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4 hours ago, RUNAMUCK said:

@yoeddynz this was your idea. Why you no register yet?????

@Hannah

@Willdat?

@ThePog

@Willdat?

@scooters

@moparmuppet (please bring the caddy, and heat up the earth to spite Greta)

So far away from committing.  In Perth,  Singapore Thursday.  Will bring Caddy or whatever if  something has a wof. Hope to have some idea of time on and off by the end of next month. Will be there if I am home. 

I'd go if I was home at the time but gotta grab work as it comes now that I am working on casual contracts with a crewing agency. Might need to be the ln106 too which is cheating for the lake run

Yep. Average of 320 days a year. Got new liners at 120 000 hours though so almost brand new again.  7 new handles, 5 new heads.

Bumblefingers  clicked too late and sent too early.  M.E. hour meter. Do the math if those hrs were all at even 50km/hr

+ 1 on good looking cars. +1 on vapour blaster build.

Stick it here if you like. Thanks

I think most of them ran the 403 Olds motor and auto. Only Manual was the ponty 400ci. Both labeled 6.6 on scoop only Ponty power were T/A?

Hey @Geophy. Have you got details of the blue paint you used on the Record? It looks spot-on for colour. Thanks.

On 04/01/2023 at 17:20, governorsam said:

Reminds me I need to get the gb500 on the road this month.

riding it to nats all going well…

Bring up that single seat of mine too thanks Cobber

69000miles in 64 years. Just noticed as I parked.                          No, we don't clean our cars

On 20/12/2022 at 14:19, yoeddynz said:

I stuck a new gearbag in that in about 1990. Was owned by Ivan Tombs and his doting wife, hence the plate they waited patiently for at the post office

On 12/12/2022 at 21:00, MRT1TRD said:

I seen a mid 50s Cadillac limo with rough black paint sitting at a gravel stop in Taheke, Northland on Sunday

If anyone here knows Taheke, it's a weird thing to see 

But since I was in a rush, no pic

Tom Sharplins from the Europa adds with SRV and Midge Marsden?

As per the above great advice, 90% of bulb issues on old english stuff is earth issues. The Japs learned and fitted earth wires back. The British rely on the bulb holder electrically connecting with the body where it clips or bolts on. scuff the mating surfaces. 2nd hand bookstore or Tardme for a Manual. 

Thanks Trevor. 

Looks like a swell weekend.

Is cold rolled steel easy to get hold of?  I have only ever used zintec but it hasn't been a hassle and the offcuts aren't rusty years later.

On 19/08/2022 at 12:55, Bearded Baldy said:

Indeed, might have to steal that one. 

Ordered a 20kg bag of extrafine garnet from toolshed yesterday, 60 bucks including shipping.

Ordered cyclone funnel and have a 20l bucket ready to go.

Going to see zap shop over the road and see what i can do in the way of lighting.

Let the barrying commence!

can you tell us where you ordered the cyclone funnel from please if you have a link. Cheers

@governorsam  Can't see rear indicators for it in the pics either

10 hours ago, SOHC said:

Back when I worked as a service mechanic GB500s use to come in often and they were always fucked, mostly cam and followers 

Interesting.

I did 48000k on my GB in the first year I owned it. Broke a sub rocker in the head after pinning it Nsn to Chch, 7000rpm for 4 hours. No other issues. Its been parked for years now with 98k on the clock. Such a sweet bike 1 up. 

@governorsam, yeah, thanks. I will take that single seat. Chur!

Our best shitbox was a 99 Camry wagon, 2.2l manual. Had enough room for the 3 kids, pretty economical being manual. Airbags and ABS. Needed nothin but oil changes and tyres. Bought it at 130km, was on well over 400k when we sent it along. It is the reason I could afford toy money, boring and low-cost with utter reliability

@sr2 might be a guy to talk to. Simon was trainer for PBR etc if I recall correctly.  Worth a crack Nige.

Sweet job Clint.

I couldn't keep my big block cool in summer, had electric fans, then OG 4 blade that was better. The fix in the end was a FlowKooler waterpump from Summit and a FlowKooler Robertshaw thermostat.  Milodon do a cheaper copy of the heavy duty type thermostat ( like a sleeve valve, not poppet) but it lasted 2 drives before jamming shut. The FlowKooler stuff is legit and far cheaper than reworking radiators etc if the airflow side is OK.  Good luck.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/car-parts-accessories/ford/exterior/listing/3696519298