66gt

12 hours ago, locost_bryan said:

It's not all lost, iirc all live plates were computerized in 1996 (or thereabouts). I have the full listing of many thousands of plates from (iirc) FL to GH on a USB stick.

Bugger I wanted to know about FK4949 & GR7007

Pity all the old rego black plate data is lost or unavailable.

Heater tap stuck on. Nice Mk 1 BTW

HD Holden I reckon. Carjam fuck up

Lush ride very cool

On 26/12/2017 at 11:51, S124AB said:

Fuck very lush. Where are they?

Busy over the next day or so getting all the bits together to drop out to Greg for the trial fit up. Lights, Grille, Bonnet and hardware, Door hardware and NOS door skins, windscreen panel grill, front cross member. Bit the bullet and bought a new 3.77 CWP from Burton’s as well. I bought an alloy diff head hosing ages ago and a rebuild kit with all the bearings seals and collapsible spacer so will have a crack at setting it up myself. I mean what can go wrong haha

Who the fuck would be too tight to get a wheel alignment after suspension componentry replacement. You diagram is excellent and good enough to get it to an alignment shop

On 11/06/2017 at 12:25, Snoozin said:

^ Good move, 15" is like a donk wheel for a Triumph. 

They won't be worth huge bucks owing to their narrow width, and 4-stud. Tridie fans are generally of the 5-stud larger car variety so the 7's and 8's and wider fetch decent cashmoney.

Very true I have 14x8,s on my Statesman as I wanted  to keep it period correct 70,s in the wheel department. Nice original 14x8,s go for 1K al, day long. Most people with 13 4 stud tend to go minilights.

1 minute ago, 63Ragtop said:

Dumb coz they are slightly better vehicles.

Yep agree but split screen Kombi tax on newer models? Yeah nah

2 hours ago, Nominal said:

A two-fer

 

Fuck I hate these later model Kombis. Everyone selling them thinks they are worth only slightly less than an early 60’s split screen

Shit you might be lucky to find one by the 10th with everyone being away on holiday

On 19/12/2017 at 19:18, MopedNZ said:

Takumi is a legend. But this guy is cooler

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and real. So there’s that. Spotted in Tay Street, Mt Maunganui. 

Wonder if it's got a Motocompo hiding in the back

On 19/12/2017 at 08:14, Fayray said:

Seen at Maidens & Foster Auctions in Napier. It's being sold on Wednesday. Really nice solid example but was parked up in 2003/04 and the rego is dead. Looks like it was stored inside. Hopefully somebody saves it. It's a NZ new 280E with 297k and has service books etc. Apparently was driven to the auction and ran well. I asked what they were expecting and was told 600-1000 but no reserve

560SEL is the one to go for but only if you own a gas station

Send it to PG Hydraulics in Auckland. They specialise in power steering and will be able to rebuild and do some subtle tweaks on it to sort any inherent problems the racks have

1 hour ago, MaxPower said:

old toyota with older tradie owner. home made bumpers all round

GC number plate too. He must be a GC

54 minutes ago, morkster said:

Farout.

 

Back in '91 i sanded back my 1600 sport and took it to the painters. They painted it in 2 pack acran (whatever that is) and charged me $800.

I had a Mk 3 Zodiac repainted in the early 80's for 200. It was enamel I think and I supplied the paint, sanded it and masked it all up. I remember masking it up and leaving it for about a month and what a total mare removing the masking type. It had all gone hard and stuck like superglue.

Very cool ride.

Mt Roskill is a hotbed of Indian garages and a lot of them are used to fixing old school cars so it's just a matter of finding one. I use Glenburn Automotive in Avondale for  fixing the kids cars and the Hiace van. Good service have loan cars and reasonably priced

24 minutes ago, cletus said:

Its probably like any other profession that seems expensive from a outsiders view, there will be more costs involved than people think to do a good job... rent, (especially in auckland) power, workshop costs, staff, materials, a good booth, fixing mistakes, bla bla bla

How many wealthy car painters are there? Ive never met one I can remember,  apart maybe from guys who own big panel shops

ROI on all the plant, H&S compliance costs the list goes on...plus car painting is labour based and you are paying for their experiance and the use of technology. Quality doesn't come cheap esp in a labour intensive business and if you have a very good reputation there's always  a dollar factor to pay. I don't know any wealthy car painters either come to think of it.

19 minutes ago, Bellicose said:

I'm in no way doubting you or the quality of your painter but to be honest I always struggle to see why it costs so much. Yes, you pay for quality, but 20k when the hard work has been done?

If you knew how a paint shop really worked you'd question it too.

Totally agree when the materials are probably around 5K max which leaves 15K for labour at 100 bucks per hour is 150 hours for 1 man which kinda passes the sniff test

20k minimum. I'm getting my Mk 1 GT Cortina done soon and budget is 25K and that's a fully stripped bare metal car and the painter has fuck all to do in the way of prep