66gt

Natural habitat for one of these is a gas station! Good old ride though and pretty well bullet proof

New Zealand Railways track gangs and Ministry of Work road gangs used to use them in the 50'-70's for their long smokos seriously cool old piece of kit

Seriously bad stock. Even Zebra probably refused to take it.

I'd say it will be sitting there for a while. 

On 01/02/2017 at 09:08, chasinthemirage said:

Who's Bob Homewood when he's at home? Paul Barker has been my go to guy for this engine. His Mk3 is very well regarded in the Zephyr Zodiac car club, he's helped me with everything for the engine so far. I'm not too sure on carbs yet, I have a 36/36 Weber downdraught and a R.E.D.I adapter but to fit it I'd need to cut a hole in the bonnet and I'm not too keen on that. Triple S.U.'s would be very cool but I'm not too sure about tuning them, are they as tricky as people make them out to be? I've been reading through the efi thread, ITB's would be very, very cool. Maybe something to do once I've had the car up and running for awhile.

I used to run triple SU,s on my mk3 in the 80's. Never had many issues at all with tuning. Key is to have a good adjustable linkages. I'm gathering all the parts to do a lowline Mk 2 Zodiac build once my GT is finished. Have a Mk 3 engine with Bedford pistons prettyy big cam, big valve head gas flowed and triple SU,s. going to run a Mk 3 box and steering column, negative camber front crossmember and it all slammed on 8" steel widened wheels all old school.

You running triple SU's on it?  Bob Homewood is the guru hot Zephyr engine builder

On 14/01/2017 at 20:12, blade2k said:

Also spotted in Geraldine:

Commer needs airride to slam it in the weeds, Heni repower and 'Plum Crazy' paint with Hemi billboards on the side..

Burtons in the U.K. have it all. Burtonpower.com 

Governorsam is correct

Stripped an old gearbox for the main case and then stripped and cleaned the mainshaft etc ready for reassembly. Hopefully I should get the mainshaft assembled tomorrow and it all installed in the case.

There is a myriad of ways to do it. It just depends how much spare time you have to do the maths on split shipments and getting quotes etc. I bought some BRM rims for my Mk 1 GT a while ago and they were under the threshold as secondhand and the guy I bought them put them on a pallet which was just the right size for the rims and shrink wrapped them. Freight was about 300 NZD by memory and they were here in 7 days.

I wouldn't acid dip as pointed out above the stuff goes in everywhere and is a right bitch to neutralise. I think you would find most reputable restoration shops would advise against it.

Looks great. I just put new springs standard height and Koni adjustable shocks all around on mine and the handling has been totally transformed.

Dashboard Restorations are good but 3-4 months wait. You get what you pay for and a cheap patch up will always look like dog shit

Rebuilt the headlights today with mostly NOS parts. Should have who is going to complete the bodywork sorted in the next couple of weeks after the CMS fiasco.

You will find out when you hit a kerb

I have finished the pedal box and installed billet crank and water pump pulleys. The body work has ground to a complete halt after the owner of Custom Metal Shapers was banged up in jail for 2 years about a month ago. Pretty fucked off about the whole thing so I'm currently working on getting someone else to finish it. I was hoping to have had it just about on the road now however I can see it being another 12 months away at this rate. Bloody frustrating however it is was it is

Keep it. I would always pay a premium for a matching numbers car even if the motor was not in the car but came with the car at sale time.

Slash the pipe and take a Prius next time you need a taxi to make you feel better about doing it...

Mate the car has fucked it for you...sometimes being to honest just sinks it for you..

Hi all. Anybody know what the go is with banded steel rims and certification? I have a new project in the wings and want to widen 13x5 steel rims to 13x8. With a 3" band oldschool style. Anybody know someone that still does this? Years ago most engineering shops would do it.

Most classic stuff gets more exspensive as the years go buy and numbers reduce. Helping driving up the prices is guys 40-60 buying cars they had in teens & 20's who now have disposable income to compete with other buyers for good examples. Lots of these classics like Aussie Muscle Cars don't change hands very often therefore command a premium when they do come on the market with cashed up buyers duking it out.

I agree about the comparison between the 40s-70s cars and vintage cars.

 

I'd be interested to know if the vintage cars ever went through a stage of increased value then a drop, or did they not go through a substantial price rise in the first place? Ignoring the mega-dollar rarities and luxury models, that is.

Oil gallery bung mate

I use Otahuhu Chrome Platers. Getting all my MK 1 GT fastenings blue zinc and they come back mint. Might not be the cheapest in town but the quality is great.

Bugger all progress apart from restoring the door handles. More parts to go to the powdercoater and zinc plater man this week.