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Blardy morrie owners 

Max overall legnth is 12.5m allowed by NZTA. VN Commode is about 4.9m long so I'd say that trailer is max legal size 

@a.craw4d If I gave you a flange and some mandrel bends how many pinga/beer/firm handshake would you need to turn it into some nice tiged flows? 

Scotchbrite and a little paint stripper if its stamped. I've had success with that method. Just about took the original chassis number off my 25 Chrysler with a disc grinder when i was grinding a bracket off. proved the body belonged to the chassis.   

Spent time on the skyline this weekend but it was mostly hooning around buying stuff rather than actual work/fixing. Got a rust fucked car out of a guys back yard for parts. It should be good for power assist steering, interior parts, couple doors, bonnet, guards, and maybe the hatch with a little work. But the right taillight is fucked. SHIT. oh well. It was a bastard to get on the trailer with the rear wheels having no tyres and the front being flat.  The other wagon I looked at seemed too good to strip for parts even though it was a little rusty. 

Spot the double mirror option on the drivers side. 

The actual work I did do was removing the damaged front and inspecting for rust. Nissan painted theses things after assembling them and as a result they usually rust out behind the front guards and in the A pillars. It would appear someone has had the guards off previously and gone to the bother of painting the inside. Nothing major on the passenger side just some surface rust in spots. Drivers side was a bit worse and dirt was packed in the bottom of the guard causing a small hole in the sill which will need dealing to. The wack it had in the front was all superficial and only bent a corner on the slam panel. 

Next weekend will be attacking it with a wire wheel, Brunox, And some paint. And hopefully get an engine running for it.  

On 6/19/2018 at 13:33, Vertigo said:

The engine that will be certed will be a 16v 4AGZE with supercharger swapped for turbo. Im guessing so long as things are tidy and leak free, it should pass fine.

I took the Crown Coupe through Cert with a leaky rear main seal. I did ask the question and basically the response was "As long as its not hosing out and putting oil on suspension bushes, brakes, etc it will be fine." leaking Fuel would be another story. Gave the underside of the car a steam clean and the whole car clean just to be sure. From my experience if you present the car well, show good workmanship, and make the certifier's job as easy as possible then you should be fine.  

9 hours ago, kiwi808 said:

Getting old bikes revinned isn’t as hard as doing cars.

cars aren't hard either. as long as its up to wof standard you should be fine. 

Plumb secondary air pump into carb for boost. 

TBH you're right but I'm still blaming you. 

Brocks mate has come through and has a parts car that can donate some wagon specific parts. @kyteler I might be keen on some seats and door cards  depending on what the ones in this parts wagon are like.   

Looking at getting a Sabre Saw for quick rusty car parting out. Probably good to get a 18V battery one for convenience. Anyone had any experience with Ryobi's  one+  gear? I like the price of their 18V sabre saw. Most of my current gear is Strap-on but its all 14v and I don't want to pay through my ass for something I'm not using every day. 

Seeing as you did some pining over a big block caprice, is an RB swap and 4 speed manual on the cards? 

What you got @kyteler? I stopped past @- i5oogt -s stash of Datsun/Nissan goodness last night and found an r30 that can donate guards and doors but all the bonnets are fucked. 

Problem is the right tail light is a little broken. haven't taken it off to see if the bits are inside and can be glued back on. I'll hit up that arron dude and see if he has a parts wagon.  

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.

12 minutes ago, bigfoot said:

Twin charged LD28 please

I got a L28 turbo manifold last night needs a little fiddling to fit the LD.  

This weekend was filled with assessing what is required to get the R30 driving legally again. Plus a date with Mr Karcher and degreaser  was organised. So far I need an engine/trans, 3 Doors, tail gate, tail lights, front guards, steering idler bush, and tyres. Also need to gut and clean the interior to remove the stink, fix a little rust, remove and reseal the Jurassic Park windows at the back, attack the springs with a grinder, and fix the fuel tank. Good thing I've got a few sedans I can rob bits off, just need someone with wagon specific stuff for the likes of lights and tail gate.  

everyone knows the drill 

I'm coming to the conclusion that I shouldn't listen to @- i5oogt - or @RUNAMUCK. Terrible influences they are. I got shown some pics of a slightly sad looking R30 wagon by Karl whilst picking up another car. I informed it was in @Slacker_Sam.s possession and he was looking to offload it. 

Rego on hold, Cert for LD28 + 5 speed, 1000k of RCU in credit, and pens in the foot well! To the question "Should we go and get it?" I couldn't say no. To make the trip from Christchurch to Motueka worth while we planed it to coincide with @datto_610 and @NickJ getting Greg's 120YTHEFUCKDIDIBUYTHIS and I towed @RUNAMUCKs Kraut Barge to its demise. @- i5oogt - also had business in Blenheim so a trip to the VCC parts shed there for some barrying was in order (they had a stock of vintage Chev stuff I wanted to raid). Left CHCH at 7am got to Motueka at 6:30Pmish dumped off the Bavarian Money Waster, grabbed some food and boose, and headed out to where this wagon was parked. It was pitch fucking black. Not one of my better ideas to load up in the dark. Whilst loading up by the light of Sam's Newschool car the old Barry whose house it was at offered us a good deal on another sedan shell with an L20ET plus a few LD28s and gearboxes. couldn't say no again so another trip is being planned.  With car strapped on and BBQ supplies in the tray we hauled ass over the hill, paused to get the plate number of an old car(whats that plate Baart), to @yoeddynz and Hannah's for a BBQ and to camp out in their shed (Thanks for the hospitality guys). The next morning was the first time I saw it up close in daylight. Karl said "what do you think pf your new skyline Will?" "What the fuck have i gotten myself into?" is all I could think. on the trip home the cars fuel tank came into contact with the trailers winch and ruptured it proving there was diesel in it and it was sealed up until then. We got back to Christchurch just on dark and kicked the R30 off the trailer in Mum's driveway. It was at this point a couple welds on the trailer decided to break. I blame that lard of a Bimmer. 

Discussion thread: 

aaah just drive the ms107 out I've never seen a cop go down johns road.  

Inlet, NA exhaust, injectors, 2 NA injector pumps, flex plate, and a box of other crap I can't remember what's in it. 

There's injectors but I've no clue whether that are turbo or na. 

@Beaver do you want a Turbo RD short block, couple heads, and other gubbins?  

16 minutes ago, Guypie said:

Semi relevant question, I have an old marquip 3 cylinder continuous run compressor. It was struggling to keep up with an air nibbler that was supposed to use 7cfm @90psi. It should be doing 12 cfm at least im pretty sure. Do they have replaceable piston rings or anything like that or is it just old and rubbish, buy a new compressor head?

Omni engineering (I think that's what it's called) here in Christchurch used to overhaul compressors. If it's a cheepie then probably just keep the tank and bif the rest. Buy new compressor and plumb old tank in for more capacity. 

Supermarine sound like a good name? 

Haven to been there for a while. Been busy with other shit. If it's there I'm happy to pull it out and drag it to mums a couple kms away.