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Haha yeah that is a bit odd. Might just stay home..

Anyone going to that "Christchurch Oldschool" meet on Saturday? I'm thinking about it but doesn't seem that well organised.. https://www.facebook.com/events/680013029017866/?ti=as

Got my screen done by Craig at Autoglass Canterbury. After a wee hiccup (his wife had to go to hospital the day it was booked in and I couldn't get hold of him so was waiting around all day) I'm really happy with the job! So a +1 from me!

Sweet good to know!! Nearly ready for my screen to go back in.

Not much has been done to this wee beasty, it being winter and all but I have managed to get a couple small things done. First off when we fitted the front subframe at Alex's we couldn't locate the bolts that secure the front crossmember to the body.. Alex did mention.. "they might be in Christchurch at your place when we dropped all the other bits and pieces off" So I got ready to rummage through some boxes and luckily the first box I opened had the bag labeled with the crossmember bolts. With the help of my flat mate George we got it all bolted up easy as!. Fast forward to yesterday. The sun was out and I made use of the warm winter weather to lay some primer on the 180, anyway while that was basking in the sun I had some room in the shed so scraped off more underseal pretty much all gone just need to jack it up to get in the trans tunnel and when the struts are out get all the bits that I can't get to. The passengers side strut tower was also covered in some kind of muck so gave that a clean down too. Still not sure what to attack first on this but for now I'm going to focus on the 180 as I'd like to keep that on the road. Don't worry though I'll still have time for the wagon!

I'm real slack at checking OS, I've got the screen out of mine (in one piece even!!) Trying to track down a new screen rubber before going back in. Anyway. Talked to one of the guys at work and he recommended Autoclass Canterbury. They do a lot of older stuff so when I'm ready I'll give them a buzz.

I'm very keen to see what becomes of this little thing after hauling it up all that way for you!

Did you get anything sorted @jesselc?? Need to get screen out of the 180 and fix leaks..

Haha he will definitely get a hoon in it, but can't guarentee when.

I am so excited at the progress! Can't wait to get stuck in! Great work Alex!

Hahaha thanks Alex! I'll be sure to keep the updates coming! You've done amazing work on this and I can only hope that the repairs I do myself are up to your standards!

Chamberlains/Beurepairs in Sydenham. They did my Datsun and get a fair bit of OS stuff through there. Open weekends too. Ben is a GC!

Keen to catch up with you lot again soon!

Was good to catch up with everyone yesterday! Was not good to blow a coolant hose/pipe on the way back.... But big thanks to Yetchh for towing me home!

I has to work sat morn but only til 12 so will take the datto to work and come straight after! What would be the best way to find you guys once I get there?

Thanks guys! Yeah I'll chuck up an engine bay pic later on

Thanks man! Yeah sure does! Just in time for Summer too!

Certified, wof'd and reged! Booya!

Wow A LOT has happened since the last time I updated this thread... As of Saturday last week I'm 100% road legal! There is far too much to post at once so if anyone is interested or wants to know how I did certain bits and pieces I'll post it up. So happy with how it handles too, went for a drive to Little River saturday afternoon and man it was fun! Still need to do a full panel & paint but that can wait while I save up and enjoy driving it!

I'm keen if not too late!

Haha I'm sure he would if it came down to it! Oh mean thanks mate! I owe you one!

Hey guys so my younger brother is driving down from Hamilton today in a car he just bought and I was wondering if any OS GC would be able to put him up for a night in Wellington? I know it's super late notice, I've messaged a few people I know up there but no go as of yet. Please let me know if you can help out! Thanks

Was pretty dece cruising in this all weekend for the Hanmer meet. McaJet does mean hunnitz

Cheers for responses! Corbie that would be ideal if you could do that man he's given me til the 31st so sunday coming to get it picked up if that works for you?? I'm in no rush for the stuff but if I can figure out the cheapest way to get it down I'll jump all over it.

Ok so he's in Epsom, if that is near any of you? May be a whole rear end now too hopefully won't be too much of a hassle...