64valiant

so back at work again and thought i would do my seats this week before the waiuku car show and mopar day at cliffs. so out it came. front seat looked like this also see above the seat is were i have my head unit stored away spring protector on both were looking pretty average. base 1st and back rest 2nd so new marine carpet was replaced with it and foam is all back on also i had to needed to get home so yeah.... this is my new seat for mean time haha wasn't a comfy drive home at all. don't recommended this at all

thanks man. im also looking forward to doing the 64 seats. always good to see the end result and a happy customer in the end. hope there is some still left of your seats. will be good to see how these covers look.

thanks man i really hope it gets better as well i want to complete the upholstery. thanks man. always good to see people happy with my work. good luck on the sale of your ute also.

thanks heaps to avenger for getting this photo. i like the ride height of it when its 6 up.

here is a photo of 73crownwagon lil set up there are more photos of the day on ronis page https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.576331529111631.1073741837.188471344564320&type=3

i had a guy come with me taking photos of kumeu here are some of my car and my mates head over to his face book page look at his other photos https://www.facebook.com/ronio.co.nz

so had a good weekend at kumeu and i also picked up some parts for my valiant on Sunday to complete my car. i got my horn back together on my steering wheel and a ash tray mechanism. this was earthing out on the bolt and the main peace it was meant to make contact with so it was going off when ever it wanted. so i quickly put some sticky tape over that and wabam no more earthing out looks all complete with the horn on there now. also the ash tray works now. here are some photos of my seats stripped and what not under neath the back seat was like brand new still the foam was in good condition as well so i left it all on. the back rest was a different story so i ripped the old horse hair off and put some nice blue hard backed carpet in replace for extra comfort then pulled the original foam over again and at this stage i had sewn it all together and injured myself. mates came put them on. i just grabbed a photo of the back seats all finished and in my car. rather happy with how it turned out now time to wait till my ankle is better and do the front seats.

hey there i get majority of my parts out of oz. this is the link for what i brought. had it in and going in an hour. they also hadit to my place in about all of 3 days from word go. http://www.hemiperformance.com.au/store2/p_1865_Slant-6-Electronic-Ignition-Conversion-Kit-Incl-Coil

so yea got half way threw my upholstery and i went back to do my afternoon milking and this happened as i stepped into the pit. so yea cant finish my upholstery for the weekend but my mates came in and helped me finish my back seat. also sent my starter motor away to get rebuilt but looks like im getting pushed around in a wheel chair for kumeu......

so this is what my front and back seats look like atm. i also got bored last night and wondered how my wheels would polish up. before and after photo so i then had to carry on and do the three others. stupid me

i will post some photos tomorrow. the front seat and back rest of the back seat has a rip in it. i do it for a job and i have been hunting round to find a material close to i wouldnt have to change much of it but to replace the peaces that are ripped i have to strip the seat close to right back any way. i will be keeping the light green pleats and giving them a sugar soap clean and i will be replacing all the dark green with the one ive picked thats is as close as i could get it. itl make more sense when i put pics up. and thanks heaps glad you like it

me and a few other mates are heading up on sat leaving 8 from my place in hamilton. if any one else if keen to join up the convoy give me a message. il let u know my addy.

so finally done some work on the valiant since the drags. not much thou. i shot down to the local rubber and foam suppler i use at work and napped up 13 meters of door rubber and replaced the old crap. cant see light threw it any more. i also ordered 8 meters of the closest and nicest dark green vinyl i could get to my seats. so this weeks jobs for me is to re upholster my car before kumeu on sat. hopefully i don't end up doing it all Friday night.

here is one of my 1/4 mile runs up against Clint and his valiant

finally got the internet back so time to update. got the electronic ignition in and wow! made a change straight away. then went and took it for a tune up and to see how much hp its pushing. 100.5hp at the rear wheel. thought ild take it for a drive on thursday, see if i could feel the difference after the tune.driving along and time to change gears and bang!!! hold up i have no clutch!! whats going on here my peddle is on the floor and it kinda staying there :/ quick phone call to Evan (bevan) and he was on his way to help pull it apart see what was broken ect.... drive shaft out and about to undo the bow housing and WABAM found my problem. this pivot arm had made a HUGE crack and wasn't pivoting quick trip to visit a mate see if he had one. nope. on the phone to owner of aussie spares at 9 to see if he had any in his parts. he said he might have a couple but turns out they were wrong so off to get it welded. end result rushed home on friday so i could have it up and going for drag racing. had nothing but problems with it slipping of side ways till i realized at 930 what was going on. a little spring clip thingy wasnt on correctly allowing it to slide left. so chucked that on and went for a drive. all fixed!!!!! chucked it back in the garage for the night and shot off back to work to finish a job. with 2 hours sleep i was back up again for work and trying to organize things for drag day. what a bloody good day at the drags!!!! got 16 runs in and my fastest was 18.90 @ 115.5km. also managed to win dyo as well. must thank the oldschool guys who put it on heaps!!! such a great day!! oh i also had these arrive from ozz ready for my next engine

love it dude! looking forward to seeing the updates!! good luck

had this package arrive the other day got some goodies in it. should make a difference to the old girl. also just brought some extractors. looking forward to them arriving.

Its rather tidy. previous owner had it for 9 years and looked after it really well. I will prob just drive it round over summer clock up a few kms on it and flick it off when i get bord of it or it starts having problems.

thanks man not that often you find a set of 15x7 set of globes around. dad had already change the drums on the front to disk brakes so the front is running 5x114.3 so we took the rear axles out and had them re drilled when i was still at school. so not having to change anything at all just bolt on and away we go

big news!!!!! ive been driving past this falcon for a wee while now going man i need to just go in offer him money for his wheels. today i drove passed and it was for sale. so found some money and went to take it for a quick drive thinking im only buying this car for the wheels. and well tonight i drove home in it. this will be my 2nd set of wheels for the valiant now.

that was me indeed! off to my brothers for a beer. nice valiants btw man. had a good read on your build threads.

after the dirt drags car was over heating a bit so before i put the new engine in i thought i better get the radiator made all pretty. here are some before and after photos. looks like some one had been here before me. so a new cor was ordered from ozz. and a small fortune latter i had myself a new one. wabam all in. and yes that is a 2L coke bottle as my over flow bottle. goes a dream now also took a photo while i was out at the farm thats all for now. hope to get some parts from ozz for the engine next week. will keep you informed when they get here

so i went to the md dirt drags in the weekend and had a bloody ball!!!!! got a lil hot on its way home so stopped at karapiro took some quick photos while it cold down. here they are and heres the two videos i took on my go pro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO9JsrNJLFE and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c-BgjWJcUo mud got every where!!!!!! also got this quick photo of me and my mates val gassing up heading out to the drags i also dropped my triple carbs off at a mates to get some things made up to make them look all nice and should start putting this other engine together.

Last Monday i had a call from some one at the waikato motor times asking if it was ok for them to do a lil write up on me and the valiant, i agreed and on Tuesday they took some photos. Today i brought the times and WABAM!!!!!! heres this good looking fella and his ap5 in the back of the motor times. here is a picture i quickly took. feel pretty chuffed about this

nothing has been happening on the valiant front but i found a couple of photos of my brothers 318 ap5 and mine together. hope you guys like the pictures if you notice they are same cars but look again at the wipers. one is Australian assembled and one is New Zealand assembled.