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I'm not fussed about getting a cof. My local truck place are very accommodating of the shitboxes that cough and fart into the yard from my place. Paying RUC's on a petrol engine is a little stiff though. Hence farm rego.

The tare weight is painted on it. And that is 2530. According to this grainy sales brochure I'm guessing the GVM is 6000kgs which even with a deck will get my dozer around. But I found this website which seems to suggest it is nearly the same as my GMC Sierra which also gets a COF. Mine is a 550FG. So lord knows what that translates to below.

So I finally got around to averaging the last three fuel fillups/mileage on my 66 C20. 30l/100kms. Jeez. I don't think this Morris will have to do much to beat that.

I'm really happy with this result. Daily oiling the stem seemed to have finally worked. This morning I gave it the slightest nudge with a spring lifter and it popped up with a satisfying click. Now I need to find my compression tester and see what I'm working with.

Like nails down a chalkboard. This is the first drive running on 5 cylinders. Apologies for terrible camera work.

I'd love a TS3 in my chev C20. I did briefly think about putting in a 353t detroit until I saw how big one actually was.

What the! I never said a barra would go in it. I've been misquoted

100hp is plenty for me! The 125 flows 235cfm according to google. That is fine for the truck.

I mean there is no harm in asking for dimensions if the seller isn't too busy I guess...

@Bearded Baldy remember that impco LPG carb I stole off you? It would take the smallest tickle with a drill to bolt on without even using an adapter. Would also need a bit of love from a dremel to match the intake port to the carb. It's an Impco ca125 for anybody who knows anything about them.

This would be lovely but doubt it would fit. https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/trucks/parts-accessories/listing/4038114418

Discuss.

Hi mate. It's an Austin 4 litre.

So the generator wasn't working and made an awful noise. I switched it for a 1 wire alternator. The wiring needs to be replaced anyway and being positive earth that needs to change anyway. The alternator is a pretty cool one. It's made for drag racers and tractors. The drag racers wanted a light alternator that produce max amps at low rpm's. That's due to sitting in the queue with their rad fans cranking at idle for ages. Ill need to find a new pulley and do a bit of shimming to get it to line up but should be sweet. Means I can piss off the regulator box too.

No thermostat. Housing with speed holes. This should be fun!

Bottoms up. Gave the radiator a gargle with coke, then water, then baking soda and water, then water again. I won't really know how the radiator is until it is back and running. Thankfully there is loads of room up front to put in any radiator I like. Just means the filler cap wont be under the flap.

The plot thins! Found this in the truck. Nothing shows on carjam though. Is it a clue that will help with re-rego or wall art?

The first three things on the list I need to sort: The carb is leaking and doesn't inspire confidence. I might look at replacing it with a new carter single barrel. The generator has a rooted bearing. Makes an awful noise. I was worried it was the water pump but that seems fine although it does need new rad hoses. As you can see here there is a stuck valve. I have soaked it with loads of oil last night and this morning. I'm reluctant to hit it with a hammer just yet.

With help from @cubastreet we managed to get this thing started. I have 5 billion other projects but with the Imp going into tinkering retirement I don't mind having this to play on. The plan will be to put it on farm rego to move between the quarry and my two properties. I have no idea what it can carry but if it can manage 3.5 tonnes I'll use it to cart my dozer around. If it can't, I'll put a tipping bed on it. I know from driving it, it feels like a truck. Zero suspension travel. One thing I have no idea about is how to get a truck back on the road having been out of rego. Although I do have a couple of shreds of evidence it was registered back in the day floating around the cab. I'd love to do a chassis swap and lower it but I can only imagine that would be an LVV nightmare. So I'll probably go the path of least resistance here.

I fired up the Imp this morning to go and get some bread from the shops. As per usual I was hit on by a couple of boomers and the Imp performed flawlessly. I did notice that the WOF is due next month and I don't think I could be bothered renewing it. I know it will pass but I simply don't drive it enough. Time to put this thread on hold for a while whilst I clear out some more pressing projects. I already have a new motorbike engine for it (VTX1300 V-twin Honda) but frankly it works perfectly fine as it is. I always thought I'd blow the engine but in the thousand or so miles I have put on it over the last year it really hasn't skipped a beat on the road. The fuel economy is criminally good. Anyway, please enjoy a couple of pics before it goes for a long sleep and thanks for stopping by.

Nah I'm just bored. I haven't heard anything about truck mods. I want the path of least resistance.

Yep. Reckon the cab will fit on that Isuzu of yours?

Right then. So I have an old Morris cab over from the 60's. Minimal paperwork. Rego long since dead. The goal is to get it onto farm rego as I only need it to scoot to the quarry and back and between my two properties. I would like it to go through at least one COF for my own peace of mind and the guys at the local truck place are really helpful. If I can't get the current engine to run (Straight 6 petrol) I want to swap it for an Isuzu NPR engine and box I have floating around which is a similar HP but a lot more reliable. I understand how car LVV works but have no idea about trucks. Which order/sequence should I look at tackling things in?