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There are a few repairs needed, probably more than a few but a lot less than my original cab. Im thinking gby the time I tackle them I may as well just blow it over. Plenty of delays of late, works been hectic, kids been hectic, shed build has been dragging out and of course budgetary constraints on all fronts! The Aussie one was great but he'd left truck with his ex who was holding him ransome on it so started getting too hard and it was likely all of $5k landed, maybe more. This one at $400 (using man math of course...) was much less of a gamble. Have not seen chch food truck, do tell!

Nope. The small skyline box xsspeed posted pic of above.

Bonus too is 71c Navara petrol boxes can still be had for relatively cheap. I found one at pick apart for nix.

It really is. Id probably entertain keeping it for a bit if I lived somewhere dryer, but now that it's here in Taranaki it's probably a better strategy to protect it long term, especially given how hard it's been to find a half decent cab!!

So this thing has been sitting on marketplace for ages. But 5 hours from me in Hawkes bay. I'd poured over the pictures but wasn't convinced it was worth rolling the dice on. @dmulallyhappened to be passing that neck of the woods and detoured for a closer inspection on my behalf. His many photographs still left me with more questions than answers. The cab thing has been grinding my balls because mine is very rusty. And I'd already spent money having it blasted and primed near the start of this project and elected to ignore that problem until I had to. That issue has been moving up the list and I'd been flirting with one in Ozzy but that was turning into a ball ache and many pesos too. So fuck it, I rolled the dice on this and wasted a weekend going to pick it up from just south of hastings, and then dropped most of it in Martinborough for Damo, because good friends take friends junk. Has a holden red in it too, which obviously sweetened the deal.. Damo has a hoist and the right level of mongrel for the job. I think 3 hours and a few beers and sharns and we had it free. For a cab that has been sitting in central hawkes bay on a hill covered in lichen for 20 years, let's just say I think this roll of the dice may have worked out. It's looking better than my cab in almost every way. Except the roof. A tree hit that. It's also a slightly earlier model so has a front end that is arguably prettier than mine was. So yeah, unless I uncover any major gremlins, this is likely to be the cab I repair and put on it.. Estima towed it like a champ too.

What scanner did you use @Roman? Just getting familiar with the ferret pro as per @ThePogrecommendation.

Cool car. There is also and L28 on marketplace in gizzy for $1k. Also 5 speed column box from a petrol Navara will bring the revs down, keep an eye on pick a part.

In the interests of feeling like I am making progress, despite evidence to the contrary, I had the carb on the Dyna rebuilt and converted to manual choke. New gaskets, needle and seat, pump piston, choke bellows and blasted. Was not a frugal exercise but I've never been unhappy with this guy's work.

Sounds like youre not fussed if petrol or deez, but leaning toward deez? I guess its a heavy lump, so the 3.4/3.8 moves it along quite well. Was wondering what jap equivalent could be out there that is caveman tech enough for your approval and has the capacity, but nothing springs to mind (RBs, 1J, 1G etc all prob a little small/to high tech). This really leaves the Barra. If stock car guys can make a barra run on carbs then youll be fine..

What carb does it run? Just had a couple rebuilt by the dude in normanby, he does such a great job and is familiar with most anything. He did my super snipe ones years ago and that thing ran like a clock.

probably

And thats the second time this week I can confidently say that.

Im just here to say I told you so