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Is a straight bolt on.  No spacers or machining.  I used ms85 hubs and stubs, i assume the same as ms 65?

Still fits a factory 14" rim over them too

Re brake upgrade.   504? Peugeot discs and hulux 4pots  bolt on.   20mm vented disc.    Downside was  because the peugeot is so obscure the discs were hard to get.   @sheepers gave me the name of some parts store in aussie that  had DBA  cast a whole lot  mainly for crown conversions, cant recall the name sorry 

Yea,  chrome place organised it

On 22/04/2025 at 21:25, Flauski said:

Bumper replacements sounds next level, with their prices to match.

Per @fletch suggestion, I got in touch with Whanganui Electroplating, they do it for 950+ gst each. Anyone used them?

 

Yea, i got a heap of chrome done there. Happy as.    Bumpers went to some old barry , ex panel beater that fixed up rust holes and dents.  They were rubbish to start with and came back looking shmick.    Cant recall price but thought it was reasonable at the time.   Wasnt a quick turn around, took as long as it took.  Also old boy that runs it was hard work,   too many chromium fumes. Would trade again tho

On 22/04/2025 at 21:25, Flauski said:

Bumper replacements sounds next level, with their prices to match.

Per @fletch suggestion, I got in touch with Whanganui Electroplating, they do it for 950+ gst each. Anyone used them?

 

Yea, i got a heap of chrome done there. Happy as.    Bumpers went to some old barry , ex panel beater that fixed up rust holes and dents.  They were rubbish to start with and came back looking shmick.    Cant recall price but thought it was reasonable at the time.   Wasnt a quick turn around, took as long as it took.  Also old boy that runs it was hard work,   too many chromium fumes. Would trade again tho

Not guna lie. Im intrigued  and  confused all at the same time Harry. Whats the  go with the cut up head and valve opener bracket thing yourve made?

On 28/01/2025 at 19:02, Vintage Grumble said:

Trying to talk the wife into this:

I saw this listing you may be interested in: 2013 Lexus LS 600 LS600H F-Sport https://www.trademe.co.nz/5102308221

Have to start calling you the mayor of whakatane  driving that weapon around.   On a side note since when did a hybrid only get a 1.5 star fuel economy rating

After a quick  look through I didn't see any mention of mazda cx9. Wife's got a 2017 model. Got it at 95ks  and done just on 200ks now.  Comfy, plenty of power.  7 seats, awd,  2.5l turbo.  A but on the wide side for parking.  Towed a  large tandem horse float cross country  fill to the brim on Christmas holiday and it did it with ease.   Fuel economy fell off a cliff tho. Has proven reasonably reliable

Gets my vote

Old 2m's  aren't really worth much.  I've  paid $100 for several of them , maybe if it's complete and running, gear box changes gear nice  I'd stretch to $500  for the lot.   Brought several old crowns and they've all come "spare"  m, 2m ,4m engines thrown in just so people can get rid of them I'd say

On 05/11/2024 at 18:42, RXFORD said:

Dreaming at that price. Its been for sale for agggggess. Even with the couple of shitty pics he put up you can see how fisted the panels are. 

I don't know the chap personally  but our wives are friends.   I did recall her saying one day  that he had some old car in the shed that'd been dragged from place to place and never got worked on.   I asked what type of car it was but she wasn't sure. Guess I know now🤦

Covers look spectacular!   I'm sure you've considered it bit have you got some sort of baffle on the bottom of the cover under the breather hole like the factory one  had?   I only ask because I  never put mine back in after  cleaning them up and sucked the better part of a litre of oil  out the little breather hole into the inlet before I realized what I'd done, don't spose it'd matter if it went into a catch can tho

 Cant wait to see this thing running

Chur

Looked into buying  a BA falcon a minute back and on the dash it had some sharn that said "police mode enabled"  come up on the digital dash.  Great I thought. This things gunna have all kinds of trickery  going on.    A quick Google  tells me all it does is  takes the discrepancy  out of the speedo so it reads accurately  for police related tasks 

17 hours ago, Spencer said:

I have sat in-front of a crown chassis in yee old days with Sheepers and Camel, the verdict is to make a crown V8 conversion (and most likely V6) that does not suck you need to hack up the chassis. Something like get a Mustang 2 rack and pinion front end kit and then make some front chassis rails from the firewall forward, or you might get away with just removing the giant cross member and making something less obtrusive.

Pretty much the same conclusion I came to.   Here's a pic showing how close the exhaust  ports are to the steering box  with a V engine  fitted.   Think it's only a  60degree V so pretty narrow too

Have put a 1gzfe in ms55 and doesn't fit very well.   Not saying it can't be done but hits steering box and drag link arm.

Also about your chassis numbers for some unknown reason on  all my old crowns  the number on the chassis rail and body doesn't match.not much help bit seems to be the way they are

Was just looking through your build thread and happened across a post where  yourd installed a kenwood bluetooth amp .  Looks exactly like what I'm after.    I know the model number bit doesn't appear  to be readily available in nz.  Mind sharing where you got it from.   It is listed on Amazon australia for about $700 kiwi delivered

2 hours ago, Alfashark said:

Paul Barnett?

He's got a black one that seems to spend 99% of it's life waiting for parts for whatever's broken this time.

Hah. Yea that's the guy

Side sharn. Used to car pool  with a chap with a gtir in the early/mid 2000s from whakatane out to kawerau every day.  About 60km round trip and old mate thought he was a race car driver.   Pretty sure he pissed off everyone else on the road.   Did go well to be fair.    Think it ended up getting Tboned  at the Tauranga turn off.   @vintage grumble may remember him.  Replaced it with a s14 silvia 

Stolen off the internet for your viewing pleasure 

Also tf came in a 185cc as well? Goes hard for what it is.   Pretty hard to find these days. Think they had  orange tank them. 

Just discovered  this gem of a thread.   Being a farmer I have  a selection of old shit  bikes and recently got roped into a farm bike  race .   2 hour enduro style .   Pretty slow going  bit way more fun then I expected.    Dunno where I'm going with this sharn but if you get the chance  to enter one of these I highly recommend  it 

2 hours ago, MS51HT said:

Thankyou muchly!

It would be interesting to know how many MS51’s are in Aus - there couldn’t be more than 25 I reckon. 

I know of 6 in nz with a couple others that have been cut up for parts

Can't wait to see some more progress on this.  Love this model crown!  Any photos of your other coupes and sedan?

Keep up the good work