Connor

Got this back on Friday....

Ran out of gas 100m down the road hahah

Cheers Highlux for being the saviour   

Days off work are Sunday and Monday so got some trim on yesterday morning before some commitments in the afternoon

Am very stoked on how it came out 

Has developed a fuel problem so will check everything is all good in the metering unit tomorrow night, spent two hours today with the old guru on pi stuff here in Tauranga today has told me what to look for and sorted me out for parts with a troubleshooting book he put together so hopefully get that done tomorrow and put the rest of the trim on   

If we get it done tomorrow with minimal costs involved will be ordering coilover parts this week tooooooooo, very excite

Plus roofrack is being built this week ready to put on the car on sunday we decided on something along the lines of this made out of stainless that fits in the existing holes from the last roof racks  

^he does he owns expressoholics on Cuba street daily pine

Work can't make it

Please leave those on xo 

Cars in paint so a no from me 

Stripped most of the trim off of this today minus the front grill

Goes for paint on wednesday will have it for a week and a half 

Had a few fuel problems with this with daily use so we changed fuel pump filters and lines.....

It didn't turn out to be the problem.... it just turns out that under a quarter tank the pump stops picking up and pumping fuel!!

Now i know to keep it above quarter of a tank... haha 

In other news the car is booked in for a full respray next Wednesday!!

I have decided to keep the sunroof for now at the advice from my panelbeater who said it would be a lot of work to fill so will look at this at a later date

That means this weekend will consist of stripping all the chrome from the outside so its ready to be dropped off on Wednesday!!

Two things to look at while car is in paint is building a roof rack like below to fit the existing roof rack holes and getting the roof rack chromed and ready to put on with new gaskets!!

Stoked to finally be doing things to make it look better!!

This also means slam is closer....

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Repost, because fuckin' hell thats a beautiful looking car.

It's like the lovechild of a 2002 banging Marilyn Munroe.

 

any / many of these in NZ?

This ones from hamilton owned by Jono Deleeuw pretty similar

Wednesday i'll be there even with the new hack 

Forgot to fill washer bottle...

Pretty sweet for sitting in a shed for 7 years haha 

Will get new seat belt on sunday arvo, new park light bulb and fill the washer bottle too

Monday will get new brake pads fitted and either lose the rear muffler which is the bit touching the driveshaft or bend it in a few mm...

Then will have a wof and can book it in for respray!! 

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New engine mounts in tonight.

Will fill window washer bottle tomorrow morning and take the fucker for a wof!!

This is so so sweet!!

3 Days and finally got this thing running today after a lot of persuasion

We ended up changing out the whole ignition system minus the distributor....

And it runs and runs well!!

Sits just above 2k revs at 100k in 4th gear

Very much faster then my last two cars and a lot less rattly

Here is a few videos of it running 

Before we had it timed properly so backfiring and spluttery 

When we got it to idle

Sounds fucking cool

I was quite happy

And it just sounds so good

Will get a new battery and take it for a wof

Very happy boy

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My spare one is the same!!

Sorry for potato phone pics camera is buried in uni shit that got seconded to trumph

So got to have a good look at this today

A shit tonne of useful and valuable parts with the car things that will be helpful, can redo the fuel system twice. Still have another van trip to go and get all the subframes extra gearboxes and other engine...

Have pulled the fuel system apart checked over it to make sure all is well, it was.

We pulled the gas tank out to make sure it was clean.

We also Converted the car to electronic distributor.

The unit was fried, so we converted back to points...

First on the list is a rotor arm and new distributor cap for the engine thats in the car to get it running, which we will do tomorrow.

Next is order an engine rebuild kit from rimmer bros for the cars original engine which has the tr6 cam.

While I am waiting for this we will go get this thing wofed and rego'd hopefully without a hitch.

Biggest problem is crazy cracking which covers the whole roof, around the fuel cap and the bonnet.

This will get done when roof rack is removed and filled...

Car is insanely tidy a small bit of surface rust has come up in stonechips on the roof this will get fixed with crazy cracking, but can't really find any other cancer at all

Hopefully we can have it running tomorrow!!

Am after a steel grill and pre facelift bumpers in goodish condition too if you know of anything!!

Discuss:

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Gosh I want those Ewings!!

This is getting picked up in less than 2 weeks.....

I have been stupidly distracted while i should be doing uni assignments with sourcing bits....

Am still after a steel front grill and a pair of front struts to cut up and make coilovers

Quick procrastination shop for thread

The lowest quote I got this week was $270

Am after a car trailer to borrow from somewhere in between Tauranga, Hamilton and Taupo.

Wanting the trailer for the thursday and friday of labour weekend to pick up the wagon from New Plymouth.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Nice mk1!!

Suprised Des parted with the front haha he normally answers my hunt for wagon parts with na mate i'm going to restore them one day.

Welcome!!

So cool!!!!!

I'm gunna try make it next month with a working wagon true