Ghost

I will have 2 cars that run this month I can choose between, provided they do still run next week... 
Been a bad month for alternators....

On 25/03/2018 at 20:57, Bombsquad said:

Not really old but it cracked me up, Business naming 101...   (spotted in Hamilton by the way, not japan lol)

Awww they changed the company name already 

It's a shame all our old Fuso's are awaiting repair..

Parts delayed (typical shipping companies), thankfully Vic from skodaparts.co.nz personally dropped them off for me earlier in the week.

New brakes in, pass!

The only thing I didn't fix was the weather forecast for the Ellerslie car show tomorrow..

Finally got around to taking it through a WOF, passed everything except the rear drum brakes - imbalanced.

Upon further inspection we found that the only shoe that was working (cylinder half seized) was attempting to grip onto oil covered drums (the grip coming from the dried up oil I guess).

It's times like these when you realise you are working on a incredibly rare car, made of parts from another car that was produced in a country that no longer exists..

Thankfully it is a pretty basic system, parts are on the way so should finally get a WOF in a week or so!

Just noticed that old commer has a white plate on it too, amazing they kept it on the road that long as ours were totally rusted out by then...

I wonder if it is still around, was on the road until 2001:
https://carjam.co.nz/car/?plate=nt8420

6 hours ago, S124AB said:

Apologies if you have hoarding tendencies...ie collecting more than two of anything.....

I'm safe then, just...

On 1/4/2018 at 22:50, kiwi808 said:

I’m so disappointed that so many people went to C&C and not one of you has posted a picture of that lush as fuck red Saab.

Happy now?

Saw this at C&C, I need one...

Mack MC

22 hours ago, Evan said:

Ex Civil Whey/Fonterra?

Yeah, from Hautapu.

On 12/1/2017 at 16:40, Threeonthetree said:

At work. For sale too.

Pretty sure this was built in our workshop, that's why the chassis is orange.

Might know someone who is interested in buying it actually.

First job for the new Volvo watercart

Bought another old truck, only done 19,000 km from new...

Was based in New Plymouth and then the Marsden Point refinery most of its life, the pump does 75 L per second.

Need to find a new water cannon for the top and fix the siren.

At the top of a hill in Huntly

Volvo's back then sure were ugly

Getting closer now, almost ready!

Of course the more you look at something the more issues you find/remember..

Still to do:

• Fix RH Rear camber issue (Had a bracket installed the wrong way around, woops)
• Wheel alignment
• Get wipers working
• Sort out carb tune
• Repair broken trim
• Gearbox shift linkage
• Engine belts

Thought I should take a video of it

Not very good at finishing projects, thought I better take it for a quick drive today though..

Still to do:

• Fix RH Rear camber issue
• Wheel alignment
• Get wipers working (amazing British Leyland era Lucas cable wiper system and it appears they built the car around it)
• Sort out carb tune
• Repair broken trim

Then it should be time to try and get a WOF!