as it got too late to fire it up.

Perfect bag sleeping conditions. I'm all about the tenting

I think someone should have cut my hands off at birth, or at least ban me from trademe... Yip...aha...yep...yes this did just happen.

Building the 1961 Datsun 310 Bluebird - Right side completed periphery structures. A flood of pics to display the completed right hand side periphery structures. This will provide solid support for the future floor build. And on the work goes until the Bluebird rust be banished. Discussion: https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/60267-marts-pl310-61-datsun-bluebird-sedan/ Build: https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/60264-marts-pl310-61-datsun-bluebird-sedan/

What's the last pic of? I cant see anything Also lol at @piazzanoob plate. Sounds like something my dad says. Good to see the galaxie is mobile again

first meet up in ages! Was a bit late so sharns weren't as widely spread, but will try make it on time next time. Pics for proof there was some old cars there.

Whooohooo we have some progress, control as in steering in, also revisited the front end. Was going to have a rigid front end but thought what the heck, had the bits so went with suspension, see how she goes, if work out couple of bolts and she goes back to a solid set up! So you can steer her how about propulsion, mocked up the pedal position, the way things are looking they will sit lower. As I said up the top want to keep the VW theme rolling, so first VW bit a Ratty 60’s steering wheel. I live very isolated so you often fix and build things with what you have. Also as with most things I’m on a budget so best thing about this build so far what I’ve spent. Only items I’ve laid out cash on, some welding rods, the tyres, some spring washers and the steering wheel, all the rest scrounged from local tip, gotta be happy with that!

did another 300Ks in it today, got in a mild traffic situation/has to slow down a bit on the motorway and it was fine but TBH it was not stopped traffic. i do feel like its getting better though. weird looking picture of car contains bonus steam trains. 2020-06-01_03-30-37 by sheepers, on Flickr

So after a couple of big days finally got the rear end sorted, originally had the drive wheels out beyond the body. Revised this they now sit nicely in the space where the VW engine would have sat. So in a sense have the motor where it should be! Next sort out the chain drive, plan is to have two idlers up to the pedals. The outer wheels take some of the load, hoping most of the weight comes onto the middle drive wheels, all four have suspension, outers leaf springs, inners coils. Scored the outers off a children’s pram, the inners off an old school suspension mountain bike. After the drive system is sorted front end and steering, long way to go but getting there! Any tips criticism gratefully accepted.................?

Quite distinctive and all too similar to what some friends had for a very long time, was a well loved vehicle

Thread dredge @mattj Hannah saw an anglia, with what she was pretty sure sounded like a rotary engine, when she was running in Kaiteriteri today. Was it yours Matt?

I don't believe in imperial so re tapped the manifold Chopping board carb spacer I tapped the adapter plate but didn't have any bolts long enough. Popped into bunnings for a bit of threaded rod and some loctite All bolted together

Better do a skid just to confirm though

whens the next meet happening?

As mentioned in spam I'm tired of waiting. Thanks to old mate @rb drifter we are off to collect a specimen tomorrow. Certainly not Hemi cool, but I think what I have in mind for this should get the forums approval. Pictures tomorrow......

New Exhaust out through the sill to get it clear of the ground as I kept knocking it. Fuel/surge tank boxed in for a cover. Most of the bits back on. Wheel base has gone from 1300mm to 1400mm (standard AE86) so will be interesting to feel the difference. Fab work should be finished this week.

ahhhhhhhhhhhhh winter ..strange time of year. work slows down and so does the extra cash....that and its bloody cold Leeds to me having a massive lack of motivation. but in saying that i got heaps down in the lock down and have had parts arriving from time to time so i have got a few things done today. calipers stripped , cleaned , painted and rebuilt with all new seals and pistons as well as a spacer kit. all bolted up to the cleaned and painted hubs and axles with all new seals and bearing (spacer came with washers to move the caliper over a wee bit but had to drill them out to fit.) bolted to the cleaned , painted and re bushed front end with new upper and lower ball joints..(used the old shocks and springs as they will be the very last thing i do when all the weight is in the car and i sort out height)....just need some tie rod ends and maybe look at doubling up the front swaybar or getting a bigger one made..and thats the front i couldnt find a good set of XF injectors so found a cleaned set of BA XR6 ones ...fit really and same plugs.. i have also been thinking of going coil on plug ..so i grabbed a set from the same BA XR6 ..they fit well and with a mount made and a heat shelf i think they will do the job...the only issues i can think of so far is if the XF TFI dizzy (hall effect) isnt a good enough trigger for the link atom ecu.(might have to sort another trigger out.)

This took all fucking day...I was scratching my head, couldn't get it to run. Had me well fucked to the point of insanity. The last owner gave up on trying to get it going and I was about to as well.That's the problem with shit other people fuck with, you don't know what they've done and you start over thinking and exploring all those possibilities. But then after 8 hours I stopped for a coffee...and ding!!! Light switch moment!!! Reeds - its gotta be the fucking reed valve. So upon taking it apart I find a stone inside the reed valve holding it open on one side. Honestly if the said stone was 1mm smaller in size it would have gone through the motor. I popped it out, turned the petals over and it fired up and run (awfully) for the first time in god knows how long...yes, yes...YES!!! Cleaning the low and main jets and emulation tube with a small wire also helped. And then an "Italian tune up" aka drive it like you stole it...and success. I'll tidy it up and try figure out what giggery has happened to the wiring tomorrow. Someone has made a real mess trying to hotwire it. But it goes...fuck yeah...stoked...

Axles prepped and waiting for new bearings tomorrow.

Project Farm on youtube has done a sharpener comparison.

Well i went to finish fitting the airbox and for some reason it no longer fitted as it should (motor has been in and out a few time since then.) So this led to me redoing something i wasn't 100%happy with.... The way the motor sits so i lowered the mounts as far down as i could and cut the top of the tunnel off and made some 20mm spacers to lift the gear box up.. Now it sits so much better and the gearbox to driveshaft to diff is a better angle ..... As for the airbox not fitting as it use to (had an idea i was planning on doing to this anyway as the box is solid mounted and the trumpets will move inside it) Sooooooo seats out..center console out..top of tunnel cut off. Engine lower down on the mounts and gearbox spaced up 20mm New top made (it sits alot higher than factory so i had to make it to the shape of the center console ) So that led to me thinking about the shifter .. It was tall sloppy and the throw was ridiculous.. I have searched in the past and then spent somemore time yesterday searching for a short/quick shifter for it but there arnt any. .you can rebush them and that helps ..there was a guy on ebay selling home made ones years ago for stupid money and not anymore.. So i thought i would have ago at making one....so i pulled it apart I did also look at escort shifters as the thread is the same and you can get them off the shelf....but the ends are to different. So the throw factory is 120mm from 1st to 2nd and 60mm across the gate to 3rd and 4th.. I found a 20mm thick nut that fit perfectly over the shaft and cut it down to the same as the shifter base and i put a weld ontop of it as well The plastic thread on the shifter are crap (much like all ford ones) and wear out... i had some 40mm mild steel tube and it was a close size to the plastic threw...But i coulnt thread the bottom of the tube to fit the gearbox hole.... so i had a v clamp sitting on the self That was a nice fit over the outside of the shifter hole so i drilled 4 holes and its held in nice and tight with 4 grub screws. The vband was a lot bigger than the 400mm tube so i cut up a huge washer i had and used bits to center the tube and make welding easier It was at this point i ran out of welding gas yesterday...got some from a mate last night.. so its got some shitty gasless tacks holding it together and i pressed the plastic shifter base into the tube after cutting it to the size needed and stopped taking pics .but last night i welded it up cleaned it up and gave it a paint... cut the top of the escort shift off so the gearknob was a good fit. all together and mounted. throw from 1st to 2nd is now just under 60mm and sidewas to 3rd and 4th is now 30mm so i halfed the throw and it feels so much better and at a better hight. Center consoles back in and they sit a lot higher but you cant really notice it My heater ducting also turned up and i got the wrong size but a trial fit lets me know it will work perfectly. all back together .. and now i can get back to the airbox

As you can see it needs a bit of work. As my dad passed last year and this was at one point his pride and joy we collectively pulled finger and decided to get on with its restoration in his memory..

ahhh memories, My first ever ute was a 76 one tonner. Was contract roofing and it was my daily. 202 and 4 speed. No rocket ship but extremely reliable. yours is the genuine article too, lots of wannabe models around. Should never have sold it, Missed it so much I had to go and get a later model version. I still have a few random parts from the 76,(headlight surrounds, mirrors, door handles, wiring bits and pieces, air cleaner), If your ever in Tauranga bring a bottle of Jim Beam and take what you want. Have got Lpg set up out of it too, everything but the tank. Here's a few of the bits I dug out. And my late model version, 5.7 and 6speed.

Ha ha, nah trailered it to Chch for the guy who built the engine to check it over and tune it. It is all run in now so will finally be able to open it up and see what it will do. Have taken the family so driving it wasn't really going to fly.