The Dude

9 hours ago, piazzanoob said:

old fella sold the property last year for millions.

then bought a house in mangere bridge that he was going to move into.

but sadly he passed away at the end of last year due to his fight with cancer.

also family never told anyone this so i wasn't able to get to the funeral.

his name was John McIvor always had good sharns that man.

I think his sister is still currently in the house but she must be in her 80's now 

@Ghost she still there? 

Damn man, I heard he'd sold up and was moving on, I was hoping he had gone to have a good life somewhere, whats the story on whats left? is it all just off for scrap, or can some of it be bought?

14 hours ago, SOHC said:

I there was about 3 of them

Still there? I think a mission might be on, old fella moved out now?

On 6/9/2018 at 22:06, SOHC said:

someone has swiped the grill now and it wasn't me, that van will get broken up with the digger next week

Did you see a 57 plymouth there? there was a flathead  6cyl 4 door there once

On 4/30/2018 at 21:31, Otodat said:

hmm whats the story with this? is it local?

On 3/18/2018 at 10:16, Nominal said:

Totally Weird, the Avenger wagon I cut up on my lawn in Otorohanga has ended up in those pic, its the Cream coloured one, its definitely mine as I cut the tail light apertures out to repair another one

I'll be there again as usual, I'm bringing a Train, which your all going to really love

I'll be camping in the For sale bit this year, and hopefully not working, but I'll definitely cruise on by., Bringing the Transit Pusherman? I might have to bring mine too.

Actually they are ok, rust is an issue, other than that simple to maintain and plenty of bits out there.

They lasted ok-ish if they were looked after in the UK, as long as you dont plan on owning it for ages it will be ok.

Really cool find, round light Lada are so hard to get now, good luck with the resto

This one was mine, Three on the tree had the Green one.

Man I'm honestly surprised by how much rust there was in the car, it looked really good to me.

Awesome work by the way.

Stupid question but have you checked the fuel tank for water? Jags block the drainhole under the fuel cap, they fill up with water and it goes into the tank, earlier ones have drain plugs at the bottom I dont know about a series 3, but I guess its the same.

Sometimes they drive ok, but when you accelerate, or go round a corner the water can wash up and get sucked into the motor causing it to cough and die. Its a crazy design fault.

Otherwise I guess its airflow too.

V4 Tuning LOL

you can up grade them to 100 bhp gt spec, but absolutely no further in the Ford versions, I suspect that any still left will be good ones, but the only difference between a good one and a bad one is the fact that one will run

I had a terrible old smokey one and it went forever , and was even good on petrol. i had two lovely ones and they both sucked, one siezed within 40 miles, I suspect failed oil pump.

The other one did 10 mpg and just wouldnt do any more, what ever we did.

As a standard unit they are ok for pushing round a mk1 Transit, they are pretty economical and fast enough, I mean 90% of robberies were done in the 70's by them so they must be ok right ?

Yours sounds good for rust, thats a surprisingly short list, pop round and have a laugh at mine one day

I use CFR line in onehunga for all my stuff, they do ship from the UK too. Paul Sitchbury is the man to talk to.

ARRRRGGGGHHH Kumeu Weather sucked man, but we still had an awesome time, it was like a freeking tornado.

The gazeebo punched a hole in the tent caravan thing, and the roof blew off dylans Tent, which basicly left him with a ladies stocking to sleep in.

The l300 was nice and water tight so all was sweet.

It was North Pole cold on Friday, and Noahs ark wet on Saturday, I was going to break out the emergency sub at one point!

Somehow I managed to blow the diff in the Monaco, no idea how 

Abusive Police car cruising was by far the best, see ya all next year. 

I'm in and out Thursday and Friday, due to Work commitments, Denham is around our bit from around 1pm Fri and Ill get back as soon as I can.

When you getting down Tim? Main campsite will be going off.

Done! roped off and sorted swapmeet campers are go.

I had a word to the organizer and told them to expect the oldschool people in the showfield so you should be gold, he remembered us all from last year which was nice. 

Crazy Tim is doing the showfield stuff.

Will be marking a spot out tomorrow. Look for my mk1 l200 van in the swap field.  I'm working Friday day but will be staying over Thursday night

I'm still quite keen. Even if I just use it for a prop car

Yeah used to be v8 exclusive but it's a lot more inclusive fun now. Japanese cars are getting respect as they become rarer. People went totally vw foamers last year.

Man came out awesome, looks really good, far better than it sitting in my shed

5 hours ago, Raizer said:

It's waiting for you 25 minutes out of Gisborne...

 

Was a factory 1600

Its on like Donkey Kong 

I love Mk1 Escort Vans, and I need one in my life at a reasonable price, want to PM Me and I shall try and save this puppy

On 11/6/2016 at 18:41, Nick Ritchie said:

this spot has been posted before, but today i managed to get a further look into this massive barry collection in Ranfurly, central otago. went to look at a golf for Dave, and the dude let me roam his wares all afternoon. he was a character, and the main gist of his ramblings were that the cars outside are scrap - he is waiting for scrap metal prices to rise, then out they go. so hes fairly negotiable about cars in the paddock. inside, he is VERY particular. im talking Horopito spec ask him about a certain bike/car, will tell you how many tuesdays ago he purchased it and how well it went in the 80s, proceed to give a price but refuse to sell. wat. anyway, PIX

 

 

 

 

 

GODSPEED, BRITAIN'S FINEST HOUR

Umm I need a Live plated red princess

And I want that Transit MK1 tow truck, how would one get a hold of this fella?

On 1/6/2017 at 19:59, Raizer said:

Oh my good god I want this sooooooo bad!

Hey folks

So this year I'm back in the Swapmeet section, Crazy Tim will be in the Showfield, My Campsite will be a little quieter and you can sell stuff.

Tims will be a full on allnighter with a Generator, as last year I guess

Can we have some numbers for campers who want to stay in each bit?

I heard, and I'm not sure if this is true that farm bikes cannot be made road legal, something to do with the amount of tax paid on them? Even though they are super similar to 70's road going bikes. I dont know if its true, but I've never seen the Farm bike variants with road rego? This maybe a question worth asking?