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    That'd be Sammy1222's house, small world huh? Thanks!
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    Looks really cool man! What sound system have you got going at the moment?
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    Sorry to delete your comment igor, we moved it here to the discussion thread. Thanks very much for all the information! - pretty relieved about the cooling system. We'll check the oil; did notice a bit of white gunk under the rocker cover... Sounds like these little engines can pack quite the punch if you nurture them right! I think we'll aim to cover the basic things before looking to improve the power but it would definitely be cool to surprise some people at the lights.
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    We flushed the cooling system as yoeddynz suggested and it did seem to get rid of a fair amount of gunk - primarily from the heater though... We removed the thermostat and were greeted by this... We are starting to suspect a blown head gasket more and more, and just need to get our hands on a compression tester to confirm. When we got Maggie, she had her fly-wheel ventilation connected to the front of the air filter with a garden hose and the rocker cover ventilation was just blocked off. We have ascertained that the rocker cover ventilation should connect into the air filter instead, but can't figure out where the fly-wheel ventilation should run... So if anyone could shed any light on what should be done with the garden hose situation, or whether that amount of rust inside the head is normal or not, that would be much appreciated. Discuss here
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    Nope, no photoshop involved! It was a long exposure (15 seconds I think) and we walked up and down the car shining our phone torches on her to light her up. Thanks for the advice with the radiator - we'll definitely do that.
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    We bought this old tachometer off Trademe for $5! Looks pretty sick and had no issues hooking it up. Also found a bit of fluid dripping down the brake pedal. The pedal feel is fine, and the master cylinder has enough brake fluid but we are going to get some new seals for the master cylinder because it really isn't a good look. Also took her for a cruise the other day to stretch her legs. She overheated all the way and we had to pull over every 10 mins to let her cool off just to get her home . We took out the thermostat and haven't have any problems since so that's another new part we need to get. Discuss here
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    Where did you get your gaskets from? I found some on ebay but would prefer to use a local source. Cheers, Tim
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    So Maggie kept over heating and spraying coolant out of her radiator (from underneath the cap), even after just a small drive. We eventually discovered that the expansion tank was full of gunk. The 'straw' was completely blocked and had snapped off so no coolant was getting in or out. We cleaned the reservoir and fashioned a new straw out of brass pipe we bought at the model shop.
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    And here is the discussion thread!
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    First 'job' was swapping out the grille. Grille on the car was MkII when we got it and was showing signs of rust, so we swapped it out for a MkIII refurbed grille which came with the car.
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    Hello. Bit of background first i guess is the place to start... Me (mtbtimr) and my mate (Sammy1222) (both 20 and relatively inexperienced mechanical engineering students) recently bought a 1972 Austin 1300 in bold but original magenta. The aim is to restore this little beauty to its former glory (classic), and learn some about cars etc along the way. Since this is a first for both of us we chose to start with something which was already drivable (WOF and reg). So here she is! Her name is Maggie. Couldn't resist taking it to uni day 2
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    So I went to the beach hop this year (my girlfriend has a place in whangamata), and snapped this pic of you. Recently my friend and I bought a magenta Austin 1300 to do up, and so we found this forum and then I recognised your matte green machine so thought you might want the photo. http://imgur.com/3zmTbT8
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