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I too am keen - since I don't get a chance to work on my own car!

How about this http://www.technoversions.com/MeterMatchHome.html

Well done on the rebuild, it's funny to see that oil filter on a BIG fiat engine - looks just the same as the one on my 500! IMAG1166

I sure would, cheers Moray

Not much work has been done of this, busy modifying my MIG to have a "Spot Weld" mode (If successful I will start a seperate thread on that). I did however install the remaining tinware and connected the fan so I could run it for longer and get it properly hot. Here it is, Runs sweet!

Sorry Wayne, can't make it this time. Still keen though

Some neighbour, not a close one

Saw him yesterday, still no news

Its my mate that had this stolen, he now has a photo of the thieves with the bike - walking down the street. I will put it here in case anyone recognises them. MH1 Terrible cell phone pic - sorry

This http://www.hoonable.com/butter-for-cars-how-the-lada-came-to-new-zealand/ butter for cars - NZ Dairy Board

Also take a look at Andrews one as it has the correct venting setup from the rocker cover to the inlet manifold and correct vac advance

Good job on the twin SU's, not sure whats with that centre pipe connecting the carbs together, it looks wrong for the vacuum pickup point for the advance? As far as tuning all the info is on the SU website http://sucarb.co.uk/technical-hs-type-carburetter-tuning-multi (yes they still make them!) lots of good stuff there. Cheers - Have fun

Yes BUT, the whole point of left and right is the control of body roll, front / rear would not do this - check out this stock standard one here https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1771726553050081&set=gm.1021757784571952&type=3&theater and compare to the Torana in the background.

Final update - unless I find the VHS tape of these beasts running. After I had it complete we had a weekend of fun on the farm with two others just like this one. It went very well handled good - got great bite on the dirt - when launching from a standing start it would pop the left front wheel off the ground! Two mishaps though - my girlfriend (now wife) took it for a spin (literally) and removed 20M of the boundary fence and nose down in a water race - it was pretty exciting on wet grass! We pulled it out of there bent the bumper back off the wheel and fixed the fence all good only a bit of hurt pride and sore knee where the ignition key on the dash got it. Funnily enough I was talking the the old neighbour a while ago and he still remembers this happening - it was in the 90's! The other thing of note was that I learnt that Bedford diff's are not strong - but not in the way you might think - it broke the axle off outside the bearing and of course the wheel fell off causing the passenger riding in the back to somersault off, apparently he landed on his feet. After that I replaced that diff with a Transit one - the heavy duty type with floating axles - and had no further problems. Drove the thing lots and lots after that, places you cannot go now - rivers, beaches etc. One memorable trip down the Waipara river from the SH1 to the sea and back. Never let me down - I learn't that towing it into a Nor'wester up hill to Kirwee with my L series Turbo Subaru was not a good idea - BHG on the Subaru! So I picked up a cheap and very rust HQ Ute with a 253 in it - not a real V8 one though which made a much better tow vehicle. I will just leave this here - not long before I sold it due to family and lack of place to store it - I still miss it! Thats me and GuyWithAviators when he was just two years old! buggy002

Your cranking speed is very slow - either starter is bad or your battery is not so good - poor cable connections etc.

Here it is nearly finished, after this it made some bull bars for the front and fitted a towbar to the back - then just drove it whenever I could. cars098 cars097 cars096 For those interested in old trucks - the front bumper was taken off a 50's Dennis truck (ex council rubbish truck) seen in the background of the picture of me sitting in it.

You wouldn't need to run to all four corners, these have two separate systems already - one for each side - so you need to only select which side you want to alter and have a pressure gauge per side to set height - as per the factory settings, I think it 310 psi for complete Nana Spec ride height and something like 250 for some low - pretty much what GuyWithAviators runs most of the time. It would by pretty easy to connect to the existing valves under the bonnet. Remember these were built to withstand driving without any pressure in at all in case of a leak but are not comfortable at all and you may have trouble getting over anything - I think they drop to about 40mm! It's certainly a great project and GWA is interested in doing the same thing.

Visited the Ashburton Swapmeet today and scored this and a Haynes manual for $10 the pair, score! IMAG0890

A bit more progress, cars082 cars081 cars083 I was definitely driving it around like this - note the straight pipes, vise-grips holding the battery cable, fuel tank that was tied on and G-Clamps! On the construction side, I was given some white colour steel ex an industrial fridge so this is glued and riveted on so it doesn't rattle - no painting required.

Some more progress - and a new car! no points for guessing this time - too easy! Starting to take shape - firewall in - the finest fire proof plywood along with the pedalbox / brake MC from the HT even managed to use the throttle linkage. cars070 Also note the Bedford radiator - "borrowed" from dads Spray truck cars052 cars053 Points for the foamer that ID's the re-purposed air cleaner

My girl-friend at the time (now wife) took some pics of me actually working on it. Not sure if welding this close to the petrol can is OSH approved! Definitely OS approved though. Things have moved on a bit now - just welding in the steering shaft support bearing - you can also see the Trans oil cooler I built from an old fridge compressor. cars054 I had trial fitted a seat to determine the pedal placement - note the G-Clamps holding the steering column on - I seem to remember driving it around like this - just because I could - brakes are entirety optional cars055

Give that man a prize - 1980 Leone 3 door 1800cc - a great wee car - Still not sure it it was better than the avenger it replaced!

One more of the engine in cars021 At this stage I got the Fordson out, took the motor and box back out and welded up the rest of the underside. I have also started on the framing for the firewall and the rear of the body. You can also see the centre mounted tramp rod I added to the diff to stop the leaf springs winding up under power - but still allowing for plenty of travel on the rough stuff. Also to be seen is the mount for the Steering Rack. cars079 cars080 The framing of the body is just 1/2 inch galv water pipe, hand bent around a from. I love the smell of galv burning off when welding! BTW the car is not a Justy.

By this time I had mounted the steering rack - complete with welded tie rods (no certs needed here ) Time to test fit the motor and box - just hook it up to the front-end loader and drop it in - I just needed to straighten out the inner chassis rails and in it went. 6 17-04-2016 3-53-00 PM Built a rear crossmember support and bolted in the OG Holden one - job done cars020 cars022 10 Points for an ID on my car in the background?

So I was now on the lookout for an engine and gearbox and came across this beauty an HT Holden with a not very factory Chev V8 in it. Got it from some extremely dodgy guys in Linwood, Christchurch for $1000. Trailered it home and proceeded to do burnouts until the diff blew - not surprising it was just the standard banjo type! 2 17-04-2016 3-52-39 PM 3 17-04-2016 3-52-44 PM This is my Father (GuyWithAvaiators grandfather) giving it a go as well - I remember seeing mum coming down the road in the distance and Dad encouraging me to light it up as she passed! 4 17-04-2016 3-52-37 PM 17-04-2016 3-52-37 PM 17-04-2016 3-52-37 PM Was kind of glad the diff blew as when we got back home and took a look at the front suspension was about to fall out from rust anyway. It turns out it was a 307 Chev with a powerglide - with some nice Holly rocker covers and it ran extremely well - great oil pressure and good compressions all round. I sold the genuine Holden V8 radiator for $100 - ripped out the pedal box and floor shifter and dumped the rest. (Actually we attempted to blow it up with a Oxy/Acetylene bomb first) I mentioned we got it some some dodgy types - when we dumped the body a Butterfly knife (the completely illegal type) appeared from under the dash.