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another vote for Milwaukee. I was the first in the workshop to get one and since then every other mechanic has used it and bought one themselves. Theres fuckall they cant undo and batteries last forever. Just makesure you get the model with the circlip style end, not the pin type. Much nicer to use and lower '1' torque setting is way lower than high '2'. makes it way more useable

ring insurance companys, tell them you want to insure for x amount because of what it is. Most of the time theyll say OK and set your premiums to suit.

One of my cars had a 'market value' of $1200 and i insured it for $5000. Another was around $2000 and insured for $10,000. 

Each time they asked why, and i explained to them (semi rare vehicle, has modifications, couldnt replace it for their market value).

Only get it valued if they dont agree with your value. They dont give 2 shits what its worth, as long as you pay the premiums to suit.

do you have access to a leak down tester? will probably tell you where all the compressions are disappearing to

Camo door cards cant be certed

                   - Max, 2016

There we go, I've started a rumor.

Fuck i hope this takes off  

whoa, is that a corvair behind that truck?

we have a corvair in at work at the moment, probably the most un-chevy like chev ive ever encountered

Many of them had a leaky front cover that was repaired under warranty.

I just sold an 02 auto one that was pretty poorly maintained by the previous owner, but after a little love and care, it was a perfect wee runner.

Id have another as a daily.

I sold the car AIWI and was honest in my explanation on the car and it didn't give me any issues when I owned it. 

I once had a similar issue and everytime the person called/texted, i replied with this ^. Went on for about 4 weeks with all sorts of threats, from "ill take you to small claims!'' to "my parents are very wealthy and you dont want me to get them involved!". Eventually they gave up and realized I wasnt going to give them anything for free. 

Keep all correspondence (screenshot texts, Ect.) and if you believe that you were completely honest about the car then theres nothing more you can really do.

People will always try to blame the last owner for any faults, especially when its buyers regret

i bought a car of a mate, he filled out the disposal form with my details on it, i completely forgot to do the change of ownership papers.

11 months later i recieved a reminder that the rego was about to lapse (project car sitting in my garage)

I thought fuck, need to backpay 11 months just to put it on hold.

when i tried to pay it, i couldnt because i wasnt the registered owner. changed the ownership and there was no cost to me! I was worried about my mate having to cover it, so i asked what the story was.

Turns out that he had disposed of it and they had no registered owner.... so nobody owned it. No bill, YAY FOR ME! 

probably could have been avoided if id just changed to ownership and put on hold but owell

Uuuuuhm how has beer bong not been mentioned yet? that is the #1 on my list!

91!

ear plugs for 4hr+ trips. no matter how sweet your car sounds, a constant 3000rpm gets pretty dull after a while

then again, my cars are never really finished, so theres always holes in the firewall that need plugging/no carpet or sound deadening

Well the time has come to let this thing go.

WOF + REG till march/april 

Its everything you would expect a 35 year old japanese ute to be, it has its flaws but its also been a super reliable truck that has never let me down.

firm on $3000, itll go on FB/trademe next week for a little more (as every punter wants to talk you down to get a deal).

thanks

i dont know if its relevant but i had a vvti 1gfe in a ke70. it went really well and made 154hp at the wheels, completely standard apart from the ecu.

I recently had the privilage of driving a non vvti 1gfe and it was pretty dissapointing.

are you trying to make max power from a 1g or just make it sound amazing and go a little better? 

Reverse swing wilwood pedal box? About $800 including cylinders and a fair bit of fucking round and making it all fit under the dash but you only live once right?

Big mirrors are definetly required. I'll probably get some off a truck wrecker, damaged chrome and a bit of rust would be ideal. I think it'll look a bit silly with new nice shiney mirrors on it

I do like this alot

 

Also there is one at PAP here at the moment if you want me to raid some bits off it

I may need some front hubs soon. Most of my wheel studs are pretty fucked, and i dont know if the disk brake conversion will allow me to keep the wheels. Maybe cheaper to replace the hubs rather than shell out for 12x new studs

Japrace in Christchurch normally have them

keep your turbo and wrap exhaust manifold with copper tubing, run water through that?

would also look cool too 

i need to know what the other 3 mods will be!? 

1. Slam?

2. Wheels maybe?

3.????????

This week i started applying some of the door signage. I had a friend sign writer make me up some stencils, and another buddy mix up some paint.

I ended up brushing it on and will buff it in a week or two to get it thin and patchy in spots. 

Ill probably get someone to write either "salvage vehicle" or "recovery vehicle" in a semicircle underneath by hand, as my hands are shakier than Michael Fox eating jelly on a plane.

many autos and manuals run the same but slightly different engines - altezza 3SGEs are a good example.

The auto utes we work on seem to be noticably quicker of the line compared to the manuals, but like whats just been said, it depends on the vehicle.

this thing is rad! I wish i had a fireplace just for the excuse to try and make one.

Well done!

hmmm there is a jeep wrecker just up the road...

Well they're on the ute now. Leaves will be out in the weekend to be reset, it desperately needs some low! 

The front wheels poke out a little. Im not really sure what my best option is here, theres no room to move the center for more + offset, and im not keen to run those rubber universal fender extenders.

Option #1 - Roll the shit out of them? The bodys already dented a rusty so could definitely pull off a rough guard look

Option #2 - Some wide flares of another truck that will suit the later model guards?

Option #3 - ???????

Give me your guard thoughts! http://oldschool.co....gos-b1600-yarn/