Might come look at this new High Undie. Seems to be what all the cool kids are avoiding  doing.

Commer TS3.....

You'll wanna skip to 1 minute.

A lot of this depends what Hawk you've got....

Remember Rootes Group badge engineering. The Hawk is the same as the Snipe  - the Hawk was the 4 cylinder, the Snipe (Super Snipe) the 6 cylinder. Think Commodore options circa 1984 (ignore the 8 option sadly - and for that matter the starfire...) The Hawk 4 was never a small 4 either  - Think  2.4 litre etc.

If it's a 1959 onwards, a Snipe engine would fit right in giving you 3 liters of goodness. It would also require a crane to lift the bloody thing in. The earlier Snipes run bigger motors (pre '59) but they are only Commer truck 4 litre side valve anchors etc.

If you've got zero money - run it as is. You'll be pretty brave to drive one fast anyway - which makes the motor swap without supporting mods (i.e. Money) seem a bit irrelevant. 

Barra M8.

Seal your tracks?

Guards Rolled Stage 1.

Space might be needed, and we'll be stopping once an hour or so I'd guess. #needpies

Fizzing at his bung. Can't get bung out. Diff problems. Too many skids?

Just now, Goat said:

Tumeke plz:

 

Front certainly do-able. Rear will need a bit of thinking as the rear springs are softer than a soft thing. Put anything in the boot and it drops to about that already.

Lots of different size alloy radiators at STA (Segedins Online) at cheap prices, however head this warning:

The alloy radiators they sell, allegedly are all Chinese ones. This isn't necessarily a problem it itself, but the cooling fins are quite small in comparison with more legit ones. If you are confident that your motor is clean and free from rust scale this should be sweet. If, however you think there might be a bit of crap floating around, there is a high chance that those think fins will get blocked pretty easily.

I've also found that walking around pick-a-part with a tape measure sometimes yields surprising results - even if the radiator is poked you have a make and model to order a new one of.

'Auto Radiators'  - Nixon Street in the city can very likely fix it. They are radiator Barrys and can recore - but not cheap. I'd guess twice the price of a cheap STA alloy one. They will generally quote pretty quickly upon sighting the radiator though.

A: Hamilton - Tokoroa - Turangi - Taihape - Palmie (well - Feilding/Woodville by-pass unless needed) - Matserton  - Featherston is fastest. 7 Hours 41 mins

B: Hamilton - Tokoroa - Taupo - Napier - Hastings - Woodville - Masterton  - Featherston 8 hours 8 mins more of the scenics.

Or combo between.  

5 Mins diff going the other side through instead of the 'Tron. SH1 however should be ok on a Thursday and more chance for people to join the gang? 

My 7 cents.

In.

Keen. Gives me a deadline to make cars go.

34 minutes ago, M M said:

Some of mine. Easily the worst of the lot and mostly just of the BMWs.

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/98811558@N08/albums/72157679763374511

 

Thanks to the others for the decent photos. Was a good meet.

Lewl at @Threeonthetree leaning across the windscreen shielding his 2015 WOF'd Trumpet from the fuzz.

This should last half a run - just hot glued on the wheels to see how far I need to cut the springs.

A-Series for the win?

On 3/16/2017 at 08:30, oldrx7 said:

Either of these two?  Many options and I'm sure some of us have been there done that - Around the western side of Taupo could be quite cool.

That grey 'road' on the second pic looks good. VMAX to Wellington. Keen on the early start too - no thrush hour traffic then.

Ex Trolly bus I think (?)

Stubby Truck 

Western Springs famous Cadillac collection

it could be both if I knew how to make the picture link to the map. Thought it could be usefull for people wanting to door knock too, which is where the maps come in handy.

It's a long day on the road, Id suggest 9am at the latest in case of breakdowns/beers/sharns/purchases. In my car shall be me and bigfoot.

I'm not apposed to starting earlier myself meaning more time for activities on the way 

Last night's effort

 North Shore # 1

North Shore # 2

Nothing to see here.    Bristol 170 Freighter in South Auckland.

Economy spec Whenuapai

A place to plant links from Google Maps  street view of interesting cars, probably parked up to rot.

Here's a couple of my locals to get the ball rolling:

Papatoetoe Standard collector with bonus Volvo

Papatoetoe Porsche that hasn't moved since I  can remember

Bonus points for oldschool members junk unbeknownst.