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Mayte you are all on the wrong page.........

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LD28 is the only option!

Well the starlet ended up getting the move this evening 

but not under its own power due to no radiator and a bit of a cunt to get started

had to jack the back up and pull it round to get it out as old shed hasn't got wide doors and fence is close by

Old shed

 

Into the new shed

 

When we have finished putting everything into and away in the shed the car will be moved into a more suitable loaction in the corner where its rust surgery will go underway

So i then looked at my options to what to do with it.

paint it?

blast it?

polish it?

get it done in vht?

well so i decided to get it bead blasted.

now what next

i needed a paint that would stick to cast Aluminum.

i thought about vht clear but wanted something that would last the heat and time.

so i fucked around and talked to a few people.

 I then ended up going round to a friends place where he painted all his engines in a caprithane paint.

he then offered to do mine free of charge but he would do it when he got time.

A week went by

so i popped round and spend a few hours masking all the bits up.

few weeks later.... 

 

I popped round to check for progress

He had brazied up a small piece on the water pipe that had a pin hole

 

 

 

And........

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Applied a primer coat on the intake pieces   

 

 

Mayte check out those masking skills

 

then a couple weeks after that he rung me and told me he had applied the final coat of paint and it was ready for collection.

but

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I had to spend many hours spinning yarns before leaving with the finshed products.

 

 

 

 

 

So now it was week two

And

back at work

And that continued for quite awhile

then i collected the cylinder head

and fitted that on one of my days off while still trying to tidy/paint other bits up.

ONE MONTH LATER.....

I then looked at the intake system on it

And while painting and tidying everything else up on the engine side of things

it would make the whole thing look bad if i just put it back on. 

Nothing much on this project car has been done for awhile apart from pull it apart more

and use it as shelve and storage cabin inside

 

 

FT dog telling me to get it done.

All of this is because it was stored in the car port then the carport became an enclosed garage so

we ended up having no proper space to do welding and grinding without setting fire to stuff.

And plus we have been building a new shed to put our shit in

mostly mine though

so now with our shed pretty much done the car should be making its way into the shed this weekend

and i shall get stuck in to finishing this heap  

 

but....

on a brighter note all ive done is buy more parts too.

so i haven't completely done nothing 

Thats a good barn find you have there

looks like you will have your hands full with that project for some time.

keep us updated on the project

cheers

Hi,

 

Have a friend who's in a bit of a pickle and she needs some short term accomodation ASAP.

 

Does anyone in Onehunga or surrounding areas have some temporary / short term accomodation on offer until she is able to find a new place?

Disclaimer: I do not know this person amazingly well but she seems nice enough.

 

how short term is this accomodation? 

Now that this thing is up and running

You must come to the OS monthly meet this coming Wednesday!

+1 for dashboard restorations

Did my one in the piazza that a upholstery shop at the time in onehunga didnt want to touch due to the shape 

 

 

Also not surprised that they are busy due to them making dashes for R/H hook conversions. 

 

He should just pull it out and take it down there for a quote.

 

Also just as a note these guys don't just bog and slap some paint on your dash or do a quick recover

All their dashes are coated with a paint that is imported from the US that is $200 a litre from what he told me

and it also involves them being placed in a oven for proper paint cure

plus the use of a vacum of some sort to pervent air bubbles stuck in the dash.

 

so there is a reason they are not cheap  

they use quality procducts and do top notch work.

Once I got these soft plastic spanner holders witch sit in the toolbox draw or hang on the wall, I need more but can't find them

 

snap on do them 

Now everyone can call me a snappy head

Bought this toolbox for my old man as his was full and needed a bigger toolbox

Looked at others on the market but found pretty much all the others in the market aren't wide enough so when you open a few heavy draws they fall over
Where snap on boxes Have a decent width

 

bought this box combo second hand off my snap on dealer 

so was about half the cost of new 



Yeeeeeeea

tbh if he has more tools than cabinet at that size 5k is probably a small chunk of change compared with whats within

correct 

Piazza - What do you reckon your hand tools are worth? Ballpark value? (I'm trying to justify an expensive box but 5K is a lot!)

 

i would say about 10k in tools which includes air powered and electric stuff too

Probably the best item I have bought yet would have to be my toolbox

Just a lazy 5k for that empty

Has lifetime warrenty on toolbox too with paint and draw slides etc

Was to full so bought this also for the middle

Now it's that tall that I need to get on my tippy toes to pull the lid down

?

Also raging at Snap on at the moment because there tool trucks are so shit at coming around/getting a hold of

My ratchet exploded and I NEED it fixed.

One of the guys at work had a thing that broke, its been two months and they're 'still waiting for a repair kit' for it.

Sounds like you have a shit snap on salesmen

The guy I get is great doesn't always turn up but he try's his best to

And is great with warranty stuff also

I broke a 3/8 12mm socket using a 3/8 snap on small battery rattle gun

And I was honest with him etc and he replaced it and just suggested for me to buy some impact sockets.

Spotted this vw at ripco

Greenlane on Saturday

Yuck

I know that you said on the north shore but

 

I know Auckland Automatics in Onehunga are good as we send them 

transmission work that we cant do etc.

and their techs there are clued up etc

Seen this kingswood a few times now but got the chance this evening to grab a snap

A woman drives this too which looks to be a Maori or Polynesian woman.

Spotted this Mira on the way to monthly meet

Yesterday

Blardy loaded it up mayte

Shit everywhere even on the inside

Just the drivers seat area had room left

Mayte

Looks like I'm rolling no Wof or reg to the meet tomorrow

Algood

I'm a Maori officer...

With looking at the photo of the caliper

it appears that it has rust under the seal but the rust on the top ridge isnt a huge issue as it only holds the moisture boot 

best bet would be to get it bead blasted then see how bad the pitting is on the metal but would most likely be fine

i would say that the caliper piston has rust on it so would require a new one 

but you need a caliper rebuild kit anyway.

 

would also recomend doing the rebuild yourself as saves abit $$

plus they are not hard to do.

looks choice!

just needs those plates painted black 

Name: Huia Parsons

Location: Napier

Cars you own: Toyota KP60 Starlet, currently 4K, soon to be 4AGE

Mods to them: Not much yet, just rebuilt the gearbox, carb, lapped walves and valve seats, just gotta get the old girl to be a reliable daily before I start doing more, soon to be built 4age bluetop 16v

Link to pics: https://www.instagram.com/huiaparsons97/

How you found out about oldschool: Someone who is already on this site told me about it

Anything else you want to add:

you should put up a build thread for your starlet

good to see more women using OS cars for projects

Spotted this escort on the way to work this morning

On SH 20 heading north

Too bad I wasn't rolling OS myself

About a 8/10

Couple extra for women driving

Would spot again