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And shearing gear I believe.

Sweet tractor. Does it start on petrol then you switch over to kero after it warms up? When was the last time you saw a kero pump on a servo forecourt?

I'd just drain it out on the ground. In a gravel yard it's not really going to become an issue. Just need to make sure there's no puddles of it left behind to fuck up the cats and chickens.

1 hour ago, Mazda Dave said:

its also World Car Free Day

Bollocks.

Work Hilux had an error like that cos some genius had put 15" wheels on it. At an indicated 150 on the speedo the terratrip said 133. Never fixed it, everyone knew it was dodgy and drove accordingly.

My coon has had the same odo reading for the last two warrants. No idea what it's really done.

That Leyland Comet delivered my tractor. We had to take one of the outside duals off to fit it into the bathtub body.

If they were a factory option it might have factory mounting holes? According to the brochure my Wolseley should but I haven't found them yet.

True. Better to just whack five motorcycle carbs on the thing right?

Five cylinder triple carb should be sweet if the one in the middle that fed one cylinder was half the size/flow of the other two shouldn't it? Would look weird as hell.

..or Awards.

totp fail

spoilsport

I feel your pain. I also have an aversion to giving up on cars. (This may or may not be healthy but that is a subject for a different thread.) Even if it never goes back on the road could you perhaps straighten it enough to drive it around as a paddock car? I have a car that is so rust fucked it'll never have a warrant again but it always starts and I have a great sentimental attachment to it so I just use it around the farm. One day it will probably fall apart while I'm driving it and that will truly be a sad day.

7 hours ago, tortron said:

Bags have a comfort level and then a survival level temp. Women's ones are also warmer

Women's sleeping bags are a thing?

14 hours ago, Carsnz123 said:

No wooden spoke. The Plymouths ones are original so they last. 

Yeah, I have no disbelief in the longevity of wooden spoke wheels when cared for but totally unkeen to exceed 100 mph on them or submit them to the strain of pulling 0-60 in 5 seconds.

Long as it's not Dolcett.

I keep wondering about the wheels though. Are they actually wooden spokes or a very clever imitation.  

The Otago Early Settlers Museum may be worth a try too.

Can't rush these things.

No rush. Still three days to Hanmeet.

My coon had a new battery in it when I bought it in 2013 and it's still sweet. The battery in my Civic must be at least that old too cos I bought it for my previous coon. Think I've had to charge that one once cos lots of short running / sitting unused for months. Mary's Laser on the other hand has had at least two replacement batteries since we got it in 2012 but it has a tiny battery cradle that a decent sized battery won't fit in so it's half fucked before it even begins.

Will at least be easier to push if it breaks down.

Wot, no dobro?

2 hours ago, JayME said:

The 4wd ones generally looked like someone had installed a lift kit.

This is not necessarily a bad thing.