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Anyone know what's involved with changing the dash speakers and head unit in a 04 Hiace? Still all factory so want to put some new speakers and head unit in. I have had a quick look but can't see many screws for access

I'm picking this will be on the news over the weekend......

Good old classic Rootes mobile. Plus a shit load of parts what's not to like!

Fuck me a Coon 6 would look lost in a bike that big!! Maybe a triple engined one 3 XR6 Turbo engines, air ride. Actually it would look good in the next Mad Max movie

I want to build a motorcycle like this would it be poassable to cert something like this in NZ?  I see the V8 bosshoss is poassable to get on the road but its 1/4 the length,  I want to run a non crossflow falcon 6 and auto trans

 

I want to build a motorcycle like this would it be poassable to cert something like this in NZ?  I see the V8 bosshoss is poassable to get on the road but its 1/4 the length,  I want to run a non crossflow falcon 6 and auto trans

 

Taylor Automotive Grafton. Good guys and stand behind their work. I had the engine in my Statesman rebuilt and it started leaking through the rear main which turned out to be a faulty seal. They had to pull out the engine again to do the repair and nothing was a problem. Highly recommended.

Yep going

Hi line has the sunrise dash whereas the lowline has the rectangular dash.

Highline or lowline?

Depends how rusty it is, the one inside that is. 2-4K max. It would need to be pretty well rust free and a good interior to score 5-6k. The mechanicals are easy to sort.

Picked up my steering box today all fully rebuilt. No update on the body work as parts still away at the blaster. Next job is to put the gearbox together now the deck is finished.

No updates as the Mrs bought a bloody spa so having to build a deck for it... Happy wife happy life! That's Easter buggered.

Bloody pond scum see something nice and have to wreck it.

It's a Saffa XY Fairmont GT. Turners sold it for 60k odd. Painted a horrible baby blue colour.

I'm going to put the gearbox together at Easter. It's all going into a standard Cortina 3 rail casing. 2000E ratios will give it a bit better drivability and the alloy bell housing, tailshaft housing and remote housing will save a few kilos over the old cast items as well. I need to sort the clutch and flywheel too so will probably run an Escort heavy duty clutch and diaphram pressure plate with a spacer on the release bearing to get all the clearances right. Nothing much to report on the body as there is a whole lot of panels away at the blaster and I'm waiting on some under wing strut kits as the old ones where really badly pitted so not worth saving. My NOS front rail arrived however the inner guards I was looking at sold for £1200 each!!!!!! So would have cost over 5K NZ landed!! Selling for that money I'd say they will end up on a Lotus Cortina rebuild.

Got the bumper brackets back from the powder coaters and the bumpers from the chrome platers and all looking good. Lucky there's bugger all chrome on a MK 1 as bloody expensive for chrome plating!

Media beat up pimping some guy with a hard luck story. Definitely more to this than has been reported. He can always buy his car back when it goes up for auction...

That's a good idea using the clothesline to hang parts off to paint. My Mrs will be feral after she sees me doing it this weekend if it's not raining. Like the spring stretchers too bloody good idea

Went and had a look at the Cortina today and Greg has removed the front off it to reveal all the hidden bodywork. Lucky I bought a 4 door parts car before xmas as the body work has been dismantled on that to reveal a really clean original shell. So most of the front end will go on mine and the rear floor pan is going onto another 2 door. Both the front rails on mine had holes cut in from the wheel side and they used that to smash the rail straight, we'll sort of, and then welded a patch over it. It's not until you start pulling the body apart all the previous sins are exposed. This looked pretty good when I bought it with no real evidence of the weapons grade crap repairs underneath. It's going to be a minter when finished!

Lowline MK 2 Zephyr

I'll pull it out this weekend it's the cam only however I have some new precrossflow cam followers.

What cam are you after as I have a new A2 Burton one if you are interested?

Tell him to fuck off. He bought it AIWI. It's his tough luck it shit itself. How do you know he hasn't been doing burnouts in it or thrashing it to death?

Murray is flat out. 1 month to rebuild my carb. Phone conversation went I hope you don't want the fucking thing back next week haha.