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Yep, with a budget of sub $1500 I'd be looking at an EA to ED coon. Still plenty around. New enough to be reliable and old enough to be semi-simple and cheap. The skids are just a bonus. 

VH or VJ?

Did you find a cheap shitter yet @Muncie? How about a Mitsi Libero wagon? Going cheap, cheap, but it's in Otago. Boss is trying to flick it on behalf of an old geezer who has given up driving. Reckons you'd get it for a grand. I haven't seen it but it looks mostly okay in photos. Some minor parking by braille damage to one door and the guard right next to it but I think that is all.

A man could be forgiven for thinking you like a drop of whisky @Fliboi. The car is looking good too.

Meaning you'll never have to get it certed for mods in a vehicle, access to work on it won't become a problem, and you can go as wild as you like trying out different stuff on it.

My first thought when I saw the thread title was SUs but tortron beat me to it. As said they're brilliant carbs and nothing is simpler. Don't fuck around with twins, just get a big single.

...but the oil leaks would protect it.

Million times colder too mate.

bollocks

Bare boards are for folks who can't afford carpet.

1uz?

They tow pretty well too. Mate's one pulled my Falcon and a trailer full of firewood out of a wet place I really ought not to have driven into fairly easily.

Just discovered this. Found it interesting cos my real farmer mate has a diesel one the same colour. His is well rust fucked and hasn't had a wof or reg since about 2005 but it always starts and runs sweet. I've driven it a few times and found it pretty good. I pleases me to see that there is at least one tidy one still around.

I rather like the look of those wheels. I doubt that they'd fit any of my vehicles though.

Like for quad round lights.

I was picturing the A pillar completely munted, the windscreen broken, and the roof half down. Very lucky.

But then they might get up you for not dis-closing material evidence or some dodgy shit.

I'm guessing it isn't rusty in the pic cos it'll be almost new. The marks that look like rust are probably age damage on the pic.

I don't generally like automatics, especially little ones, but agree that they are good in stop start city traffic.

Wish you luck mate. Be so cool to find it or even to know that it is still out there somewhere.

On 2017-5-21 at 09:37, 1963 AP5 said:

That is interesting. The casting was very thin around one of the welch plugs on my engine. It may have been that way from day one as I suspect that manufacturing techniques weren't as good as they could have been 50 years ago. I doubt it would have always had corrosion inhibitors in the cooling system over the years and eventually the thin area cracked and leaked. It was quite a challenge to fix as it is difficult to weld 50 year old cast iron that is thinner than you would like it to be. Welding guru however got it done and the repair has held up well so far. 

You're most likely right there. Never even thought about running anti-freeze in an iron block iron head motor when I lived up north. As far as I know most of my mates didn't bother either.

Looks like the bastard born spawn of a 2CV and a Smart car.

Well the original Falcon was released stateside as Ford's new small car alongside the full size Fairlane / Galaxie range. 

Saw a Fabia go past yesterday when I was working. Looked okay for a modern.

What an incredibly ugly car.